Chapter 165
The emperor will definitely kill the prince Li Xian. After Li Xian's death, Li Wanjiang will take advantage of the pain of losing his son to do many things, and the payment of the debts owed by the state treasury will definitely bear the brunt.
Speaking of which, Li Wanjiang knew exactly how those arrears were generated in the first place, but he still had to settle them for two reasons.
The first reason is that Li Wanjiang is now preparing to start a war with military force, which requires a lot of money.
The second reason is that he feels that many high officials in the court are too rich... Where did the money come from? He was very clear in his heart.
If you are sensible and return the money obediently, then it will be fine. If you are not sensible and continue to cry for injustice with him, then don't blame him, Li Wanjiang, for being cruel and merciless and ignoring old feelings!
If he wanted to do this, he would definitely kill the chickens to make an example of the monkeys first, and he would definitely choose a few high-ranking people to do the surgery.
In fact, Zhu Xiaochuan was vaguely aware of this point, and now that Xiao Chen told him bluntly, he immediately understood the seriousness of the matter.
Xiao Chen is so smart, his judgments are always very accurate!
"Master Hou, you don't have to pay it all at once. You can pay a little less first and show your attitude first. This will take the initiative, and it will not be too late to pay the rest." Xiao Chen helped him solve another problem. big problem.
"I'll listen to you!" Zhu Xiaochuan was overjoyed, "I'll take one hundred thousand taels for you first."
"Well, you can give it to me, otherwise it will be very difficult for me to go get it if it is in the hands of the Ministry of Household Affairs." Xiao Chen is also very happy, and the trip was worthwhile.
"What the hell for them? I get angry when I see Chen Wenqi's black butt face!" Zhu Xiaochuan sighed again, feeling sad, "Brother Xiao, once you leave, if my brother encounters any difficulties in the future, he will Who do you ask?"
"Master Hou, my brothers from Xichang, as well as some old friends from the past, are all entrusted to you." Xiao Chen's words were to explain the funeral.
"Brother Xiao, I won't lie to you. I dare not protect anything else, but their lives." Zhu Xiaochuan agreed seriously.
"Thank you so much, Lord Hou." Xiao Chen was very satisfied with his promise.
After leaving the Zhen Fusi, he went straight to the yamen of the commander of the Imperial Army to look for Wu Zicheng. Wu Zicheng had a straightforward personality and was very loyal. As soon as he saw Xiao Chen, he knew why he was here, and he took a hundred thousand taels of silver bills and came out without saying a word.
Brother Xiao, I know your difficulties, but I can’t make them all up for a while, you only have these in your hand, and I’ll help you make them up later...
It made Xiao Chen a little moved.
Wu Zhong, the admiral of the Nine Gates, had no friendship with Xiao Chen, but when Xiao Chen came to the door in person, he had to show some face, and gave 50,000 taels to quickly send Xiao Chen, the God of Plague, away.
Xiao Chen beat three tigers all morning, now he is going to beat dogs.
All the way straight to Gong Shouli's big house outside, blocking him at home, this is called closing the door and beating the dog.
"Xiao Chen, you bastard are going crazy, you!" Hearing that Xiao Chen led people into the house directly, and Gong Shouli, who was making out with a newly married concubine, had no time to change his clothes, and ran out with disheveled hair and bare feet.
"Eunuch Gong, didn't I hear that you recently married another relative and came here to congratulate you? After all, it's rare for us eunuchs to marry so many concubines." Xiao Chen sat down carelessly. , looking at Gong Shouli's embarrassed look and smiling.
At first glance, it seems that there is a knife hidden in a smile.
"Speak if you have something to say, fart if you have something to say, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you!" Gong Shouli said angrily.
"You owe the Ministry of Households 700,000 taels of silver, and the total is 800,000 with principal and interest. When will you pay it back?" Xiao Chen didn't have time to talk nonsense with him.
"Who do you think you are, you? What right do you have to ask me for a bill?" Gong Shouli slapped the table and shouted loudly, "Get out of here!"
"It is the imperial decree of the emperor to pursue the debt owed by the national treasury. Here I still have the document with the seal of the Ministry of Households and Chen Wenqi's power of attorney. Why am I not qualified?" Xiao Chen sneered.
"Hmph, no money!" Gong Shouli didn't like Xiao Chen at all.
Eat hard or not, man, I will give you a coffin to see if you shed tears or not!
"You have forcibly occupied more than a dozen big Zhuangzi outside Fengyang City, and each Zhuangzi's annual income is more than 50,000 taels, which is 700,000 to 800,000 yuan a year. There are more than one million silver deposits in total, and you still charge high interest for depositing silver privately..."
"Back then, you accepted a bribe of 100,000 taels of silver from the wife of the big bandit Wang Lin, and changed his execution by hanging into hanging, leaving the whole body behind; three years ago you were in Jiangdong, and you received 200,000 taels of silver from Shi Mingwen. Two taels of silver, promised to let him be the general of Jiangdong County; Chen Wenqi is the Minister of the Household Department handpicked by the emperor, and you also accepted fifty thousand taels of silver from him..."
Xiao Chen was like a treasure, and told all the ugly things that Gong Shouli had done over the years one by one.
"How do you know, kid?" Gong Shouli became more startled the more he heard it, and sat down as if his spine had been taken away, his face pale.
"Hehe, I know a lot. Let's talk about your leg. It wasn't hurt that badly at the time, right? You see that the general situation is settled, and you have collected so much money, so you are greedy for life and afraid of death. You are afraid of following the emperor. Fighting may kill you, so the military doctor gave you rotten medicine, which disabled your legs, and you don’t have to charge from now on.”
"Gong Gonggong, I, Xiao Chen, have no grievances or enmities with you, but you target me everywhere and plot against me, and my lord does not care about you in large numbers. I have nothing to do with your crap, and I am too lazy to go to the emperor to participate you……"
"Hehe, you, Eunuch Gong, know how I am Xiao Chen. I always keep my word, but you should also understand my temper and the current situation. I can do anything if I'm in a hurry!"
Xiao Chen had finished speaking, so it was up to Gong Shouli.
"I'll pay back the 800,000 yuan, and I'll pay it back now." Gong Shouli was no fool, and immediately recognized the current situation.
Even if others have grasped his black information, they would never dare to report him, but this kid Xiao Chen dares!
Don't say whether Xiao Chen will go to Li Wanjiang to complain, just say that now he is here with soldiers.
This kid is in a state of jumping over the wall in a hurry. If this kid is annoyed, he might just copy his home directly!
There are only dozens of servants in his family, and they can't stop him no matter what.
A hero does not suffer immediate losses, and a man who knows the current affairs is a hero... so he can only be soft first.
Let's see!
But it seems that there is no need to wait and see, because Xiao Chen will leave soon, this bastard, before he died, he even bit me!
To say that Xiao Chen was quite polite to him, but later I heard that this kid really copied several officials' homes that day!
Those idiots didn't know how powerful Xiao Chen was, so they straightened their necks and said they had no money, but Xiao Chen copied countless gold and silver treasures on the spot, as well as many shady things.
In the end, he thought that he was disrespecting the imperial edict, cheating others, taking concubines privately, hiding imperial treasures and so on, and sent them to the Fusi of Jinyiwei North Town!
Among them were the two capitals of Jinyiwei, Xiao Chen was not used to it, and sent them directly to Nanzhen Fusi.
With Xiao Chen's identity, and his friendship with Zhu Xiaochuan, the governor of Jinyiwei, one can imagine the fate of these guys.
If you don't die, you have to peel off your skin!
This is the fate of making Xiao Chen anxious.