The ten-day period soon came to the last two days, and the palace had already sent people to each house twice to urge them.

However, Han, Zhang, Meng, and Luo Jifu naturally all acted as if they were trying their best to raise money everywhere, and there was nothing that could be directly captured by the emperor.

After all, everyone knows that raising money is not that simple, and the palace officials sent to run errands to inquire about the progress have no other qualifications to interfere. They can't explain the specific preparations in just a few words. Therefore, they often take advantage of others.

, when I went back to the palace, I just chose some words that were acceptable to me and talked about it.

In short, it's just that everyone is making full preparations, and the details will be known in less than two days anyway.

In fact, in the past few days, everyone in the capital was really busy with all kinds of things. The same was true for the emperor, and it was impossible to keep his eyes on the three kings and four families all the time.

The natural disasters that have lasted for several months have caused unimaginable consequences. In addition to money, there are too many things waiting for the emperor to deal with. But the result is always that as soon as the pressure on this end is suppressed, something happens on the other end.

After I took care of that end, I don't know where the problem appeared in other places during the proofing process.

The emperor is living like an ant in a hot nest these days. Unfortunately, the ultimate root cause of everything cannot be eliminated, so no matter how hard we try to suppress it, it can only have a temporary effect.

Perhaps it was in compliance with the old saying that people with many debts did not panic. The emperor quickly got used to this anxious life all day long, and it seemed to have become the norm.

Even Han Jiangxue couldn't help but admire the old emperor's generosity. At least in this regard, the prince was still far behind the emperor.

In the past few days, Han Jiangxue learned from her brother that in addition to wooing the Han family, the prince had also made secret remarks to other families. Although each family's response methods were different, overall, there was no

Who foolishly agreed to the prince's so-called alliance?

Of course, except for the Zheng and Wang families.

Because the prince has never implemented such a gentle policy to win over these two families. Because of this, it is even more certain that these two families have been bribed by the emperor a long time ago.

Or, in the future, the Three Kings and Four Families can be renamed to just the Three Kings and Two Families!

How could the Mo, Han, Zhang, Meng, and Luo families be as easy to win over as the prince? The Mo family had never thought of relying on anyone in the royal family. The Han family had always been at odds with the prince. The daughters of the Meng and Luo families were all in the palace.

, even if you really can't resist the high pressure, you still have to surrender to the emperor, and you can't abandon the near and seek the far away, stupidly accompany the whole clan to support the prince.

It is precisely because of the difficulty that the prince initially scratched his head and believed in Han Yajing's words and believed that the so-called list really existed. In this way, he wanted to find an opportunity to persuade everyone to secretly help him.

It's a pity that now the Mo, Han, Zhang, Meng, and Luo families have seen clearly the faces of the royal family. Even if they want to resist, they have to form fists. This is safer and more stable than anything else.

Much more.

With the last day left before the deadline given by the emperor, the four families of Han, Zhang, Meng, and Luo went to the palace to meet the emperor according to the original plan, and sincerely apologized. As for the Zheng and Wang families, they themselves

No one cares about them anymore, and they can do whatever they want.

The rhetoric of the four companies is different, but they always have the same two words - no money!

The Prince of Prince Meng's Mansion was so cute that he cried out to the Emperor about his poverty. He said that his legs were almost broken these days running, and in the end he couldn't collect any money. Instead, he was cheated out of some money that he planned to exchange for cash.

Nice stuff in silver.

King Meng also said that it was not easy to save these good things, and it almost cost him his life to be cheated out of them for nothing.

Many of Prince Meng's properties are in the hardest-hit areas. Now, not only making money, but also having to build things there every day. Last time, when I managed to get enough 100,000 taels, I temporarily sold some properties and shops. Now, even some of the treasures that I bought at the bottom are gone.

, there really is nothing we can do.

Prince Luo's Mansion was much more direct. They presented a lot of evidence to the emperor and asked the emperor to make the decision for Prince Luo's Mansion.

Only Dao Luo Wangfu's many grain stores in Huaizhou and Mu County have been robbed, resulting in huge losses. Not to mention one million taels, the working capital in various places is extremely tight, and one head is as big as two.

King Luo implored the emperor to send someone to take care of the victims. No matter what, they could not destroy and loot like this. After all, they had spent a lot of money and effort on disaster relief. Now that it has become like this, it is hard to say that it is heartbreaking, but

It really dampened their enthusiasm too much.

King Luo's complaints had just come to an end, and the head of the Zhang family also started to speak up. However, unlike the previous two princes, the head of the Zhang family did not complain or complain, but settled matters with the emperor in a serious manner.

Here comes the Zhang family's account.

It turned out that the Zhang family had been responsible for the supply of food and grass materials for part of the army from the imperial court a few years ago, and the things were always sent properly, but the money was often not returned on time and in the right amount.

Up to now, the imperial court has owed a huge amount of debt to the Zhang family for a long time. The other businesses of the Zhang family have been burdened by these debts. They have to make up for whatever they earn, and there is no extra money at all.

Even the nearly 100,000 taels of disaster-relief silver taels from the last time were all forcibly stripped from various places. It has not yet been recovered. If you want to raise another one million taels, you have to sell the Zhang family.

There is nothing else to do.

Although the head of the Zhang family was not as vivid as the previous ones, what he said was more clear to the emperor than the other two princes. So the emperor's expression became more and more clear at this moment.

The more embarrassing it gets, the darker it gets, but it's really hard to get angry directly at the head of the Zhang family.

After all, no matter what, if you owe money to someone, even if it is the emperor or an uncle, there is no reason for you to behave like a scoundrel in the market and scold the creditor in public.

"Mr. Han, you are the only one who is silent now. I would like to hear what kind of reasons your Han family can come up with for not being able to pay." Almost all the anger was shouted out in annoyance.

, the emperor was really picky about the persimmons, he held his breath and prepared to direct all his anger at the Han family.

It’s no wonder that the emperor chose the Han family. The Meng and Luo families were officially the emperor’s in-laws. Among the people, he had to worry about King Meng and King Luo calling them father-in-law! And the Zhang family was his number one creditor.

Wouldn’t it be best for the Han family to vent their anger?

Seeing this, Han Feng didn't panic and was not frightened by Long Yan's anger.

"Back to the emperor, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite!" Han Feng sighed and said slowly: "The main industries of the Han family are not distributed in those places that were seriously affected by the disaster, and they have not been greatly affected, let alone anything.

A large amount of debt that cannot be recovered."

When talking about the large amount of debt, the emperor's face became even more ugly, but Han Feng just pretended not to see it and continued: "It's just that our Han family is even more unlucky, and there is something that we have never dared to announce to the public.

, but now it is forbidden to take this matter seriously

The new way has come out. A few months ago, my third brother was seriously injured by gangsters for no reason on the way back to Beijing. Many servants died. Everyone in the capital knew about this. But except for the government, what outsiders didn’t know was that my

My nephew, Brother Qing, was kidnapped on the spot by that group of people."

"Hey, in order to save the child, there is no way to lose the entire one million taels like this. Our Han family's financial resources are limited, and the one million taels almost destroyed all other businesses. Later, the emperor asked everyone to

In order to provide money for disaster relief, we can only bite the bullet and borrow tens of thousands of taels from the bank to make up some money. If we want to come up with another one million taels, I am afraid that even if we sell our Han family, it will be impossible.

ah!"

Han Feng deliberately mentioned this matter, and then said to Emperor Han in front of everyone: "If you don't believe it, Your Majesty, you can send someone to investigate. The case is still pending in the capital government office. We have some clues. We can find it."

He found the corpses of two seriously injured criminals, who knew they would later..."

Before he finished speaking, when the key point was reached, the emperor interrupted Han Feng's words at the right time and did not let him continue speaking in public.

"That's enough. After all, you just don't want to pay any more!"

The emperor's face turned black. Since none of these families had any intention of obeying his will, he naturally couldn't be polite: "No one should cry in front of me, even if you just just

So what if everything you said is true? Compared with the Zheng family and the Wang family, your family

Is it possible that the money will be even more difficult to come by? The Zheng family and the Wang family sent someone to inform them yesterday, saying that they have almost prepared one million taels! Yes, every family has its own difficulties. Could it be that the Zheng family and the Wang family

No? Not to mention that their financial resources are much worse than those of you!"

"I said long ago that all difficulties are not problems. The real problem is that you are not willing at all. There is a problem with your attitude!"

The emperor clapped his hands and reprimanded loudly: "Do you think it's enough for several companies to unite and ignore it? Do you think my will is a useless piece of paper?"

This skill not only caused Long Yan to be furious, but more importantly, the emperor also began to talk about the decree, and what he said was naturally that several companies deliberately resisted the decree.

Upon seeing this, the heads of the Meng, Luo, Zhang, and Han families quickly said in unison: "Your Majesty, please calm down, we have absolutely no intention of doing so!"

The several families advanced and retreated together, and the endless unity greatly stimulated the emperor: "No such intention? I see that you are all so bold! Listen to me, the ten-day deadline is still not negotiable, no

So many good bargains! Since Zheng and Wang

Both families can do it, and none of you should look for excuses to get away with it and ignore it, otherwise you will not be leniently punished!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes,

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