Coincidentally, Jingnihou Mansion is not far from Tongfujia Road where old Tong's family is located, in Shijia Hutong near the Dongsi Archway.
Not long after Yuzhu and Lao Twelve's carriage entered the alley, they saw guards coming to report.
"Reporting to the Prime Minister, Twelve Masters, the humble officials noticed that some people were sneaking out of the Marquis' Mansion with large baggage, so they stopped them. Unexpectedly, a large amount of gold and silver jewelry was found, as well as
Antique jade."
Lao Twelve glanced at the jade pillar and sneered: "The big tree just fell, and the slaves dared to make trouble? If there is no one behind it, I won't believe it even if you kill them."
Yuzhu smiled indifferently and said, "It is said that Zhang Qian and his brothers are not on good terms. I guess some people are worried about the unfair division of the family?"
Lao Twelve snorted and said sarcastically: "I have been eating white mats for so many years and have seen too much. The so-called brothers are like brothers, but they are completely vulnerable in the face of the rich family property and title. Lao Shuncheng County Prince Nuo
After Rob passed away, hehe, Xibao and his brothers made a scene of great joy."
When Yuzhu knew this, he couldn't help but smile. When his father was alive, the brothers pretended to be brothers.
After my father died, hehe, the brothers started to fight around the house more fiercely than their enemies.
Let's not talk about other families, let's talk about the old Tong family. If Yuzhu's aunt, Xiao Hesheli, is still alive, his eldest brother Yue Xing'a will definitely cause trouble.
To be honest, although Tong Guowei has no family affection for Yuzhu, he has the virtue of helping him.
He took the initiative to take action against Tong Guowei and helped Yuzhu solve a serious problem in his heart. Yuzhu could not ignore the affairs of the old Tong family.
This ginger is still spicy after all!
After the carriage stopped in front of the Hou Mansion, Yuzhu held the yellow edict in his hand and shouted sternly: "There is a decree!"
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
The Hou Mansion was busy for a long time before setting up the incense eucalyptus and opening the middle door to welcome the imperial envoy.
Zhang Qian led his brothers and knelt down in the mourning hall honestly.
Yuzhu glanced outside the gate of the mourning hall and saw a vast expanse of white, filled with women and servants wearing sackcloth and mourning.
"The cabinet has issued an order, and the foreman, the imperial minister Yuzhu, is to inspect the area and select talents to be promoted to nobles...I admire this."
After the decree was issued, the entire Hou family was shocked.
The so-called selection of talents to seize the title means that Yuzhu controls the lifeline of the Marquis Mansion. Whoever he likes can seize the title of first-class Jingni Marquis and naturally become the new master of the Zhang family.
Lao Twelve was already an expert at feasting, and the people he brought with him from the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to organize the funeral with ease.
However, after Yuzhu and Lao Twelve were invited into the West Flower Hall by Zhang Qian, as soon as they picked up the tea cups, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to report.
"Back to Prime Minister, Master Twelve, the warehouse is empty enough to run away the rats. There is less than a hundred taels of silver left."
Yuzhu and Lao Twelve looked at each other, and Lao Twelve couldn't help but sneered: "What's the matter, are you right? Huh, just relying on the 5,000 taels of silver rewarded by Khan Amma, I will definitely not be able to survive the funeral."
day."
Lao Twelve is only in charge of mourning, so he can be sarcastic and sarcastic as he likes.
Yuzhu is different. He shoulders the important task of selecting the next Marquis Jingni, so naturally he cannot talk nonsense.
"Little Marquis, you old Marquis didn't leave any money to support you until your death?" Before Zhang Qian could speak, Yuzhu had already given the order, "Pass this to me, any unfilial son who doesn't have money to pay for his father's funeral shall not be allowed to die."
Assault on the prince and drive him out of the house."
The Zhang family's money was gone, and Yuzhu didn't bother to take care of it even if he could.
The top priority is that Zhang Zongren has passed away and the funeral must be done with splendor.
Otherwise, if the news spreads, the old emperor will definitely feel unhappy.
The old emperor is unhappy. Is it possible for Zhang Qian and his brothers to successfully seize the throne?
After hearing this, Lao Twelve couldn't help but clapped his hands in admiration, and laughed softly: "Hit the snake seven inches, and once Yu Xiangguo takes action, I want to see who is the most unfilial son?"
If ordinary people were to say harsh things, the Zhang family would still have room to pretend to be stupid.
However, Yuzhu is not an ordinary person. Anyone who dares not to listen to what he says will definitely suffer a big loss!
An hour later, after Zhang Qian and his brothers had a huge quarrel, they both sent 50,000 taels of silver notes to Lao Twelve.
Lao Twelve raised his hand and pointed at the thick stack of banknotes on the table. He curled his lips and sneered: "This family is a typical person who refuses to eat the toast and drinks as a penalty."
Yuzhu laughed and said, "Brother Twelve, fifty-five thousand taels, is enough to keep things simple, right?"
"Well, it's roughly enough, but the people who have been following me in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not enough." In front of Yuzhu, Lao Twelve had nothing to hide, and just said the unspoken rules
.
These days, the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all money-grubbers who love money as much as their lives.
If they don't give enough benefits, they really dare to trick people secretly and make the Zhang family suffer.
Yuzhu turned to look at the pale Zhang Qian, without saying anything, just staring at him coldly.
Zhang Qian soon couldn't hold on anymore. He suppressed the huge pain of losing money and said in a trembling voice: "Common people will go back and search for it. They will carefully rummage through the boxes and cabinets. Maybe we can get together eight thousand taels of ten thousand."
Lao Twelve couldn't stand the fussy Zhang Qian, so he felt angry and spoke very rudely.
"I said, three melons and two dates for mosquito legs, it's just a beggar, but you still need to rummage through the box? Xiao Zhang, I have a straight temper. There are some words you don't like to hear, but there's nothing you can do about it. Brother Zhu, send someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs
For expenses, just take money from my Beizi Mansion to cover the expenses."
Hey, good guy, the twelve-year-old is cheating on people, one after another, it’s almost driving the stingy Zhang Qian crazy!
Oh, co-author, the Zhang family needs an advance payment from the Twelve for the funeral?
As long as this news reaches the ears of the old emperor, no matter how grateful he is to Zhang Yong, he will inevitably be completely disappointed with the Zhang family.
The old emperor was disappointed. It would be difficult to determine the title of the Zhang family!
Zhang Qian was pushed to the corner, and he had to take out another fifty thousand taels of silver, which was extremely painful, and finally silenced the twelfth old man.
After waving Zhang Qian away, Lao Twelve smiled and said to Yuzhu: "Good brother, some people just don't know what to do, so I can only squeeze them bit by bit before they are willing to shed some blood."
Yuzhu smiled dumbly, but he knew very well in his heart that Lao Twelve was making money wantonly under the banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his purpose was not simple.
These days, if you want to seize a big position, power and money are indispensable.
Don't look at the old TV series where the fourth child is promoted to the elder brother and boasted very fiercely.
However, in order to seize the throne, the fourth child, when he was really short of money, just like the ninth child, he also robbed the shops and money of the rich, and even caused more than ten lives for this?
Lao Twelve wanted to get fat, but he had nothing to do with Yuzhu, so Yuzhu didn't bother to take care of it.
With the money and the support of Lao Twelve, the Zhang family's funeral was finally organized smoothly.
However, while eating supper, a big event happened, which was closely related to Yuzhu.