Eight hundred and fiftieth chapters can not afford to rely on
Within the capital.
Shi Zan began to borrow money everywhere.
He just wanted to put on a posture and show how pitiful he was, so he borrowed money everywhere, hoping to make up for the shortfall by borrowing money. However, a circle of relatives of the emperor and familiar ministers walked down, and they couldn't borrow even two dollars in total.
One hundred taels of silver.
His younger brother Shi Jin actually sent Shi Zan 600 taels of silver.
"Brother, I can't help you as a brother. With this little money, I sold my house in Nanjing to get this much... I have been working in the northwest for many years and haven't saved much money. I hope you don't want it, brother.
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As Shi Zan's younger brother, Shi Jin seems to be very concerned about family affairs.
But Shi Zan did not like to see his younger brother. The main reason was that he had no sons. If he died, it would be the turn of his younger brother and his descendants to inherit the title.
As Shi Jin was very popular, we originally discussed giving him an adopted son, but Shi Zan refused to agree.
During the Zhengde Dynasty, Shi Zan was working as a co-guard in Nanjing. At that time, he was in great prosperity. He married concubines one after another. Some of them were actually pregnant, but they ended in miscarriage, and none of them gave birth to his children.
Because Shi Zan's woman had a history of pregnancy, even though he was now nearly fifty, he still felt that he had a chance to have a son, and would not have to rely on adopting his younger brother.
Shi Zan asked coldly: "What are you doing with six hundred taels of silver? This time, I have to repay the court 40,000 taels of silver. Do you think this is enough?"
Shi Jin said: "Whether it's enough or not is just a little bit of kindness from being a brother. Just accept it. You don't have to pay it back."
No need to pay it back?
Shi Zan originally felt that his younger brother had always been concerned about his family business, and now that he was so generous as to give him six hundred taels of silver, he felt even more so.
Shi Zan immediately and rudely refused: "Are you afraid that your brother will not be able to repay the 40,000 taels of silver and lose your title? Then you will not be able to inherit it? Let's put it this way, no matter what, this title will not be lost.
Our Shi family has been loyal for generations, even if the Holy Spirit is deceived for a moment, your Majesty will still know the loyalty of our Shi family sooner or later!"
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Shi Zan drove his younger brother away and confiscated the six hundred taels of silver.
In Shi Zan's view, accepting these six hundred taels was tantamount to admitting that his younger brother was the first heir to the title of Huairou Bo, and he was unwilling to do so.
Moreover, these six hundred taels are indeed a drop in the bucket for plugging the huge hole of 40,000 taels, and have no effect at all. Taking these six hundred taels is not enough to repay the debt, so why should you accept the money to make your heart troubled?
Seeing that the five-day deadline given by the emperor was about to expire, he had no choice but to go to Yang's house secretly and ask Yang Tinghe for help.
In order to avoid anyone knowing that he had come to the door, he knocked on the back door of Yang's house and waited for half an hour before being allowed in. He went to the study and saw Yang Tinghe who was calm and composed.
"Zhongtang, help me."
Shi Zan was not polite this time and knelt down directly in front of Yang Tinghe.
Yang Tinghe did not stand up and asked coldly: "Yan Zhang, what are you doing?"
Shi Zan's forehead touched the ground, and he said with a sad look on his face: "We have collected everything we can, including what we borrowed, and the total is more than three thousand taels of silver. If we sell our house and fields, we will have nothing."
I estimate that there are only six thousand taels left, and I really can’t afford the amount of 40,000 taels of silver that Your Majesty has set.”
Yang Tinghe said: "So, you came to me to borrow money?"
Shi Zan said: "Zhongtang, I was following your orders. I didn't even see the batch of pig iron. I was unjustly charged with such a large debt for no reason. Please plead with me in front of your majesty.
Your Majesty, for the sake of my Shi family’s loyalty and loyalty for generations, I will spare you this punishment.”
"No ambition, really no ambition."
Yang Tinghe said with a sarcastic expression, "You also said that your Shi family has been loyal and loyal for generations. Even if your Majesty doesn't give you face anymore, he will still be extra merciful to you for the sake of the ancestors of the Shi family. Do you think that when the deadline is reached, your Majesty will really
What will others do to you? What will the honorable ministers in the court think?"
Shi Zan looked up at Yang Tinghe with confusion on his face: "Zhongtang means that even if the deadline is reached, His Majesty will not... pursue it?"
Yang Tinghe said calmly: "It's useless to plead for you now, but if His Majesty really wants to destroy your family, everyone in the court will definitely come forward to avenge you. What you have to do is to wait and see what happens."
The muscles on Shi Zan's face twitched a few times.
He thought about it and felt that what Yang Tinghe said made some sense.
Now the emperor just asked him to pay back the money. Maybe the emperor should have known that he would not be able to pay back the money anyway, so why did he still insist on asking him to pay back the money? It was to force Yang Tinghe to come forward to speak for him, so that the cabinet chief could
Is Suke also involved?
It may also be that the emperor could not do anything to him at all and could only repay the money, which seemed harsh but was a necessary measure for the emperor.
If he fails to do so by the time, then there is something to be said for it. If the emperor wants to put him in jail, the nobles and ministers in the capital will intercede on his behalf, and the emperor should not dare to mess around.
The truth is this...
But when you say this, Yang Zhongtang, doesn’t it sound unkind and unjust?
Do you have to let my Shi family fall into danger before you are willing to come forward to help? Maybe tomorrow, I will be sent to Jinyiwei Prison. If you plead for mercy then, I am afraid that I will shed a piece of my skin even if I don't die!
Why don't I report you directly so that when the sky falls, you, a high-ranking official, can stand up for me?
"Let's go back!"
Yang Tinghe said, "When you get home, wait for the people from the court to come, pretend to be a good person, give them as much money as you want, and say you can't pay back the rest, or are still raising money to see what your majesty can do to you!"
When Shi Zan heard this, he realized that Yang Tinghe was abandoning him. Although he was angry, he could only leave in despair.
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"Father, Uncle Huairou came here before? What did he come for?"
After Shi Zan left, Yang Dun appeared in Yang Tinghe's study.
Yang Tinghe said: "This matter has nothing to do with you... How did you go about investigating the matter?"
Yang Dun said: "Anlu is far away from the capital. Even if you check for a while, you won't be able to find anything... Didn't you have Zhu Wanhong, the Qianhu of the Jin Yiwei who was on errands in Anlu, to dispatch? Why don't you send a letter and ask?
Ask him about the old situation of Prince Xing’s Mansion?”
At the moment, Yang Tinghe is investigating the past affairs of Prince Xing's Mansion in detail. In the past, Yang Tinghe felt that there was no need to investigate. It was just that Prince Xing's Mansion was just a prince and a group of ministers flirting with each other. No one who could be named in Prince Xing's Mansion was not an official in the court.
But now Yang Tinghe feels that he must find out.
Because he knew that he did not have much time in power, and as a result, he still did not know who the people around the young emperor were making suggestions. In other words, he did not know who his real opponent was before he retired, which made him feel very uneasy.
Before leaving the court, he had to figure out whether it was the young emperor who was so talented that he alone supported the appearance of Prince Xing's Mansion and the court, or whether there was someone really guiding him from behind.
It's just that he has fallen into traps repeatedly. He will never allow Jiang Mian and others to face such a powerful opponent after he retires. If he does not solve the trouble when he is in power, the life of civil servants will become more and more difficult in the future.
"Then what have you been doing lately?"
Yang Tinghe frowned.
Not to mention Yang Shen, even Yang Tinghe, the father, knew that this son was unreliable.
He is good at literary talent, but he has made a group of bad friends. When it comes to eating, drinking and having fun, Yang Dun is very good at it. In the past, when Yang Tinghe arranged Yang Shen to do things, he was very picky about his eldest son. But when Yang Shen went to Yongping Mansion, there were some private matters.
Things had to be handled by close people, and I immediately felt that Yang Dun was really not the one.
Yang Dun said: "Of course I'm checking, but I can't be sure at the moment... I've also recently asked those Anlu merchants who came to the capital. I heard that the business there is extremely developed. Everyone thinks it's the place where Qianlong comes from. I'm sure the wealth will be there."
Not bad, so the businessmen ran away in droves..."
Yang Tinghe waved his hands and was too lazy to listen to what Yang Dun said.
"Father, when will eldest brother come back?" Yang Dun suddenly asked.
"When will he come back? What does it have to do with you?"
Yang Tinghe looked a little annoyed.
Yang Dun said: "If your father has something to do, just arrange for your elder brother to do it. He will do it, otherwise you will always find fault with me. I always don't like to interact with people in remote places, especially investigating such trivial and mindless things.
I couldn’t find a clue at all for a while.”
Yang Tinghe became even more angry after hearing this.
The second son simply blamed his lack of ability in front of his father.
Emotions Yang Dun has never thought about being able to stand out in the court. Not to mention his lack of ability, he is also very lazy. He even shows his laziness on the surface, for fear that others will not know that he likes to steal women and play tricks.
Yang Tinghe said angrily: "It's time for your brother to come back... It seems that the hope of the Yang family can no longer be pinned on you, a rebellious son! You don't care about the future rise and fall of the Yang family at all? It's useless, it's useless!"
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Yang Dun didn't care at all after being taught such a lesson by his father.
From Yang Dun's point of view, he had been suppressed by his genius brother since he was a child. Regardless of his talent or ability, only Yang Shen was praised, while he could only stare from the side.
From a young age, he discovered that since no matter how hard he worked, he couldn't compare to that prodigy brother, why bother working hard? Later, he gradually developed his current attitude of not wanting to make progress, and he only thought about how to be carefree.
Being able to pass the Juren examination, or even pass the Jinshi examination, shows that he is still capable, but he just doesn't want to use it in a proper way.
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The five days the emperor gave Shi Zan were about to expire.
Zhu Chen, the commander of the Jinyiwei, personally led people to the door to seize the Shi family's property. Shi Zan had summoned his servants and others early and lined up at the door, preparing to reason with the Jinyiwei.
Many people gathered around to watch.
After Shi Zan came back, he finally understood what Yang Tinghe said.
If you want the emperor not to dare to do anything to him, you have to make the matter bigger, and it is best to make it a fuss. Not only the people in the court will know, but also the people in the market will know that the emperor ignored the past achievements of his ministers in order to collect debts, and even wanted to kill them all...
...let the people know how difficult it was for the Shi family and how unfairly they were treated by the royal family.
But Shi Zan never thought that such a noble person would never have a good reputation among the people of the capital.
The emperor wants to punish the nobles, but for those people who don’t know the truth, it’s too late to applaud them, and they still think about the problem from the standpoint of your nobles?
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Let’s not talk about this incident. It was you, Shi Zan, who was guilty in the first place. Even if you were not guilty, you would not be able to win the sympathy of public opinion.