Datang: Showdown, your father and I are Li Shimin

Chapter 30
The scholar coughed twice and said: "The recent disaster in the Tang Dynasty, the country has no money, the current emperor calls on everyone to pay for the disaster relief, the eldest grandson Wuji donated 12 taels..."

Before he could finish speaking, the people below started booing.

Seeing the commotion among the people, the scholar stopped talking.

In particular, a butcher with a butcher's knife in his hand waved his bloody arm and shouted: "12 taels! Oh my God! Those officials are rich!"

"Nonsense! I'm working under the emperor, don't you have a lot of money?" Before the butcher finished speaking, a sour voice came over.

But obviously some people didn't want to waste time on this topic, so they shouted loudly: "Don't make a noise, don't make a noise, people have spent so much money for disaster relief, what's the fuss!"

After a while, it finally calmed down. The scholar curled his lips and continued to read out loud what was on the imperial list.

"Du Ruhui donated 8 taels of silver, Fang Xuanling donated 10 taels, Wei Zheng donated 8 taels, Cheng Yaojin donated 7 taels..."

When the common people heard that the officials each donated tens of thousands of tens of thousands, they lamented that the ministers of the current dynasty were rich.

Envy and jealousy again.

The scholar followed the imperial list to read, and suddenly frowned: "Pei Ji, lend Your Majesty 30 taels!"

When the voice fell, the noisy crowd suddenly fell silent.

A businessman who only heard the amount of money couldn't help but brighten his eyes, and said enviously: "Pei Xiang is really generous!"

"That's right... 30!" Several guys around him who fell in the eyes of money also followed suit.

Although the butcher seemed reckless, he listened carefully. He waved his arms in anger and opened his bright eyes: "Are you deaf? Pei Ji is borrowing! Borrowing money! You have to pay it back!"

A burst of anger suddenly appeared on the faces of the surrounding people, and they asked: "Before, it was all donated, why is this borrowed?"

The scholar was bribed by Changsun Wuji and others, so he said loudly: "Donation is for His Majesty's disaster relief, and there is no need to repay it; borrowing is for His Majesty's use temporarily, and you have to pay it back when the time comes!"

The surrounding people suddenly became unwilling, and their voices suddenly increased a few degrees:
"As the prime minister of a country, why are you still selfish at this time!"

"That's right! This Pei Ji is really stingy!"

……

Seeing the effect, the scholar began to say again: "I heard that the money lent by His Majesty will be repaid with half the interest."

"The loaned 30, His Majesty will return him 45 later!"

After the words fell, the crowd fell silent again.

After a while, the crowd erupted again:
"Dog officer! Follow the emperor to fish for oil and water all day, and when it's time to use it, the emperor will pay back the money!"

"The whole world belongs to the emperor, and the salaries of these people are also issued by the emperor. If they want to use it now, do they still need to borrow money?"

"That's right! Half the interest is required, what kind of dog official, shameless!"

……

At this time, the butcher suddenly took out the butcher knife in his hand.

The surrounding people backed away in fright, looking at the bloody butcher's knife in the butcher's hand in horror.

I saw the butcher waving a bloody butcher knife and shouting loudly: "Bah! What a dog official! Natural disasters are in power, and you have to borrow money to relieve disasters. Damn it, cut that dog official!"

The people in the crowd suddenly looked extremely horrified, many of them tugged on the butcher's arm, and said in a low voice, "Don't say this, you will lose your head if you provoke Prime Minister Pei!"

But couldn't bear it anymore, what the butcher said really ignited the anger in the hearts of other people.

Many people are waving their arms:

"Yes! Cut him off!"

"Kill that dog officer!"

Such voices came one after another, and the butcher pulled his sleeves out of the people's hands, brandished a kitchen knife like a general galloping on the battlefield, and shouted loudly: "Kill that dog official! The dog official will die!"

At this moment, a child-like person with a towel on his shoulders suddenly rolled his eyes, waved the towel on his shoulders and suggested, "I know where this dog officer lives, I'll take everyone there to seek justice. "

The other people quickly agreed: "Okay! We will go with you and seek an explanation from that dog official!"

"Kill that dog official!" The butcher was still waving a kitchen knife, and the others were waving their fists. The scene was very grand.

The common people followed him and dispersed, and at the same time, many people also exposed Pei Ji's residence.

Almost all the streets and cities in Chang'an City, people everywhere pointed to the imperial list and scolded Pei Ji.

Immediately afterwards, the entrance of Pei Ji Mansion was like a tourist attraction for later generations.

Many people took a detour and made a special trip to the road in front of Pei Ji's mansion.

"Bah! Dog officer!" The people walked to the door of Pei's mansion and spat on the steps at the door.

The guards at the gate were unknown, so they just wanted to stand up and say a few words.

All I saw was a group of people walking towards Pei's mansion behind the man.

The two guards were stunned: What happened?

Immediately afterwards, more people lined up to pass outside the gate of Pei Mansion.

The entire entrance of Pei Mansion was crowded with people, shouting loudly.

The servant with the towel on his shoulders often delivered things to this family, and he didn't dare to be too arrogant, so he had to push it down secretly.

The butcher didn't care about anything, his eyebrows were raised upright, he waved his butcher knife and cursed: "Come out, dog officer! Dog officer! See if I can kill you, a corrupt official!"

The businessmen around couldn't help but curse, "Immortal thing! Come out and find an explanation!"

"Natural disasters are in power, Old Dog Pei actually made a fortune for the country, can you sleep at night?"

Everyone had [-] points of anger on their faces, and they waved their arms one after another.

There was an endless stream of people who came to scold Pei Ji, forcibly turning the street where Pei Ji was located into a vegetable market.

Nothing else, just cool!
These ordinary people never thought that one day cursing could be so enjoyable!

Some people with vegetable baskets threw eggs and rotten vegetable leaves towards the threshold.

Seeing the business opportunity, some small vendors pushed their carts onto this street one after another. People who went to the street could smash the leaves of rotten vegetables for a few pennies!
They never dreamed that they could sell rotten vegetable leaves!
The few guards at Pei Ji's gate saw that there were so many people, they couldn't stop them, they were about to be covered with vegetable leaves as soon as they stepped forward, and the common people ran away in a panic as soon as they made a move.

Anyway, when they advance, the people retreat, and when they retreat, the people advance.

Just don't care about it.

The two guards held their knives, retreated to the door with livid faces, and gave way to the steps at the door.

Anyway, just don't hit me.

Inside Pei Mansion.

Pei Ji's face was ashen, with his hands behind his back, he was pacing in the study.

"Li Er! Li Er! 30 yuan! This guy really dares to speak!" The blood vessels on Pei Ji's forehead swelled up high, making that wrinkled old face a bit plump

"It's easy to borrow, but if you pay it back..."

As Pei Ji spoke, the corners of his eyes twitched.

Who dares to ask Li Er for money?
If you lend this to ordinary people, when it's time to pay back the money, you will call a group of people to go up with swords, guns and sticks, and either take money or things.

In front of Li Er, who would dare to do this?

Moreover, the 30 yuan was not taken out by him when he took it out of the box. He had such a big family behind him, and if he couldn't transfer the 30 yuan, he had to borrow it.

At that time, there will be more troubles!
With hands behind his back, Pei Ji walked up and down the room anxiously.

Liu Xiuping behind him also stood silently by the side, and he couldn't think of any good way.

Taking out 30 yuan in a short period of time is indeed a trouble for the Pei family. The most important thing is, how to get back as soon as possible.

Liu Xiuping squinted his eyes, and it didn't take long for a perfect plan to emerge in his mind.

"My lord Pei... From my villain's point of view, this matter seems to be an opportunity." Liu Xiuping stepped forward and stood behind Pei Ji.

Pei Ji turned around and looked down at Liu Xiuping with a gloomy and condescending expression: "Oh? Tell me?"

"Your Majesty, it is not bad to borrow 30 yuan, but he may promise to pay back 45 yuan. The Tang law stipulates that if you violate the contract and fail to repay more than one piece, you will be punished with a cane on the [-]th day, plus one class on the [-]th day, and the crime will be punished." Sixty, thirty plus two grades. Hundreds plus three grades, each ordered to prepare for compensation'The emperor broke the law, and the same crime as the common people, knowing the law and breaking the law, the crime plus one grade. "

"Although the emperor cannot be punished, once the deadline is overdue, we will have a big deal in our hands. And the emperor asked the ministers to spend so much money this time, and it will naturally be used for disaster relief. When the time comes, your lord will unite with the major clans. , to monopolize things related to the disaster, such as medicinal materials, etc., the price will be more or less at that time, but we have the final say!"

Liu Xiuping raised his head, his gloomy expression seemed to freeze the air.

The corners of Pei Ji's mouth couldn't help twitching, the strategy in this kid's mind was really vicious.

He couldn't help sighing: "Xiu Ping, Xiu Ping, if you hadn't been a disciple of this old man, I'm afraid that the country would already be extremely rich by now! You simply can't be suitable for business anymore!"

"My lord is absurd, but the villain is just a humble opinion. The adult cares about the world, so naturally he didn't think of the idea of ​​sending a fortune to the country. The villain is already lucky in three lives to serve the adult. In the eyes of the adults, money is just a It's just dung." Liu Xiuping bowed his waist and buried his head deeply in his chest.

Before Pei Ji could make a decision, a guy dressed as a servant rushed in from outside the door, holding a piece of yellow paper in his hand.

"My lord! My lord! It's not good!" Pei Quan rushed into the door in a panic.

Pei Ji's face suddenly turned down, and he was discussing how to make money. Naturally, he was very unhappy when a guy who was reporting a funeral came at this time.

"What are you panicking about? Speak slowly!" Pei Ji's eyes cut into Pei's whole body like a knife, Pei Quan was startled for a moment, and quickly spread the yellow paper in his hand on the desk.

"My lord! Take a look at this first! Now Chang'an City is covered with these plasters everywhere!"

(End of this chapter)