Chapter 322: This is the Hongmen Banquet
On this day, the top ten most well-known wealthy businessmen in Pingyang Prefecture suddenly received an invitation letter from Lu Ning, inviting them to a banquet for the minister.
These wealthy businessmen are all well-known veterans, and they are worried that Lu Ning will take the opportunity to ask them for money, so they all excuse themselves.
Who knew that Zhao Dawu, who had to come over to entertain them, said to them with a humble face.
"The prosperity and stability of Pingyang Mansion are maintained by your grandfathers, and this time I just want to talk about friendship with you, one does not ask you to donate silver, and the other does not ask you to dedicate beautiful women, just drink wine and listen to music."
When these veterans heard that Lord Qincha had already invited the troupe and invited them to listen to the famous Jin drama "Chenzhou Grain", they all happily agreed to the appointment.
Lu Ning made the scene quite beautiful, except for all the family members who came to the banquet, they all sent a very luxurious carriage to pick it up, and there was fragrant tea and snacks in the car.
"This minister is really benevolent."
Since those crooked and evil gods have been killed, the ten of them have become the ten richest people in Pingyang Mansion.
It can be said that stomping on the entire Binh Duong Mansion will cause an earthquake, so everyone outside the staff is full of ambition and high ambition, and enters the line of Lord Qincha.
This place is the Pingyang Hou Mansion back then, and I saw that outside the gate of the mansion, the head of the Pingyang Hou and the body of his sister were still hanging there, and these people were scared and shivered for no reason.
After arriving at the studio, Lu Ning could be regarded as having enough pomp.
Some of the other maids of the Pingyang Hou Mansion prepared delicious food and wine to entertain these people.
Lu Ning didn't have any trouble at all, greeted people with a smile, casually asked about the customs of Shanxi, and then invited them to drink and watch the play with a friendly smile.
These rich landowners in Shanxi can't pick out one by one, and their daily lives are extremely frugal.
It's just that this time I ate someone else's, so I simply let go of my stomach to eat, and I didn't eat at all.
The troupe above began to sing: someone went to Kaifeng Mansion to sue the emperor, saying that Bao Gong's nephew Bao Mian was corrupt, and His Majesty sent Bao Gong to Chenzhou to investigate the case.
Those rich businessmen have already seen it, and they are also familiar with the plot in the play. So I judged who looked good and who sang well.
Who knows, at this moment, the prefect of Chenzhou found ten beautiful women for Bao Mian, who came down for disaster relief, all of them were light and pretty, and the actor who played Bao Mian was fascinated.
In the play, Bao Mian was also playing a banquet held by ten wealthy businessmen in Chenzhou, and he listened to Bao Mian's command.
"A few of you have gone over and presented the return gift of the official to all the old outsiders."
At this time, there was a regular guest at the banquet who felt that something was wrong.
"There's no such thing in the real play, what's going on?"
Lu Ning coughed: "Watch the play with peace of mind, don't make noise!" ”
Who knew that the female actors who sang the opera did not hand the gift boxes to the rich businessmen on the stage, but got off the stage and went to the ten rich businessmen who participated in the banquet.
Blessed to them, he knelt down and handed the gift box in front of them.
Seeing that these women are coquettish in their own way, these people have long been unbearable. It's just that now in front of Qincha, no one dares to lose their temper.
So he asked very stiffly: "My lord, this ......?"
Lu Ning smiled indifferently and said.
"Since you are willing to give it to you, you can take it, and everyone will open it and take a look. This is also a thank you from the official. ”
One of them was very bold, and when he took this brocade box, he touched the little hand of the beautiful woman in front of him, and the other party was blushing, but he didn't dodge.
He even fantasized that if he had time to find out the girl's name, he would have to buy it at home and enjoy it.
After the brocade box was received, these women gave Lu Ning Wanfu a look, and then returned to the stage to continue acting.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please open it and take a look."
Sure enough, a person was driven by curiosity to open the box and suddenly found a ledger inside.
When I opened it, I couldn't help but be shocked.
It turned out to be a record of the accounts of each time they annexed land, and there was some evidence of their forced death and cunning robbery.
Even on a certain year, month, and day, the matter of them forcing the maids is undoubtedly recorded.
It's not just him who is so surprised, but the others are no better, Ci is not in charge of the army, he is not in charge of finances, and he does not have some black history under the hands of a rich man.
The crimes committed by these people in order to collect money were enough to cut them ten times, and everyone was so frightened that these people pounced a few times, and they all knelt under Lu Ning's feet.
"The villain is guilty and is willing to donate all his family wealth to the imperial court, and please spare us with extrajudicial mercy."
Lu Ning saw that his big stick had an effect, so he took a sip of tea and said calmly.
"Originally, according to the laws of the imperial court, the crimes you have committed are enough to cut off your head, but this official still has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to your crimes, I don't know if you are willing to grasp it."
But if there is a chance to live, who wants to die?
These ten wealthy landlords hurriedly kowtowed to Lu Ning, and they all said that they were willing to do it.
Lu Ning ordered them to say.
"Return all the land that has been seized from the people, and hand over all the usury that has been lulled to me, in addition, the imperial court wants to relocate people to Lianghe and Anhui, as the ten largest rich landlords in this province, you should take a good lead."
These ten people were still a little unhappy, and Lu Ning snorted.
"This official has given you two roads: one is the road to the relocation, and the other is the road to Huangquan, you can choose which one to take!"
Wherever these tycoons dared to object, they all expressed their willingness to return all the unjust enrichments according to the orders of Lord Chincha and abolish the former usury.
Then, according to the will of the imperial court, they began to move the people, and none of them resisted, and the rest of them can be imagined. After the decree of the imperial court was issued, no one dared to oppose it.