More than ten miles north of Baodi County, there is a Zhuangzi covering an area of more than 30 acres, which is the ancestral home of the big landlord of Baodi County, Yu Yonglu and Yu Yuanwai.

Tonight, the rest of the house, the front hall, is brightly lit.

"Have you heard?" Yu Yonglu's clan brother Yu Yongshou sat in the top position, first glanced at his brother, and then turned his head to look at the clansmen in the hall: "Today, that councilor Lu Yu has arrived in the county. ”

"That bloody thunderbolt method doesn't look like a civilian official! I heard that it is still the title of the former household servant of the imperial court, "The clansmen in the hall are frowning at the moment, I heard that Yan Qinglai was directly and passively punished in prison, and he was appointed as the magistrate of the county, just because he complained in the hall, he ended up in such a situation?"

"What is this? This is called killing chickens and monkeys, killing one policeman and one hundred! "The hall was full of noise for a while.

Today, Lu Yu's methods of killing people at every turn in Baodi County made everyone feel concerned.

"You don't need the approval of the imperial court, you can ask and behead directly tomorrow!" Yu Yongshou hissed, feeling the pain of his back molars: "And as soon as the person was thrown into prison, his home was raided by the army, leaving only an empty house, and more than 20 wives, concubines, women and children at home were miserable!" ”

"Then tomorrow" Yu Yongshou turned his head to look at his brother: "Big brother, how should we deal with it?" ”

Everyone in the hall knows that this time Lu Yu is not a few thousand taels or tens of thousands of taels of silver can be sent!

That is to uproot the officialdom and wealthy households in the entire Baodi County

Thinking of the scene at the end of May, when the heads of hundreds of officials in the capital were rolling, everyone in the hall shuddered, they didn't think they could be worth more than the Gonggong Zhugong.

If the officials in the capital die, there may be a mark left in the history books, and if the people in the hall are folded in Lu Yu's hands, it can only be an unjust death.

"The old man looked at the documents released by the parliament," Yu Yonglu, who had not spoken for a long time, twisted his brows into Sichuan characters, and patted lightly on the back of the chair: "What Qi Guogong wants is just the acres of fields in Baodi County, especially the acres of Huangzhuang!" ”

Sweeping his eyes at the people in the hall, Yu Yonglu's eyes showed a strong man's determination to break his wrist: "Tomorrow in the hall, as long as Councilor Lu wants, in addition to the ancestral house of the family and three hundred acres of land, the rest of the clan's fields can be given up!" ”

"What?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was surprised.

Although everyone was apprehensive about Lu Yu's thunderbolt method, when it was time to give up meat, few people could really make up their minds.

That's white silver, not hundreds of thousands of taels a year, but tens of thousands of taels!

Moreover, those acres of fields are patches of fertile land, and it is the accumulation of the five generations of the Yu family that has made great efforts from generation to generation, so that we have today's situation.

Why did he have to give up so easily as soon as Lu Yu came?

"Sir! There are still more than 100 children in that clan, how can they live without acres of land? ”

"Big brother, before Lu Yu can speak, I will give the money like this, in case his desires are difficult to fill."

"Shut up!" Yu Yonglu slapped the table: "What do you think, the old man knows that it is nothing more than the loss of acres of land, and the annual profit sharing silver is less, then it will be decided today, all the children of less than three generations will receive no less money from the clan every year, and this additional expenditure will be paid from the patriarch, and most of the first, second and third generations of the clan have their own industries. ”

Seeing that someone still had something to say, Yu Yonglu raised his hand to stop it: "The Yu family has accumulated for several generations, in this Baodi County, not only acres of land, but also restaurants, pawnshops, iron shops, inns, commercial houses and other industries, as long as these are here, in a short period of time, there will not be too many injuries in the clan!" ”

"The most important thing is to leave a little goodwill on Lord Lu's side, and the benefits in the future will not be less!"

After that, Yu Yonglu stroked his beard and looked at his younger brother: "Yongshou, what do you think?" ”

Hearing his brother's question, the corners of Yu Yongshou's mouth scribbled downward, obviously a little displeased: "Brother, you are the patriarch, over the years, the Yu family has been fortunate to have you to develop so strongly, I should have supported you." ”

"Huh?" Yu Yonglu narrowed his eyes and quietly waited for his brother's words.

"But is it too cowardly to give up almost all of the acres? He Lu Yu didn't say that he wanted all the acres! Yu Yongshou didn't understand why his brother made such a decision.

"Because Lu Yu is one of the seven members of the New Deal, and because he is the confidant of the chief consul, don't you know who Wang Qi, the Duke of Qi, is?" Yu Yonglu took a deep breath and said, "Do you think that the hundred hectares of fertile land and the favor of Qi Guogong are more weighty?" ”

"Don't talk about tens of thousands of taels of silver, when the time comes, with Lu Yu's doorway, 100,000 taels or a million taels of silver will not be a problem!" Yu Yonglu looked at his younger brother, and he hated iron but not steel: "When can you take your short-sighted vision for the long term?" ”

Yu Yonglu's words made everyone in the hall speechless.

Some are thoughtful, some are nodding, and some are dismissive.

"Who knows, how long can Qi Guogong's new deal last? I heard that the Qin Wang army of Nanjing City has arrived in Xuzhou Mansion," my cousin Yu Yongxi muttered.

He was in charge of twenty hectares of fertile land in the clan, so he was the most vehemently opposed to the patriarch's move.

If the twenty hectares of fertile land were gone, the kickbacks he received from the tenant farmers would be nearly a thousand taels less every year

"Yes, patriarch, we also have this worry, after all, what is the New Deal Council, no one has ever experienced it, everyone knows the emperor, but the Nalaoshzi Council, looking through the Four Books and Five Classics, no one has heard of it!"

"The Qin Wang Army of Nanjing City? Those people" Yu Yonglu was talking, and the butler suddenly ran from outside the hall.

"Master, the news from the capital is from the young master!"

The housekeeper held a letter in his hand, from Yu Yonglu's eldest son, Yu Changyu, who was enrolled in the Simen Pavilion of Guozijian in the capital, and was relatively well-informed.

Therefore, as soon as this letter came out, it attracted everyone's attention.

Under the gaze of everyone, Yu Yonglu opened the letter and looked down.

After a few breaths, he raised his head, Yu Yonglu's face was a little strange, and then he nodded.

"Big brother, what does the letter say?" Yu Yongshou asked.

"Was the coup a failure?" Someone was tempting.

"Let's all take a look," Yu Yonglu sat down and handed the letter to his brother.

After getting the letter, Yu Yongshou was first shocked, and then silent.

After a while, Yu Yongshou raised his head: "It's news about Qin Wangjun"

While speaking, Yu Yongshou looked at the people who asked the question: "In the first battle of Huishan, King Qin's army was defeated for thousands of miles, and Yuan Keli and King Xin have retreated to the south of the Yangtze River and returned to Nanjing. ”

"This" The clansman's face turned pale, and he was about to speak, only to hear Yu Yongshou continue:

After that, Qin Erbao led a large army and attacked Xuzhou Mansion at night. By the time the news was sent the night before, Xuzhou had fallen. ”

For a while, the hall was full of echoes."

"I agree with the Patriarch's plan!"

"Seconded"

"I've always been a staunch capitulationist!" (End of chapter)