When Shun Guogong was beheaded by his family, many people raised their hearts, wondering who would be Tao Rui's second debt collector.
As a result, after waiting for a few days, Tao Rui didn't move at all. When he was resting, he had an appointment with three or five dudes, and invited Prince Rong's most beloved grandson out to play.
Prince Rong is the emperor's uncle, and his grandson, the emperor, is a cousin. This young master loves to play very much on weekdays. Tao Rui took him around in Huanxi Tower, fearing that he would not be too addicted to it. He also took him to hunt in the woods on the outskirts of Beijing. He hunted an ugly and vicious wild boar and brought it back to the young master. .
Little Master never saw such a bloody hunting, and when he went back, he still had some lingering palpitations, as if he was frightened.
But Prince Rong asked him if he was being bullied by Tao Rui, and he retorted: "Brother Jin is very good, and he is very good at everything for fear of imperfect. I am your grandson. Will he dare to bully me? Just look back. Remind him, not everyone likes to hunt like him, it's too cruel, tusk."
Prince Rong did not relax after hearing this. Tao Rui was hunting brutally? He is really powerful, but he is so cruel and bloody. When he was hunting in the paddock, the tigers Tao Rui hunted were undamaged, and the wild boars he hunted were killed with one arrow. How could he be scared with blood this time. People?
Unless he did it intentionally!
Prince Rong asked his grandson carefully about the process of having fun, asking him not to miss a single detail. He keenly discovered that when a few people were playing cards, his grandson was depressed when he lost. Tao Rui jokingly said that Prince Rong's mansion is rich and honorable. What's the loss? ? And after his grandson won a lot of silver tickets, Tao Rui said again, this can only be a pocket.
Prince Rong asked the little grandson to rest. Hearing the little grandson yelling that his thigh hurts as he walked, he couldn't help but frown, and walked back and forth in the room with his back hands.
Several of his sons stood nearby, looked at each other, and asked, "Is my father worried about drinking?"
Prince Rong nodded, "Yes."
He stood by the window and sighed: "So many things have happened. You should also see that this person is not a reckless person. His words and deeds have profound meaning. He has no contact with the Royal Palace, so why suddenly invite him? He mentioned Rong. The wealth of the palace is to beat us so that we can consciously return the money."
Prince Rong's eldest son was displeased, "This kid is too rampant, how dare he?"
"How can he not dare? What he meant, maybe the emperor meant it." Prince Rong's youngest son frowned and gave them an analysis. "Tao Rui didn't come to collect the debt directly, but used this method to imply that he would not just let us pay it back. The money is so simple. The most difficult thing to collect debts is the royal family. He can find evidence to overthrow Lord Shun Guo, but he can't move the royal family at will. It is ugly and the emperor will have no face.
He wanted us to take the lead and persuade the royal family to pay back the money. "
"So what if we don't set an example?"
"Then today is just the beginning. He may deceive our children and grandchildren, mislead our descendants, or even let them risk danger. Don't think he dare not. Today, he deliberately hunted wild boars brutally and bloodily, just telling We, he has the ability to do everything and get away perfectly. Wasn't my son defending him just now? That stinky boy, who looks pretty smart on weekdays, is so dull and dull in front of Tao Rui!"
Prince Rong listened to their discussion for a while, then sat down at the table and made a decision, "Also, we will set an example."
"Father?"
"By setting an example, you can leave a good impression on the emperor's heart, and make a good relationship with Tao Rui. What if we are blamed by others? The emperor will definitely find opportunities to give us benefits as a reward. This is the Royal Palace. The most needed.
Moreover, if we don't do this, we will just toast, not eat or drink fine wine, and don't know how to praise. What can happen if you don't follow the emperor's will? "
When he said this, his sons shut up.
Soon Prince Rong's mansion took action. Prince Rong's eldest son personally went to the household department to inquire about the borrowings over the past few decades, returned to the mansion to check the accounts, and went to the household department to repay the money with great fanfare.
The youngest son of Prince Rong who was able to talk about met with the royal family members, those princes, princesses, princesses, etc., who knew them with reason and moved with affection, and persuaded them to pay back the money.
After two or three of them paid back, almost everyone in the royal family moved, some consciously paid it back, some asked to see Prince Rong to pay it back, some went to the emperor to sell the miserable, and some were really poor and fearful.
At this time, the officials realized that Tao Rui's second object of debt collection was Prince Rong, and he did not know what method he used to cause such an earthquake-like craze for the royal family to pay back money.
Tao Rui really didn't ask for those who were selling badly, but Tao Rui directly named those who were poor and worried.
"The emperor, Shen County, Deping County, and others have defaulted on a small amount of debts to the treasury. We ministers made unannounced visits and determined that their lives were difficult and could not be repaid, and the status quo was really downright. Given that they were all members of the royal family, the minister proposed to give them every time. Home give away some gold and silver goods and daily objects. Not much is needed, as long as it can help them tide over the difficulties and sustain their lives.
When they have the ability to repay in the future, they will repay.
Of course, if someone is found to be fraudulent, the fraudster should also be punished for the crime of deceiving the king. "
The emperor nodded first, "Well, this is justified."
Then he looked at the ministers and asked: "What do you think of Aiqing?"
The ministers immediately saluted and agreed in unison.
What do they think? The emperor said "this is reasonable", how dare they look at it?
However, the keen people immediately discovered that those who had been miserable and tried to get through the trap were not on Tao Rui's list. Thinking of Tao Rui's "crime of deceiving the emperor", no one thought he was, and he was more likely to give them People dig pits. The wise one should pay back the money as soon as possible, and the stupid one deserves to fall into the pit and die.
Tao Rui personally went to give away money to everyone on the list, and he and Leng Xiao personally gave them away. Everyone who received the things was grateful. Tao Rui and Leng Xiao were very close to the emperor. They expressed their opinions as if the emperor still cared about them and hoped that they are good. It is more exciting than the best encouragement in the world. .
Tao Rui also hired an imperial doctor for the sick, making them truly feel that they are members of the royal family and they have never been given up. They can still work hard and do better for the emperor.
Tao Rui's behavior was shocking at first, because it was inconsistent with his image of unselfishly asking for debts. But after Tao Rui's good reputation for being kind and the emperor caring about his people spread, many people discovered that Tao Rui was really smart. While they were still considering the next step, Tao Rui had already taken three or five steps.
Blindly subway blood will not be popular, and it is easy to be rejected, but the warmth with reason and reason has made the upright ministers start to appreciate Tao Rui. Those county princes, county owners and others who were helped by Tao Rui, let alone how grateful he was, they simply regarded him as a reborn parent and treated him as a great benefactor.
Among them, Princess Shen stepped forward to expose the other miserable Princess Chang, exposing all the lies of Princess Chang one by one.
Can the crime of deceiving the king be a joke? Lord Chang Jun ran to the emperor with his nose and tears. He won the emperor's sympathy, but the result was all lies?
The emperor directly demoted his county gong to county gong.
This time is good, he not only has to repay the debt, but also has a lower level. In the capital city, the low level affects not a little bit, it directly affects all descendants, and it has become the object of everyone's despise and alienation.
As you can imagine, this family will never have a good life.
The other poor sellers immediately paid back the money, but they didn't please them either. They went to Tao Rui and the emperor's small books. In the future, the court won't be able to do anything good for them. They are destined to become more and more away from the core of the imperial power. far.
Prince Rong, who took the lead, guessed right, and the emperor soon sought a cause and promoted his youngest son to an official rank. This is a real benefit and an attitude. Compared with other members of the royal family, it is clear that Prince Rong's line is now closer to the core of the imperial power.
This made many people feel awkward and regretted not seizing the opportunity to behave in front of the emperor.
The people of the royal family have paid off their debts. Do others dare not pay it back? Whoever dares to make small moves is the next Shunguo Duke and the next Changjun Duke.
When Tao Rui went to collect debts, he received extraordinary treatment, and he was a guest everywhere. And most people don't need him to come to the door to ask at all, so they consciously returned it. Many of them were returned quietly, so as not to be embarrassed by others.
Tao Rui also gave them this face, and quietly paid them off directly, without telling the public. This also makes the people who pay back the money feel a lot better, and they are not so unwilling. After all, everyone has paid it back, and there is no embarrassment. It should be fortunate.
When they looked back, they suddenly realized that Tao Rui was really only dealing with Gong Shunguo's family, who was the one who refused to pay the bill in the first place. After Tao Rui was not offended at all, he asked Prince Rong's grandson to play, what happened? He proposed to give money to the impoverished royal family. What happened?
Prince Rong's decision to take the lead in repaying the account and Shen Jun's stand up to expose Chang Jun's was their own decision. Tao Rui didn't mention a word, and others couldn't blame him if they wanted to complain.
He jumped out of the center of the whirlpool and completed such an offensive errand. At the end of the day, people were still fortunate that they were fine at home, and thank Tao Rui for not mentioning the list.
All in all, Tao Rui has become the most valued official this year, and no one can surpass him!
When the emperor and the third princess mentioned this incident later, they also said jokingly: "If it is my emperor, I can pass on the throne to him at this moment."
The third princess hurriedly said: "My father is wise and powerful, and he is in good health. How can I pass on the throne to others? For talents like Master Tao, it's fine to be the minister of humerus for the father."
The emperor laughed, "You girl, you are the best. Some people say that you should take one step and look at three steps. I think he is taking one step and look at ten steps. After rectifying the farmland, he is afraid that he will have another idea. I. Why don't the world hate myself more?"
The third princess said wittyly: "I hope there will be more fathers in the world. That father's grand plan will be completed long ago."
The emperor was amused by her again. He saw that his daughter was afraid of him, Tao Rui's wit, and had a rift with Tao Rui. He shook his head amusedly, and sighed: "Yu Xin, you have a chance to be more oriented. study."
The third princess blushed immediately, knowing that her careful thoughts had been seen through. She wants to learn. In her lifetime, she would be satisfied with one-tenth of Tao Rui's intelligence!