Chapter 92: I'm rich! I'm rich!

◎ Prime Minister Hu admitted his mistake and was willing to sacrifice half his wealth to save his son's life! Upon hearing this, Emperor Chengqian pretended to be embarrassed and said: ...◎

Prime Minister Hu admitted his mistake and was willing to use half of his wealth to save his beloved son's life!

Emperor Chengqian pretended to be embarrassed when he heard this:

"This national law is no joke. How can it be bought with money? Besides, your son didn't hit me, so what's the point of my disagreement?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Prince Kang beside him.

Prince Kang was sitting on a chair watching the fun when he saw Emperor Chengqian rejecting Hu Xiang while winking at him. As they had been brothers for many years, he immediately understood Emperor Chengqian's intentions and hurried forward to act as a peacemaker. He pulled Hu Xiang aside and whispered:

"Oh, Old Hu, things have come to this. Even if Your Majesty wants to forgive your son, you can't abuse your power for personal gain! He is the monarch of Dayan! How can he take the lead in doing this? If that happens, what will become of Dayan?

If you ask me, since you are willing to give up half of your wealth for your son, why not go and beg the Zhou brothers? As long as the Zhou brothers are willing to stop pursuing your son, then everything will be fine!

"When the time comes, donate half of your wealth, and we'll plead for your son together. With the Emperor's help, your son might not be able to escape death, but he will definitely be spared the death penalty!"

Hu Xiang...

So I lost half my fortune, and now I have to beg those two little bastards for mercy? And after that, they can only barely save my son's life?

Alas! Prime Minister Hu was so depressed, but at this point, what else could he do?! He had already admitted defeat, so he could only continue to do so! He thought to himself: If he has the guts, Emperor Chengqian will make sure he never gets up again!

He has always been a man of flexibility and has always believed that a gentleman's revenge is never too late.

Therefore, he naturally supported his son who was already in a terrible state, apologized sincerely to the Zhou Po brothers, and even hit his son a few more times in front of the brothers to show his sincerity!

The helplessness of an upright old father encountering a rebellious child was portrayed extremely realistically. If the Zhou Po brothers did not have a blood feud with him and knew his ability to plot against people, they might have been deceived by him!

Zhou Po knew that at this point, being able to force Prime Minister Hu to apologize was already the best outcome. If they continued to act pretentiously, the good impression that Emperor Cheng Qian had just built up for their Zhou family would probably disappear completely. Therefore, on behalf of his brother, he accepted Prime Minister Hu's apology, and at Zhu Xi's suggestion, asked for 12,000 taels of silver in compensation from his brother!

However, he had no intention of spending the Hu family's money himself!

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"Your Majesty, I have heard that Yuzhou is suffering from a severe drought. My brother and I are willing to donate the 10,000 taels of silver that Prime Minister Hu has awarded to the Ministry of Revenue to help provide relief to the victims!"

Zhou Po spoke loudly to Emperor Cheng Qian.

Emperor Chengqian... Zhou Po is so sensible! Even more sensible than his father!

Immediately clapped his hands and praised:

"Good! The Zhou family has repeatedly made meritorious contributions while serving their sentence in recent years. Although your grandfather disrespected his superiors, which ultimately led to the Zhou family being confiscated and exiled, I cannot help but praise him for his wise parenting!

Since your Zhou family has now returned to the capital, I will return the old Zhou family residence to you brothers. I hope you two brothers can continue to work hard and revive your family!"

Emperor Chengqian was rarely generous.

After hearing this, Zhou Po hurriedly and carefully helped Zhou Luo, who was lying on the stretcher, up. The two brothers knelt on the ground together and kowtowed to thank the emperor for his grace.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Grandfather, since the Zhou brothers have donated, I can't be stingy. I am also willing to donate 100,000 taels. Grandfather, please use it wherever you think it's needed!"

Zhu Xi had long wanted to give some money to his royal grandfather, and when he heard Zhou Pu say he wanted to donate silver, he immediately responded.

"Your Majesty, my family and my grandfather's family are also willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver each to improve people's livelihood!"

Zhou Yu, who was still kneeling beside Zhou Po, exchanged glances with her brother and took the opportunity to say, how could their family miss this opportunity to show up in front of the emperor!

"Your Majesty, I also have five thousand taels of private money here, and I am willing to donate it all!"

Mu Qingni also said that she always regarded money as dirt and spent whatever she had. When she said she still had five thousand taels, then she really only had five thousand taels.

"You can keep that little bit of money for pocket money. Daddy paid for your share! We, father and daughter, will also donate... 100,000 taels!"

Mu Feng felt sorry for his daughter and couldn't help but speak, but he also felt pained. God knows he had already given his adoptive father 100,000 taels in private!

With these few people taking the lead, others felt embarrassed to just stand by and watch. The Duke of Zhenguo, Prince Kang, and the Princess each donated 100,000 taels. Prime Minister Wang and several others donated 30,000 taels each. The rest of the officials, both big and small, followed suit and donated more or less. Even the 12th Prince, the poorest, donated 1,000 taels. Now it was Prime Minister Hu's turn again...

Hu Xiang...

So he donated half of his fortune, and he also had to pay the Zhou family's ten thousand taels, and then he would still be there in the reincarnation?!

"If Hu Xiang is unwilling to donate, then forget it. After all, you've already spent so much money on your son today. It wouldn't be appropriate to ask you to spend more on the 'common people', right?!"

Zhu Xi was talking on the side, and he emphasized the word "common people" very much!

After hearing this, Hu Xiang had no choice but to close his eyes and said:

"I am also willing to donate thirty thousand taels!"

Emperor Chengqian...

“Hahaha!! Great! Great!!” Emperor Cheng Qian hadn’t expected that he’d become so rich in such a short time. He was so happy that he almost had a heart attack! How many years had it been!! He’d been poor for so many years!! Today he’d finally made a fortune!!

"Your Majesty, since the princes and ministers have donated so generously to the people of Great Yan, I suggest that Your Majesty personally write a letter of thanks and have it posted throughout Kyoto and throughout Great Yan!

The letter can include the names, positions, and donations of all donors. If there are any princes, nobles, or philanthropic families or merchants willing to donate generously to the people of Dayan, Your Majesty can follow suit so that all the people of Dayan will know about their good deeds!

Zhou Po suggested calmly from below.

Everyone... this guy is so cunning, how can they have the nerve to donate less?!

Suddenly, some of those who had been clever earlier knelt down before Emperor Chengqian again.

"After much thought, I feel my family can still scrape together some more money. I am willing to add another ten thousand taels!"

"I am willing to add another 10,000 taels!"

So, those who donated less took turns to compete...

Emperor Chengqian...

"Hahaha! Great kindness!"

Emperor Chengqian didn't expect that Zhou Po's words would earn him another one hundred thousand taels! His good impression of him was rising!

"Hahaha, Zhou Po! You are now serving as a Thousand Householder of Finance under Lei Zhan, right? That position can be filled by anyone who knows numbers. I think you should not stay there, it is too much of a waste of your talent. Just follow me and start as an editor in the Hanlin Academy..."

Zhou Po...

Hanlin Academy Editor? He remembered that his grandfather's first official position after entering the government was also Hanlin Academy Editor...

It really goes around in circles...

All the ministers... they donated so much silver to help this kid succeed!

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In the end, although Hu Xiang's son Hu Yi was pardoned from the death penalty, he was still sentenced by Emperor Chengqian to be exiled to Huizhou for three years. After recovering from his injuries, he had to leave...

Hu Xiang had no objection to the sentence. After Emperor Chengqian announced the verdict, he took the weeping Tian mother and son and left. The other ministers who had come with him on official business also took their leave and returned to their work.

After Zhou Po and Zhou Jin settled Zhou Luo and the other wounded, they hurried back to the barracks...

Even though Zhou Po has been transferred by Emperor Chengqian, there are still many things that need to be handed over...

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But Emperor Chengqian did not leave...

Since Hu Xiang and the others left, the smile on Emperor Cheng Qian's face has not stopped. In a very good mood, he took the group of Zhenguo Gong who stayed with him to visit the hot spring villa opened by Zhu Xi and others with great interest...

"Ayu, do you have any heart-protecting pills or something like that?!"

Zhu Xi had originally been accompanying Emperor Chengqian, introducing him to the scenery of their villa, but then he realized there were too many people praising his grandfather, and he couldn't squeeze through. After being stepped on twice by his second brother, Zhu Xi simply withdrew and quietly went to talk to Zhou Yu...

Because Zhou Luo was injured, Zhou Yu stayed behind to help Zhu Xi entertain Emperor Chengqian and his entourage...

"Why do you want that medicine?" Zhou Yu asked in confusion.

"I'm afraid my grandfather will be so happy that he'll die of laughter!" Zhu Xi replied helplessly, worriedly, "I think it's better to be prepared!"

Today the old man won several million taels in one go, and he was so happy that he almost lost his mind!

"I have plenty of that here!" Zhou Yu nodded. Other people's purses were filled with sachets, but her purse was always filled with quick-acting heart pills!

"With me here, you don't have to worry about that. I think you should go ask your grandfather if he wants to leave some food for you when you have time."

Zhou Yu scratched his head. "It's already this late, and they haven't even said they're leaving yet. Shouldn't a top leader be extremely cautious? They normally wouldn't eat out, right?"

That shouldn’t happen, Zhou Yu thought.

result……

"Grandfather told us to just cook whatever we want. He's not picky about food and will eat anything!" Zhu Xi ran back and said, "Oh, by the way, Grandfather heard from the Duke of Zhenguo that our chili dishes are delicious, so he told us to cook a few for him to try!"

Zhou Yu...

this……

"If someone with a weak stomach eats chili for the first time, they'll probably get diarrhea. Are you sure you want to make it for him?"

Zhou Yu hesitated and said:

"Why don't we make something lighter? Otherwise, he'll get sick from eating it and be accused of poisoning him at the villa."

"Haha, Ayu, you've read too many storybooks. You really don't need to be so nervous... It's not that easy to poison my grandfather!?"

Zhu Xi smiled and said:

"Don't worry, my grandfather's stomach is better than mine, he'll be fine. Besides, I'm here, even if he does have diarrhea, it won't be a problem! Just ask the kitchen to serve all our signature dishes and let my grandfather have a look..."

Zhou Yu...Okay! Now that you've said that, what else does she have to say?!

But to be on the safe side, I went to the kitchen and watched it myself...

Halfway through the journey, I realized why Zhu Xi's words "ours" sounded so ambiguous?!

…

It wasn't until he reached the kitchen that Zhou Yu finally understood what Zhu Xi meant when he said, "It's not that easy to poison his grandfather!"

Not only had their kitchen been completely surrounded by the Imperial Guards, but the ingredients had also been thoroughly inspected, and every chef had been questioned about their entire family. Anyone who couldn't provide a clear answer was kicked out...

Even so, they were still worried. They had already replaced the tableware for serving the rice with silver tableware, and a dozen eunuchs were ready to taste the food...

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