Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 4 Violence and rape
  According to Lu Mou's request, the clerks from the Ministry of Revenue pushed out the IOUs from various ministries over the years, one by one.

Yes, it was pushed out by a car, or by a car.

Looking at the past, this all started after Zhang Juzheng reformed a whipping method.

Before Zhang Juzheng's reforms, most of Ming's fiscal revenue came in kind. After the One Whip Law was implemented, the treasury had cash, making it convenient and possible for officials to borrow money.

Lu Mou, no matter how old it is, the person who borrowed the money dies, but the debt cannot be ruined after the person dies. Is it natural for the father to pay his debts to his sons?

In front of this pile of IOUs, Lu Mou asked with a smile: "Master Qian, how much does this total?"

Qian Tonghe replied: "Returning to the prince, the total statistics here are 45,155,132 taels."

"Okay, Mr. Qian is indeed in charge of the household department, the chief steward of the Ming Dynasty. It is rare to have this pen."

Qian Tonghe said proudly: "That's natural. The Ministry of Revenue is under the jurisdiction of the lower officials, so everything is truly well-documented and there are absolutely no mistakes or omissions."

Lu Mou nodded and praised with sincerity: "Very good, very good." Then the topic changed: "Sir Qian, did you borrow any money from the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Qian Tonghe replied matter-of-factly: "The salary is meager, the family has a large population, and if there is a temporary shortage of cash, it is possible to borrow some money from the Ministry of Household Affairs for emergencies."

Lu Mou nodded again: "So, has Mr. Boss returned it?"

Only then did Qian Tonghe feel something was wrong, and he replied with a guilty conscience: "The times are difficult, so not yet."

Lu Mou immediately ordered Dongchang Fanzi: "Come on, find all the IOUs from Master Qian."

Qian Tonghe was really careful in his work. He divided everyone's IOUs into categories and listed them according to the strokes of their surnames. It was clear and easy to capture.

In fact, if this person had not fallen in love with Chongzhen, he would have been a capable minister.

The orderer found Qian Tonghe's IOUs. Good guy, there were as many as fifty IOUs, and the total amount actually reached 160,000 taels.

This guy is using the Treasury Department as his cash machine. But fortunately, he said borrowing, not greed. After this crisis, if Ming Dynasty survives in his own hands, this person can still be of great use.

Lu Mou smiled and stretched out his hand: "Bring it here."

Qian Tonghe had some sweat on his forehead: "What?"

"The money you owe to the treasury should be returned."

"This, it's hard for the official family -"

"No, there is no surplus food in the national treasury. Especially in this extraordinary period, money is needed everywhere to save the country." Then the flower-like smile suddenly turned cold: "Now the country is in difficulty, you must pay back this debt immediately Payment. As for the interest, I won’t charge it as a favor.”

Qian Tonghe was stunned on the spot. How could this happen?

"Your Majesty, I'm really not good enough to be a lower official."

Lu Mou's face suddenly became stern again: "You still can't pay back? You have to pay back even if you sell the pot and sell the iron. And you still have to pay it back without delay."

"What if I don't pay you back?" Qian Tonghe took out a pair, and he was not afraid of having his face burned by boiling water.

Lu Mou's face turned ferocious again: "You're a deadbeat, right? I'm sorry, I'm going to force you to do it."

After hearing this, Qian Tonghe's expression changed, but then he turned normal: "How can the prince force me?"

"I want to detain you and notify your family members to come and get money to ransom you."

"What? Your Majesty dares to kidnap a court official?"

"No, no, no, now I am not a prince, but a creditor, and you are not a third-grade official, but a debtor. We are a creditor and a debtor, so I am not kidnapping, I want to force you to pay."

"you dare."

"Not only do I dare, but I will do whatever it takes. Come on."

"The servant is here." Lu Mou said to the eunuch kindly: "I have told you that you are not my servant, but my family, so please call yourself brother from now on."

"I don't dare, I don't dare to kill him."

"Then call yourself a subordinate."

The eunuch agreed with tears of gratitude: "I understand."

"Go and inform Mr. Qian's family to use the money to repay our family's debt. My time is very tight. If the money is not paid within an hour, I will cut off a piece of Mr. Qian's body and I will not come back for two hours. I will give Mr. Qian a bowl of blood. This creditor keeps his word and integrity comes first. But please rest assured that his family will be relieved. No matter when or how long it takes, I will definitely guarantee that Mr. Qian will live a long life."

The eunuch turned and ran away.

Looking at Qian Tonghe's pale face, Lu Mou ordered to his subordinates: "Come on, tie up this debtor's money or whatever."

A group of eunuchs pounced on him like wolves and tigers, and without any explanation, tied Qian Tonghe to a pillar.

No matter how Qian Tonghe cursed: "Come here, continue to look for debtors in the household department, and deal with it like this."

As a result, the entire Hubu Yamen was in a state of panic.

The effect was very good. No matter how many officials and clerks there were in the Hubu Yamen, they were all tied up, and not a single one was left.

If all of them are collected, the household department that is near the water tower and gets paid first will be able to recover no less than one million taels of silver.

These are those who are currently employed, not counting those who have died and those who have retired.

But all the officials insisted that they had no money to pay back, so they just relied on a law to avoid blaming everyone and see what you can do to us.

No one from Qian Tonghe's family came to pay back the money. Only his eldest son came and begged for mercy.

When an hour came, Lu Mou smiled conspiratorially: "Subordinates, have any of you ever been an executioner and know how to cut Lingchi's skills into pieces with a thousand swords?"

All the subordinates shook their heads. It was a very professional thing. It required three thousand knives, but it was absolutely not allowed to kill anyone. None of them had ever done it before.

But at this time, a eunuch with a sinister face came out: "Your Majesty, Ling Chi is a skilled worker. If you can't do it with a few blows, you will die."

"What should I do?"

"It's easy to do. We men don't use knives, we use nails. Use the nails to slowly drive into the debtor's flesh, and then slowly pull them out. This way, there won't be much blood and the person won't die. But that kind of It's so sour that I can't put it into words. My subordinate promises that he will tremble when he sees nails in the future." Then, there was an expression of intoxication and enjoyment on his face.

It seemed that many of the little eunuchs under his command had been tortured like this by him.

"Then why are you still standing there? Let's get started."

"okay."

The eunuch agreed and found a nail directly on a beam in the yard. He didn't have a hammer, so he used bricks.

Lifting up Qian Tonghe's trouser leg, the old eunuch took out the nail, which was half a foot long and even had embroidery on it.

He stood in front of Qian Tonghe with a smile: "Mr. Qian, if you really don't pay back the money you owe our family, our family will really take action."

When Qian Tonghe saw that he was really serious, he screamed and shouted: "Zhu Cijiong, you bully the weak and fear the strong, I don't accept it."

Lu Mou asked with a smile: "Why do I bully the weak and fear the strong?"

"The Jinyiwei commander Tong Yangxing, who owes more money than me, and the state leader Zhou Kui, why don't you force him to pay?"

Lu Mou exclaimed: "Is this possible?"

This is going to be difficult.

(End of this chapter)