readytorunbook Chapter 252 Dongfang Family Bows
Chapter 252 Dongfang Family Bows
Chapter 253
Dongfang Wang pointed at the two of them and said angrily, "If the army outside the city comes charging in, I'll say it was you two who forbad me to take the money and food. Then, you old bastard, just hand yourself over to the soldiers for punishment, okay?"
The butler was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and knelt down quickly. He knew that if the soldiers really came in to kill him, he would definitely die miserably if the master did this.
He immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Master, please spare my life, Master, please spare my life, I will never dare to do it again."
Dongfang Wang then turned to his own son Dongfang You and said, "If soldiers come charging in, you will be escorted to the capital in my place, how about that?"
Dongfang You was so frightened that he immediately shook his head: "I won't go. I will never go to the capital again."
He suffered a lot the last time he went to the capital, and he was determined not to go there again.
Mrs. Dongfang beside her was a little unhappy. Seeing her son being scolded, she said, "Master, what are you doing? You'er is talking about your son so early in the morning just for dinner. Isn't this for the good of our Dongfang family?"
"You know nothing." Dongfang Wang yelled at her, "It was you, this foolish son who feared nothing, who almost killed my Dongfang family."
"Come here, send a letter to Marquis Wuding outside the city immediately. My Dongfang family will immediately prepare money and food and send them to the capital to support the border war."
This time, the housekeeper and Dongfang You no longer dared to give any advice.
In the past, they advised that the Dongfang family had a noble status and that even if something happened, the Empress and the Master were there to support them, and it would have nothing to do with them.
But if Dongfang Wang really pushed them both out, everyone would be scared.
The Dongfang family gave money and food, and did so openly.
Dongfang Wang decided that since he had been given money, he would do as the Sixth Prince said and seek a good reputation and make achievements in preparation for establishing a country in the future.
Thousands of elite guards from the Dongfang family personally escorted hundreds of horse-drawn carriages carrying money and grain to the capital.
They also spread the word everywhere that the Dongfang family gave out half of their property to support the national war and His Majesty the Emperor.
In fact, these money and grains are not even 10% of the Dongfang family’s wealth.
But Dongfang Wang must promote it well.
Let the whole world know how loyal and patriotic their Dongfang family is.
The other major families were dumbfounded. Dongfang Wang really gave money and food.
Even if they wanted to shut down the market and threaten the imperial court, there would be a large army nearby watching closely.
Emperor Wu was very ruthless and directly announced that anyone who dared to threaten to close the market would have their property confiscated and their family exterminated. All the businesses were sold out. He believed that even if the aristocratic family was gone, there would be many people willing to take over the family's business.
The other big families were helpless and could only provide money and food.
This time, a large number of troops gathered in the capital, and countless money and food were sent to the capital in batches.
Emperor Wu was extremely happy. He didn't expect that his Great Wu Kingdom had such strength.
Wouldn’t that solve the border crisis?
In addition, except for a part of the money and grain sent to the border to solve the food and military pay problems of the hundreds of thousands of vassal soldiers, the rest was all put into the warehouse.
Emperor Wu didn't expect that he could actually make money.
In this case, he wondered whether he should continue to exploit these princes and noble families. Each of them had a rich fortune and was worth Emperor Wu's exploration.
The most unlucky one was Prince Ji. Not only did he fail to take down Prince Huai's palace last time, he also didn't get any benefit at all.
Instead, they lost nearly tens of thousands of elite soldiers. After all, the casualties of cavalry and infantry combined were not low.
Prince Ji's mansion was raided again, and now we still can't find out which bastard prince did it.
He no longer doubted the Sixth Prince, because according to the people in Prince Ji's Mansion, everyone who came was well-equipped with weapons and had strong combat capabilities, and even the weapons they used were very special.
They are simply not comparable to that bunch of useless people in the Beijing camp.
The 10,000 city defense troops stationed there and the several thousand defenders of Prince Ji's Palace were no match at all. Before midnight, Prince Ji's Palace was breached.
He also wrote a lot of IOUs and borrowed a lot of money and food from several wealthy families with whom he had good relations, and finally stabilized the army.
As a result, not much time has passed and the summer grain has not yet been harvested and sold.
The imperial court actually ordered the princes to send troops north to fight the barbarians.
He didn't want to go, but just as he was about to refuse, a vassal king in the south had his property confiscated.
This made the fat man King Ji worried. Although he was arrogant and domineering, it was because he had money, food and soldiers.
If the emperor wants to deal with him, he must gather more troops to capture Jizhou Prefecture.
The other princes would just watch the show, no one would help the court, and some would even make trouble for the court behind the scenes.
But now it’s different. The emperor directly brought up Taizu and said that if you don’t help the country fight, you are not a descendant of Taizu. You will be expelled from the royal family and regarded as a treasoner.
All the vassal kings attacked him.
How could King Ji dare to take responsibility for such a serious crime?
He believed that if he did not send troops, the old emperor would immediately order an attack on Prince Ji's Mansion.
And those so-called vassal kings' soldiers would definitely storm Prince Ji's mansion, waiting to confiscate Prince Ji's property and feed themselves.
Even if Prince Ji said that the Prince Ji’s Mansion was empty, who would believe it? No one would believe it unless it was conquered.
Prince Ji had no choice but to send troops north, and the old emperor actually asked him to send 10,000 troops. The reason was that Prince Ji was one of the several vassal kings and the leader of the vassal kings, and he could not fall behind others.
However, even if he did send troops, King Ji only sent less than 7,000 troops in total. The reason was that the casualties in the battle against King Huai were too heavy.
Now these two guards have not yet replenished their troops, so they can only choose these troops to head north.
No matter what, Prince Ji finally managed to fool them. He would also curse the Sixth Prince in the mansion as a bastard, saying that his stupid ideas had brought them all trouble.
No matter how others scold him, Ning Yi just concentrates on training the Beijing Camp every day.
It would be better if each vassal king sent out troops to weaken their strength so that after I ascend the throne, I can reduce the resistance to sweeping them away.
As for the Dongfang family, Ning Yi also knew that he would still need them in the future.
But we must give this arrogant family a warning and let them know that no matter how noble you are, it is given by the royal family. Once the royal family gets angry, they can deal with you in an instant.
He finally got the chance and went to Kunning Palace to meet the queen on the pretext of discussing the Dongfang family's affairs.
As soon as the two met, they talked about the Queen's concern for her natal family and asked all the other servants to leave.
As soon as the door closed, they hugged each other.
The Queen's charming face tempted her to complain, "You still remember me. I thought you, such a heartless man, had forgotten me."
"How could that be? My husband, I miss Qing'er so much." Ning Yi coaxed her while touching her all over. Pieces of her clothes fell off, and he rushed to the battlefield holding the most seductive beauty of the Dawu Kingdom.
Having not seen each other for many days, they naturally caressed each other and demanded more from each other.
Queen Dongfang Qing is now clinging to Ning Yi very fiercely. She holds him tightly with both hands and never lets go. Her beautiful eyes are filled with the lover whom she misses every night.