Chapter 836

After the death of Hongguo Gong, the Lu family experienced the most panic period in history.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are secretly helping them. Now they have a new residence and spend money on slaves, cars and horses. The cost of food and clothing has gradually returned to the past.

The days seem to have returned to the past.

However, just this morning, the soldiers of Jingzhao house suddenly rushed into Lu house and arrested all the Lu family.

Lu Yin, the eldest son of the Duke of Hong, who is now the owner of the Lu family, was shocked and screamed.

"What are you doing? We are all good people. Why should you catch us?!"

A government soldier took out the arrest document issued by the government Yin and said loudly.

"More than ten merchants jointly sued the Lu family for not giving money to buy things, conniving at slaves to beat people, bullying good people and bullying. It is verified by Jingzhao house that it is true. Now we will arrest you to Jingzhao house for trial!"

Amid the screams and curses, more than 30 people from the Lu family were arrested in Jingzhao mansion.

Wearing official clothes, Mei Guangtao sat on the high hall and began to hear the case.

As the owner of the Lu family, Lu Yin is naturally the main object of interrogation.

He refused to admit that he owed money.

He was confident. When the Lu family paid credit, they didn't write an IOU. Even if those businesses wanted to sue them, they couldn't produce conclusive evidence.

However, he thought things too simple.

Although the merchants can't get the IOU, they have account books and record clearly how many things they sell every day.

Not only that, they have their own trademarks for the shelves of fabrics, furniture, gold and silver jewelry. As long as they sell things from their home, everything has their unique marks.

Let alone antique calligraphy and painting, each of which is unique and can be recognized at a glance.

The official of Jingzhao mansion took the account books to the Lu family to compare them one by one, and soon found all those things.

Lu Yin can't deny it anymore.

He could only try his best to argue for himself, saying that they didn't pay back the money. They just didn't have enough money recently, and they would certainly be able to pay it back later. He begged Lord Fuyin to give him a grace period.

Mei Guangtao sneered when he saw that he still wanted to be naughty at this time.

"Do you know what to do with those who do not pay their debts according to the law of Dasheng?"

As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, the Duke of Hong himself is not a good thing. Naturally, his son did not learn well.

Lu Yin has been ignorant since she was a child. Even if she had stayed in Taixue for a period of time with her family, she still had no inks. She knew nothing about Dasheng's law.

It was also because he did not understand the law that he dared to brazenly instruct his slaves to beat out the merchants who came to ask for debts.

At this time, when Mei Fuyin asked, Lu Yin didn't think much and turned his mouth.

"I just owe some money. It's a big deal. I'll just ask someone to return all those things."

Mei Guangtao has been watching for many years. Who hasn't seen him?

Seeing Lu Yin's stupidity, he knew that it was useless to say more. He directly asked people to move out all the valuable things of the Lu family, sold the unified code to the pawnshop, and then paid off the money owed by the Lu family to the merchants with the money from the pawn.

When the merchants got the money, they were naturally satisfied and happy.

Lu Yin was sad and dared not speak.

However, this is not over.

Mei Guangtao: "the Lu family bullies others and connives at slaves to beat people. It's still at the feet of the emperor. You dare to be so rampant. If you can't teach a lesson, I'm afraid you will further bully the good people in the future. Come and send all the men over the age of 12 to Tongshan quarry to serve as corvees for a month as an example!"

Lu Yin was shocked and exclaimed, "I don't want to serve the corvee! We are gentry, and we have the privilege to refuse the corvee!"

Since the rise of the gentry, there has been a great difference between the gentry and the common people.

The gentry do not have to perform corvee and military service. They do not have to pay taxes on their land and businesses. Some powerful big families can even raise private soldiers.

The common people not only have to serve three months of corvee at the turn of spring and summer every year, but each family has to have at least one male to serve in the military, and there are frightening amounts of taxes. Not to mention doing business, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes can almost kill people. There is basically not much left of the money merchants earn every year except paying taxes.

In the former dynasty, the common people were not even qualified to participate in the scientific examination. The scientific examination was a game that only the gentry could afford to play.

Until the great prosperous Dynasty, this restriction was broken, and the common people had the opportunity to take part in the scientific examination to change their lives.

But that's all.

The privileges of the gentry are still there, and they still monopolize most of the resources of the whole country.

Mei Guangtao sniffed at Lu Yin's words.

"You have long been demoted as commoners, and you are not a scholar at all."

Lu Yin choked and immediately shouted, "although we are not gentry, I am the nephew of the Empress Dowager. Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the Empress Dowager if you treat me like this?"

Mei Guangtao propped himself on the desk with one hand, leaned forward slightly and smiled coldly.

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. It has been said that the official impeached the emperor for the broken things done by the Lu family. The emperor was very unhappy and indicated that I must deal with the matter severely. Do you understand what this means?"

Lu Yin didn't expect that he just owed some money. Even the emperor knew.

He was so frightened that he couldn't speak any more.

Mei Guangtao waved his hand.

Immediately, the government soldiers came forward, roughly grabbed Lu Yin and dragged him out.

That afternoon, all the men over the age of 12 were sent to Tongshan quarry for one month's labor reform.

It was soon introduced into the palace.

Lu Xinyao was immediately crying. Her father and her brother had never done heavy work. If they were to serve a month's corvee, they would be tired to death!

She cried to find the Empress Dowager and asked her to help save the Lu family.

The Empress Dowager was shocked and angry when she heard about it.

She immediately sent for the emperor.

The Empress Dowager asked, "the emperor has confiscated all the family property of the Lu family. Why send them to serve the corvee? You don't know how hard it is to serve the corvee. Do you really want to kill the Lu family?"

Now the two talismans have reached Luo QingHan's hand. He is in power and is too lazy to think of a snake with the Empress Dowager.

He said without expression.

"As long as the emperor's grandmother promises not to interfere in my private affairs, the Lu family will be safe."

The Empress Dowager was surprised by his undisguised threat.

It took her a long time to make an incredible sound.

"You go to so much trouble that you just want to vent your anger for the imperial concubine?"

Luo QingHan didn't answer, so she looked at her coldly.