Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Chapter 175: Investigation of the Cui Family, Division of Households, and Start-up Funds for the Qian Bank

After talking for a while, the princess asked Liu Hong to stay for dinner.

If Fan Xian knew about this, he would probably become even more resentful towards the princess.

By the time Liu Hong left Guangxin Palace, it was already dusk.

"Ji Xin, let Zhang Liang and the others slow down the pace! Just unify the banks. It's better for Kyoto to have less turmoil right now."

Liu Hong instructed Ji Xin calmly.

The rising sun in the sky, like blood, rested on the walls of Kyoto.

Ji Xin thought Liu Hong didn't want to disrupt Fan Xian's wedding, so he nodded.

With the tacit approval of the Crown Prince, the eldest princess, and the second prince, all the major banks in Kyoto wisely handed over all their money to the banks and became so-called shareholders.

This is the importance of power!
In the past, when Liu Hong conquered forty streets in Kyoto, it was still very crowded. He had to mobilize his troops and attack even the unimportant shops one by one.

Now Liu Hong only needs to share the benefits with the big guys behind them.

These shops can only do as they are told.

Among these money houses, only Cui's money house was sealed by the city defense troops.

They used the pretext of suspected collusion with Northern Qi, so they temporarily closed the money house.

But anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Liu Hong just wanted to make a fortune from this.

In the eyes of others, Liu Hong's attempt to violently seize profits from Kyoto shops failed, and under pressure from the royal family, he could only vent his anger by punishing the Cui family.

Cui Family Money House is a top-notch money house with annual silver reserves exceeding 300,000 taels.

The treasury has now been sealed by the city defense forces, and all three generations of the Cui family's bloodline have been placed under house arrest and are not allowed to leave Kyoto.

Cui Xin, the head of the Cui family, the owner of Yishiju and the money shop, looked at these city defense troops who usually received benefits from him.

But at this time he ignored them completely and his face turned red with anger.

"You are too presumptuous! I want to see the Crown Prince, I want to see the Princess. My Cui family has been loyal for generations, how could we possibly smuggle with Northern Qi?"

The city defense soldiers remained indifferent and just looked at the Cui family with pity.

Everyone knew that the Cui family was wrongly accused.

After all, the Cui family was responsible for the sale of goods in the inner treasury in Kyoto and had no involvement in Northern Qi at all.

But what about it! General Chariot and Cavalry, Minister of War Liu Hong said that you secretly communicated with Northern Qi, which means you secretly communicated with Northern Qi.

If anyone doesn't believe it, Liu Hong can always give you a bunch of evidence.

Finally, a soldier from the city defense army got fed up and couldn't help but speak.

"Stop talking. No matter the Crown Prince or the Princess, they won't see you. The current General of Chariots and Cavalry is in great power. Who do you think you are?"

Hearing this, Cui Xin's face turned pale.

He didn't expect Liu Hong to be so petty. Wasn't it just because Yishiju was the most stubborn and the last one to pay the protection fee?

As for killing the Cui family.

There are also soldiers who often accept bribes from the Cui family, feel guilty, and can't stand it, so I would like to remind them.

"At this point, you might as well take the blame and kneel down in front of the General of Chariots and Cavalry's residence. This way, the Cui family's bloodline will remain safe."

"General Chariot and Cavalry is a loyal gentleman, and he has never committed massacres."

Cui Xin, who had been living a life of luxury for many years, seemed to have grasped at a life-saving straw and muttered to himself.

"Yes, yes, yes! I want to see the General of Chariots and Cavalry..."

He then spent five thousand taels of silver to bribe the city defense commander Er Gouzi, and barely got the qualification to meet the General of Chariots and Cavalry.

Liu Hong looked at Ergouzi standing obediently in front of him and placed five thousand taels of silver at Ergouzi's feet.

He felt satisfied. It seemed that after the last lesson, Ergouzi had learned to keep a low profile.

"Since these are given to you by the Cui family, then you should accept them. Am I the kind of person who asks my brothers for bribes?"

Er Gouzi also laughed, knowing that the incident from last time was over.

"Brother, I don't quite understand why you dealt such a heavy blow to the Cui family, but didn't kill them. Aren't you afraid of revenge?"

After all, the Cui family is a powerful merchant family in Kyoto, and they were pushed into a corner.

Hiring someone to kill someone for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver would tempt even a ninth-rank master.

Liu Hong flipped through the official documents and spoke casually.

"The Cui family is not important to me, but not having the Cui family is very important to me." Liu Hong doesn't want any of the people in the Cui family, nor any of their money.

But the Cui family must fall as an example of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.

When Cui Xin met Liu Hong, he couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, a little surprised.

He didn't expect that the powerful General of Chariots and Cavalry seemed a little too young.

But Cui Xin did not dare to underestimate him at all. Liu Hong was able to get to this point thanks to his military achievements and the favor of His Majesty.

"Cui Xin?"

Liu Hong raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man.

Cui Xin quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"I am Cui Xin, and I am here to see the General of Chariots and Cavalry."

"Stand up, I don't like people kneeling in front of me."

Liu Hong gave a calm instruction and threw the written paper in front of Cui Xin.

"I already know your intention. This is the tolerance I give to the Cui family. If you don't want it, then there is no need for the Cui family to exist."

Cui Xin took the paper and looked at it, his face turned pale.

The Cui family’s population, silver, and shop property were all recorded, almost exactly.

There must be a traitor in their Cui family, because if he, the head of the family, did not check the accounts, it would be impossible for him to know so much.

Liu Hong asked the Cui family to hand over 50,000 taels of silver as atonement for their crime, and then divided the Cui family into different households.

All of Cui's family property was divided equally based on household registration.

From then on, the big merchant families ceased to exist, leaving only a group of individual business families with the surname Cui.

"Sir, this condition is too harsh. Perhaps it would be better to ask my Cui family to pay two hundred thousand taels directly."

Cui Xin held on to his last hope and tried to bargain.

The loss of two hundred thousand taels was only a minor loss to the Cui family, but the property was still in the hands of their eldest son, and they would be able to make a comeback in a few years.

But after the division of households, those guys with the surname Cui were no longer willing to listen to the orders of him, the nominal head of the family.

"This is my order. If you don't want to participate in the division of households, I will take the trouble to send the city defense troops to divide the households."

Liu Hong gave Cui Xin no room to negotiate.

After Cui Xin personally divides the households, he can also keep some more good shops for himself.

If the city defense forces were to be divided up, it would be intriguing to see how much property would be left.

Cui Xin closed his eyes in pain.

"Yes, thank you for sparing my life, General."

He will never forget this tragic moment, and the Cui family will never forget it either!
Liu Hong's words and actions determined the fate of the Cui family.

In the feudal dynasties where officialdom was the most important thing, people only knew how to rely on power, but did not know how to cultivate literati to participate in government affairs.

Even if Liu Hong didn't take action, Fan Xian would clean up the Ming family in the future, and the Cui family would be affected. In order to unify the world, Emperor Qing slaughtered these big businessmen like fat pigs.

Liu Hong shook his head and didn't care about Cui Xin's lonely look.

Only the people from the eldest branch of the Cui family will hate him to death, and the beneficiaries of the Cui family will be his most loyal supporters.

The Cui family is a business family.

Liu Hong is also a businessman, but he is planning for the whole world!
Versace ran excitedly to the study, holding a list of personnel for the bank.

"Brother-in-law, we've made a fortune. Ten million taels, a full ten million taels! I didn't expect these money houses to be so rich."

Liu Hong laughed. Versace was still too young.

The total amount of silver in the treasuries of most of the banks in Kyoto is more than 10 million taels.

Even if the real estate is deducted, there is still 100 million taels of silver that have been loaned out.

Those bank owners simply handed over part of the silver in the treasury, and then falsified the accounts overnight to deceive the young man, Versace.

Even when the account books were delivered to Versace, he found something wrong.

These banks can also deny it flatly.

(End of this chapter)