in2ebook Chapter 956
Chapter 956
Chapter 956
"What! The noble families of Juncheng are so despicable! They are clearly colluding with the Monkey King to embezzle our Daliang's grain!"
"Damn it! No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to capture Wang Hou and settle accounts with these people. I want to settle accounts with them too!"
"Haha! Your Highness is absolutely right. Business is about making money. You can make money from whoever you want, but you have to follow the rules!"
"Your Highness! Punish all these people! They all deserve to die!"
The scholars gritted their teeth and said.
The noble families in Juncheng all had grim expressions on their faces. They were able to purchase grain at such a low price because they were secretly colluding with Wang Hou!
However, they did not give Wang Hou any money. All this was Shangguan Xiong's idea, and his purpose was to win over these people!
Therefore, they were not panicking. As long as there was no evidence, even if Qin Yu wanted to charge them with bribing officials and embezzling government grain, it would be impossible!
"Your Highness! Business is all about buying low and selling high. Is there anything wrong with us doing this? If Wang Hou doesn't want to sell to us, we won't force him!"
"If His Royal Highness suspects that we are in cahoots with the Monkey King, you can investigate us thoroughly to see if we are lying!"
The nobles were not afraid at all.
The Emperor said in a deep voice, "Rebellious grandson! Although what you said makes some sense, you can't just focus on the people of Daliang and let others suffer!"
Shangguan Wan'er also said, "Brother Crown Prince, if you want to make life better for the people, you can discuss it with these noble families. There will always be a solution. You can't be so unreasonable!"
"Sixth brother! This time, the people are on your side, but Second Brother has to say a few words to you. What you did was wrong!"
Qin Mang also said.
"What did this prince do wrong? Food and salt are strategic materials at all times and guarantee the survival of the people. Ensuring the survival of the people is the responsibility of the court!"
"That's why this prince has stipulated that the price of food cannot be too high!"
"Moreover, when the nobles collected grain from the common people, the price was only twenty cents, and sometimes even only ten cents!"
"But when you sell it to the people, you're charging sixty coins! Is that reasonable?"
"Daliang's laws don't have any relevant punishment, but today they do! This prince will punish you bastards today!"
Qin Yu said coldly.
This!
The expressions of the retired emperor, Shangguan Wan'er and Qin Mang all changed drastically. What Qin Yu did was indeed not in line with the laws of Daliang, but it was in line with the justice in everyone's heart!
"Then we would like to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince how he intends to punish us!"
The aristocratic family said with disdain.
"Your actions are suspected of monopoly and commercial fraud. This prince will impose a tenfold fine on you. In other words, you must return ten times the amount of grain!"
Qin Yu said coldly.
"Haha! What's the difference between this and robbing money!"
"This is simply ridiculous. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, doesn't think that just because you say so, we have to do it!"
"We did make a mistake in purchasing the grain from the granary. At worst, we can return the grain, but the government must also return the silver to us!"
The noble family said coldly.
"It seems you still refuse to repent! If that's the case, then I'll confiscate your property and exterminate your entire clan!"
Qin Yu said coldly.
what!
The Juncheng nobles, who had been so arrogant just now, all looked terrified. What did Qin Yu just say? He wanted to confiscate their property and exterminate their clan!
Is this a joke?
"You traitor! You've gone too far! Do you have any humanity left? Just because someone made a little extra money, you want to confiscate their property and exterminate their entire clan!"