Chapter 181 Confiscating the family and exterminating the clan
The atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and many officials looked over with curiosity in their eyes.
The Minister of Revenue frowned, thinking of the relationship between this person and His Majesty, and finally nodded.
"I'll get it for you." Then he turned and left.

Jia Hu stood there without making any comment. Soon, the Minister of Revenue came out with a thick account book.

"Here, this is the account book you wanted."

Jia Hu reached out and took it, then turned and left without saying a word.

The Minister of Finance looked at Jia Hu's back and shook his head. He did not expect Jia Hu to get the money back.
I know the nature of those nobles very well.

"It's a good thing for young people to suffer some losses." The Minister of Revenue murmured in a low voice.

When Jia Hu walked out of the Ministry of Revenue, Liu Tan hurried forward and asked, "Sir, should we go in?"

Jia Hu glanced at him and said curiously
"What are you doing in there? Follow me." After saying that, he continued walking forward.

Liu Tan was a little confused and could only follow Jia Hu forward.

The plaque of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has not been taken down yet. The court has just stabilized and there is no time to deal with these trivial matters.

Jia Hu stood in front of the gate of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. The gatekeeper was frightened when he saw so many Jinyiwei.

He hurriedly sent someone to report the incident, and then he walked out trembling with fear. He saw at a glance that Jia Hu was the leader, and asked cautiously:
"No, I don't know. Whose family are you from?"

Jia Hu glanced at him and said coldly

"Open the front door and ask the person in charge of your house to come out and see me."

The doorman shuddered all over, feeling that the person coming was not friendly. When he saw the densely packed Jinyiwei, he became even more frightened.

"Okay, I'll open the door."

He turned and ran inside.

The door slowly opened with a creak, and Jia Hu walked in. Liu Tan's eyes flashed, and he quickly followed him in.

"Duke Ningguo, what are you doing here?" Niu Hai had hurried over and shouted at Jia Hu with a gloomy face when he saw him.

Jia Hu looked at Niu Hai with an expressionless face. He took out an account book and flipped it open.
"The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion owes the Ministry of Revenue 1.3 million taels of silver." Then he put away the account book and looked at Niu Hai, saying indifferently

"Take the silver."

"What?" Niu Hai's face changed.
"Impossible, how could we owe so much money? You are blackmailing us." His tone seemed a little exasperated.
In fact, he really didn't know. It was because Niu Jizong died so quickly that he didn't even have time to leave any last words.

Jia Hu threw the account book over and said, "Look for yourself. There is the seal and signature of the Duke of Zhenguo on it."

Niu Hai took it in a hurry, opened it and was stunned. It really was there.

Not only that, almost all other nobles borrowed money.

He felt very bad. He had just taken over the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, so how could he have so much money?

Liu Tan couldn't help but look at Jia Hu carefully. He actually came to ask for silver, and so much of it. Could Niu Hai come up with so much silver?
Jia Hu said coldly, "Can you give me the money now? Don't waste my time, I still have to go to the next store."

Niu Hai's face darkened, he raised his head, and forced a smile on his face.

"Well, Duke Ning, I can't come up with so much money right now, can you give me some time?"

Jia Hu glanced at him, then suddenly turned to Liu Tan and said, "Liu Tan, go in and search the house."

"Ah!" Liu Tan stared at Jia Hu in astonishment, not realizing that they were going to confiscate his property? Or was it the Duke's mansion?
Niu Hai's face changed drastically. "You dare, Jia Hu, don't go too far, let's see who dares today?"

Jia Hu ignored him and looked at Liu Tan with a colder look. "Why, didn't you hear what I said?"

Liu Tan felt a chill on his back, thinking of Yang Song's fate, and instantly came to his senses. He turned around and yelled at the Jinyiwei.
"Didn't you hear what the adults said? Quick, search the Zhenguo Mansion."

The Jinyiwei only obeyed the order and rushed in immediately after hearing it.

"How dare you! Get out of here! Damn it! You are rebelling!" Niu Hai panicked. He didn't expect Jia Hu to be serious.

Jia Hu said coldly, "If anyone resists, he will be killed without mercy."

Liu Tan's heart trembled. He didn't dare to stay with Jia Hu anymore. He hurriedly followed the Jinyiwei and rushed in.

The Duke Zhenguo's Mansion was in chaos, with cries of surprise and screams heard everywhere. Apparently someone tried to stop them, but was hacked to death by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

Niu Hai looked at all this with a pale face, his body trembling, and suddenly turned to look at Jia Hu, "Jia Hu, do you really want to kill them all?"

Jia Hu said calmly, "Isn't it natural to pay back debts?"

Niu Hai was so angry that he trembled all over, "Humph, don't regret it"

Jia Hu was too lazy to even look at him. Soon, the Jinyiwei brought in a lot of things and piled them in the yard.

Judging from the situation, they are going to clear out the Duke Zhenguo’s Mansion.

Liu Tan suddenly ran to Jia Hu in a hurry, holding a lot of letters in his hands, with a look of horror on his face.

"My lord, please take a look at this."

When Niu Hai saw those letters, he was stunned for a moment. He had never seen these letters before and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Jia Hu opened the letter and read a few of them. They were letters to and from the border guards, instructing them to let the Tatars in.
Jia Hu looked up at Niu Hai and said, "Liu Tan, arrest all the people of the Duke of Zhenguo and put them in Zhaoyu."

Liu Tan immediately said, "Yes, sir." He also read a few letters and knew that the Zhenguo Mansion was finished.

How dare they let the Tatars enter the pass? What’s the difference between this and rebellion?
"Come here, arrest them." Liu Tan gave the order with a serious face.

Niu Hai was caught by the Jinyiwei and immediately struggled. "Let me go, do you want to rebel? I have a title, you can't arrest me." Jia Hu sneered, "Haha, your father wrote a letter to let the Tatars enter the pass, do you think we can arrest you?"

Niu Hai's face turned pale and his pupils shrank. "No, it's impossible. You...this is slander." He dared not admit it.

Jia Hu raised the letter in his hand and said, "It's written in black and white, the evidence is irrefutable. You should just talk slowly in the prison."

Niu Hai's whole body went limp. If he hadn't been caught by the Jinyiwei, he would have collapsed to the ground. He knew a little bit,

Niu Jizong mentioned it before, so he understood that what was written in those letters was probably true.

"Take him away." Jia Hu said coldly.

Jia Hu asked a hundred Jinyiwei to escort Niu Hai and others back to Zhaoyu first, while he took Liu Tan to another noble mansion.

When the people saw the Jinyiwei escorting so many people out, they were all shocked.

“Is this a house search?”

"I'm afraid so. Do you see the one in the front? That seems to be Niu Hai, the son of Uncle Niu."

"Hey, they're going to confiscate their property and exterminate their entire clan. What on earth have they done wrong?"

"I don't know. As expected, the appearance of the Jinyiwei is a big deal."

Many people began to talk about it, some of them were spies, and they hurried back to report to their masters.

On this day, the capital city was in an uproar. The people were shocked to see that almost all the nobles had their homes raided and were thrown into prison.

As the news slowly came out, the people finally knew what was going on.

"Damn it! It turns out that the Tatars were able to reach the capital because of their tricks."

"People like this should have their families confiscated and their clans exterminated."

"Yeah, I never thought they would be such people."

"It has to be the God of Killing. Others don't have such courage."

"The God of Death has become the commander of the Royal Guards. Those high-ranking officials can't sleep well now. Haha..."

The Minister of Revenue stared at the things piled up in the yard in amazement, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

He looked at the things that were still being transported in, swallowed hard, and turned to look at Jia Hu, "Duke Ningguo, what are you doing..."

Jia Hu handed the account book to the Minister of Revenue and said, "They all said they couldn't come up with the money, so I raided their homes. It's up to you to decide."

The Minister of Revenue widened his eyes. How could this be possible? Is it possible to collect debts in this way?
"Will those people give up?" The Minister of Revenue said solemnly.

He could already foresee that those people would go to the emperor to complain.

"I have already arrested them and put them in prison. They can't cause any trouble." Jia Hu's tone remained calm.

"Ah!" The Minister of Revenue looked at Jia Hu in shock, "You arrested them all?"

Jia Hu was too lazy to explain.
"Okay, I'm going back. I will deal with them. You just need to exchange these things for silver and put them into the national treasury." After saying that, he walked outside.

The Minister of Revenue looked at Jia Hu's back and took a deep breath. "Young people are to be feared."

When those people were sent to Zhaoyu, they had nothing left to confess, so they confessed all the evil deeds they had done.

Lu Feng handed Jia Hu a thick stack of confessions, and he was a little frightened.

As expected of this person, if it were him, he would definitely not dare to do this.

Jia Hu looked at the confessions, then looked at Lu Feng and said calmly, "If that's the case, take them to Caishikou and chop them off."

"Uh, sir, kill them all?" Lu Feng trembled and asked stutteringly.

Jia Hu asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to kill him and keep him for the New Year?"

Lu Feng smiled bitterly and quickly bowed and said, "Yes, sir."

Lu Feng was also very decisive, and he dragged those people to Caishikou and beheaded them.
At first the people gathered together to watch the excitement, but later they became a little scared.

There were so many heads chopped off that they all scattered and I didn’t dare to look anymore.

The whole capital seemed to be filled with a faint smell of blood.
Everyone got to know Jia Hu again, and he was able to scare the child to stop crying.

The atmosphere in the capital seemed much more depressing, after all, so many people died at once.

Perhaps only the Minister of Revenue was the happiest person, because the national treasury was much fuller and they no longer had to worry about money.

The nobles in the capital now, apart from the Jia family, are the four princely mansions.

Jia Hu did not move. They did not owe much silver, and after receiving the news, they took the initiative to go to the Ministry of Revenue to repay the silver.

In the palace, Jia Hu came to the imperial study. When Lin Daiyu saw him, she pointed to the pile of memorials and said with a smile:

"Third brother, look, they are all impeaching you. Haha, you scared them."

Jia Hu raised his eyebrows, "Oh, aren't they afraid that I will bring the Royal Guards to their door?"

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "They impeached you because they were afraid."

(End of this chapter)