After listening to my voice, the villain became addicted to the plot

Chu Chengye listened expressionlessly to the pretense of these cunning old men in front of him, nodding his head in agreement from time to time.

But Chu Chengye didn't know about them yet. They were a group of old guys who were arrogant and shady. They were as evil as a hornet's nest. Who would believe them if they said they had no money.

They didn't know how much money they made where Chu Chengye couldn't see it.

But now is not the time to force them to spit it out.

Chu Chengye lowered his head and took a sip of wine, staring at the chattering person in front of him.

"My dear friends, get up quickly, what are you doing?"

"I won't force you. If you are willing, take some. If you don't want to, I just invite you to reminisce and talk."

Everyone looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine Chu Chengye was selling in the gourd.

They replied: "It is the duty of ministers to work for the emperor and Nan Qi, but they are really short of money and cannot help the emperor."

Chu Chengye waved his hand and asked them to sit down.

"Okay, okay, I know you are all loyal."

After saying that, Chu Chengye stopped looking at them, as if he had really forgotten the whole thing.

But based on their understanding of Chu Chengye, how could he give up so easily? He must have tried his best to get some money from them.

Everyone was puzzled and kept paying attention to Chu Chengye's condition.

He could sit still. After being rejected by so many people, he was not angry at all. He stared straight at the door, as if waiting for something more.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man dressed in simple clothes came in outside the door. When he arrived in the hall, he stood in front of Chu Chengye and saluted.

Everyone was wondering, who is this, who has spent so much money?

Taking a closer look, isn't it Cheng Yishou?

He was only wearing a simple coarse cloth robe and a wooden hairpin on his head. If they hadn't seen Cheng Yishou's usual appearance, they would not have recognized him.

Because they knew what Chu Chengye called them for, they made preparations to escape.

The clothes were deliberately distressed, and the frail appearance of being starved for several meals was staged. Compared with Cheng Yishou, it was fake and couldn't be fake anymore.

Cheng Yishou's appearance probably meant that he had sold off everything that could be sold in the house.

When Cheng Yishou saw Chu Chengye, he saluted respectfully, took out a wad of banknotes from his sleeve, and raised it to level with his head.

Cheng Yishou said: "Your Majesty, this is all the money I got while serving as an official in the court in the past two years. Knowing that the Emperor needs it, I sold everything I could at home, just to relieve the Emperor's worries."

These words were not meant for Chu Chengye, but for everyone present.

Cheng Yishou did this for Chu Chengye and slapped everyone present hard in the face.

Everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

Wei An brought it up to Chu Chengye. Chu Chengye touched the thick stack of banknotes in his hand, feeling indescribable in his heart.

He had negotiated with Cheng Yishou a long time ago, and letting Cheng Yishou come later today was just to let Cheng Yishou show off to those people and make them bleed more.

It was just an act, so even if Cheng Yishou took out a wad of fake money, he wouldn't say anything. However, Cheng Yishou actually took all the money from the family.

Chu Chengye felt the thickness of the money in his hand and estimated that Cheng Yishou didn't even leave any for himself.

Chu Chengye couldn't help but think of what Cheng Jin had said in his heart. In the end, Cheng Yishou fought desperately to fight the enemy and died in front of the emperor. Cheng Yishou treated him like this, but he ignored him and hated him.

He was really blind to do such a thing.

Before Chu Chengye could say anything to those people, he heard Cheng Yishou speak first. He turned around and faced everyone without caring about any emotion.

"Who are you showing this behavior to? As officials of Southern Qi, you are receiving salary from the imperial court, occupying your position and doing things for the emperor, so you should behave as you should."

"You said you don't have money to fight the war for the imperial court. Ask the people around you if you believe it? This war is not fought by the emperor, but for us, for the people of Southern Qi."

"I am a civil servant, and I do not agree with the imperial court's continuous wars. But now that foreign enemies are coming, how can we not refuse to fight? If we really retreat and stop fighting as you say, how long do you think your good life can last? sky?"

Everyone looked at each other, unable to say anything to refute.

Cheng Yishou snorted coldly at the person in front of him, then turned to Chu Chengye and said, "I am not in favor of the emperor's war when I say this. Now that the border has been warred for many years, the people at the border have been displaced and miserable. If the emperor continues to fight like this, I'm afraid it won't be possible." Nan Qi doesn’t have a few days left.”

Cheng Yishou said that he didn't care about everyone, even Chu Chengye, he was not afraid at all.

Chu Chengye stood up and raised a glass of wine to Cheng Yishou, "I remember what Master Cheng said."

After Chu Chengye finished speaking, he turned to the officials who had been silent and said, "My dear friends, do you have anything else to say?"

Knowing that they couldn't keep it secret, some sensible people had already thought about settling the matter and spending some money to appease Chu Chengye, but there were still some who were stubborn and refused to change their words.

Chu Chengye suddenly changed his expression and said with a sinister smile: "I'm afraid some of you are old and have forgotten something."

Some of them knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I can only do my best. Even if my house is confiscated, I can't give the appropriate money to the Emperor. The Emperor is going to die..."

Chu Chengye interrupted the man's excuse with a cold words, "Okay, then let's ransack the house."

Chu Chengye smiled and said, "But I am not unreasonable. My dear friends keep records of the original money in their houses so that I can know it clearly. If I know it, I will not wrong anyone."

"Don't worry, I will only take the extra ones."

These words blocked all their escape routes.

They were definitely not as poor as they said, but they just didn't want to pay for Chu Chengye.

Chu Chengye is no longer willing now, he just says to hand over the extra money.

During this period, the dynasty experienced the chaos during Chu Chengye's accession to the throne, and whose hands were really clean.

Some of them were shivering and unprepared.

"Your Majesty, is there something wrong with this? This house confiscation..."

Chu Chengye said: "Why are Aiqing so nervous? I already said I won't force you. Since Aiqing's family is poor, I am also responsible. If I investigate clearly, I can compensate you."

"Since I mentioned it, it must be true. How can I bear to let you live such a life without enough food and clothing."

"I'm really ashamed."

Everyone was speechless.

Some people secretly rejoiced that they were prepared and exchanged glances with each other.

Chu Chengye didn't pay attention to them. These people had the toughest mouths. Even if they were tortured, let alone beating, they would not utter a single word.

But since they dared to be greedy for this money, their flaws would naturally be revealed.

In the past few days, he had been sending people to follow this official who usually behaved the most extravagantly. He had already set him as his key observation target and investigated them thoroughly.

None of them can escape.