"The deputy commander was joking, it's just the stuff of lower officials." The magistrate of Jinan Prefecture said bravely.
It wasn't that he didn't understand what the other party meant, but he really couldn't bear to part with the things on the carriage.
After hearing this, Qin Rong shook his head again and said: "Although I didn't see how many things were on the carriage, I can guess that there are quite a few just from the descriptions of the people below. With the two of you in the officialdom Of rank, I am afraid that even a lifelong official will not be able to accumulate so many things, so I said that the things on the carriage are not yours. Do you think my analysis makes sense?"
"This!" The prefect of Jinan Prefecture choked.
The things were his, but with his salary he really couldn't buy the things on the carriage.
"Those things are accumulated by Xiaguan's family for many years. Xiaguan also has several acres of thin farmland in his hometown. It took several generations to save such a small amount of things." Xu Tongpan explained.
"Yes, yes, yes, the accumulation of generations of family members." The prefect of Jinan Prefecture nodded in agreement.
At this time, Liao Junyi said sarcastically: "You can't save so much wealth with just a few acres of thin farmland. You two should just put away your little thoughts!"
"You promised us that as long as you surrender Jinan City, you will let us go." Xu Tongsuan said with excitement.
People die for wealth and birds die for food, so he was not willing to give things to Tiger Flag in vain.
In any case, he did not intend to stay in Huzi Banner as an official, and he did not want to take advantage of Huzi Banner with the benefits he had gained from serving in office for many years.
Although the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture next to him did not speak, he had the same idea.
Qin Rong looked at the two people and asked: "I only promised to spare the lives of you two after dedicating the city. I didn't say that I would also give you the wealth that you had levied."
"But you promised to let us leave, so you can't break your promise." The prefect of Jinan Prefecture couldn't help but said.
He had no chance to stay as an official in Huzi Banner, and he was unwilling to invest all the money he had saved.
Qin Rong leaned back, hit the armrest of the seat with his right hand, and said: "I can let you two leave Jinan City because of your dedication to the city. If you don't know what's going on, don't do it." Let’s go, just to sort out the crimes you have committed in Jinan Mansion over the years. I think many people are looking forward to the two of you dying in Jinan Mansion.”
"You want to kill us!" The prefect of Jinan's eyes widened.
Xu Tongpan huddled directly behind the Jinan Prefecture magistrate.
Qin Rong said: "Since you are so ignorant, there is no need to keep you. Kill everyone to save your worries. Come on!"
With that said, he shouted outside.
"My subordinates are here!" The guard outside the house came in.
Qin Rong raised his hand and pointed at the Jinan Prefecture Magistrate and Xu Tongpan, and said, "Take them down and deal with them. Use a knife. Don't waste the medicine."
"Yes." Zhan Bing agreed, then walked to the Jinan Prefecture Magistrate and Xu Tongpan, pushing the two people out with his hands.
Xu Tongpan was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
The magistrate of Jinan Prefecture shivered all over his body, but he did not take a step outside.
"A few more people will come outside and carry them out." Liao Junyi, who was sitting on the seat, shouted outside.
Several more guards came in from outside.
"No, no, we don't want it anymore." Xu Tongpan shouted loudly, holding tightly on one of the thighs of the prefect of Jinan Prefecture with both hands.
Hearing this, the prefect of Jinan Prefecture also quickly said: "We don't want it anymore. It's all given to you. It's all given to you."
The people who saw the tiger-character flag really wanted to drag the two of them out and kill them, so they immediately chose to sacrifice their wealth to save their lives.
Qin Rong, who was sitting in the main hall, raised his hand to stop several soldiers in the hall, and asked: "You two really don't want it anymore?"
"I don't want it anymore. I really don't want it. I'll give it all to you. We don't want it anymore. No, those things are not ours. We don't know who those things belong to. We only have one carriage." The prefect of Jinan Prefecture hurriedly explained.
Qin Rong laughed when he heard this and said, "I wish I had said this earlier. If I had to be greedy, I almost misunderstood."
"Yes, yes, yes, we are too greedy." The prefect of Jinan Prefecture said as he went along.
But it felt like I had eaten Coptis chinensis in my mouth, which made me feel bitter in my heart.
The little things I had accumulated from being an official for so many years were all in vain and made into wedding dresses for others.
Qin Rong saw that the two people were so understanding and didn't bother to force them, so he said: "You stay in the Yamen for the time being. When our people completely take over Jinan City, we will let you go. Don't worry, as long as you cooperate honestly, your lives will be saved." It can still be saved.”
"We promise to cooperate, we promise to cooperate." The governor of Jinan Prefecture agreed repeatedly. The last little thought in his heart was gone, and he only looked forward to leaving Jinan City as soon as possible.
"What about you?" Qin Rong's eyes fell on Xu Tongpan who was sitting on the ground.
When asked, Xu Tongpuan nodded hurriedly and said: "I will also cooperate with you and won't mess around again."
"It would have been nice to have done this earlier, otherwise it would make everyone's faces look bad." Qin Rong complained, and then said, "Take them two down and imprison them temporarily."
Several soldiers came forward and escorted the magistrate of Jinan Prefecture and Xu Tongpan out of Houya.
After the two people were taken away, Liao Junyi said: "I thought you would really chop off their heads, deputy commander."
"It's not necessary." Qin Rong said, "They are just two dog officials. Let's keep them for now, drive them back to their hometown in the south, and keep them to continue to cause harm to the Ming Dynasty."
When Liao Junyi heard this, his eyes widened and he said: "Deputy Commander, you have already figured out the background of the two of them. You wouldn't have deliberately kept the lives of the two of them from the beginning!"
"I do have this idea." Qin Rong said, "The main force of our Tiger Flag is in the north, but sooner or later we will have to go to the south. At present, we can't go to the south for the time being, so let's get a few dog officials from the Ming Dynasty to harm the south. .”
"Foresight." Liao Junyi raised his thumb.
I was still thinking about taking over the whole of Shandong, but others had already begun to place chess pieces south of the Yangtze River. No wonder he was the deputy commander of the second theater, but he could only manage the logistics of one combat division.
Once the city of Jinan was destroyed, the vassal palace in the city naturally became a lamb to be slaughtered.
The feudal prince's palace is also the key target of the Tiger Character Banner, for no other reason than that the feudal prince's palace is rich.
As for the princes, county kings, and generals of the Zhu family, they have long been worthless in the eyes of the people of the Tiger Flag.
From Datong to Shandong, I don’t know how many various sects and vassals were captured, and they have long lost their novelty. Only the wealth of the vassal prince’s palace has always occupied part of the original intention of the Tiger Character Banner and has never changed.
(End of chapter)
