The family sat around the dining table, ate while talking loudly. The second brother Weiping talked about the death of Sun Yat-sen in the State Council and talked a lot of internal news. After all, Mu Yaping had rich "experience" and he felt that what his second brother was talking about was not very interested in him, but several women listened to it with relish. The meal was almost done, and Weiping's strange stories were coming to an end. My sister-in-law, including Mrs. Mu and the girl Anxiang, also stopped inquiring.

At this time, Mu Tianyi sighed and said, "It's really unpredictable that the world was unpredictable. The Rui Palace, which once glorious, has finally died. This is the sorrow of the Eight Banners' children. It is not surprising that the Qing Dynasty finally declined." Mrs. Mu took over and said, "Since Prince Rui Kuibin's death, his two sons have eaten, drink, have fun every day and eat in vain. Even if there is a mountain of gold, it's not enough!"

Mu Yaping searched for memories, and in his mind, the three words "Prince Rui" seemed to have no impression of him at all. It was obvious that Prince Rui in the capital had no place in history, so it was no wonder he didn't know. Mu Yaping asked: "Dad, what happened to this Prince Rui's Mansion? What happened? You might as well tell me."

Mu Tianyi said slowly: "I heard from a friend of the court that the court sealed the Rui Palace yesterday. The reason was that the creditor sued Prince Rui's two sons Zhongquan and Zhongming to court, saying that they had defaulted on interest. The court summoned them, but the two boys actually hid, so the court sealed their palace."

Here we will tell you about the sunset of the Eight Banners' children. After the Xinhai Revolution, the Republic of China government only promised to pay 4 million silver dollars to the abdicated emperor Puyi. The Qing government used to pay the Eight Banners' nobles and all the salary and rice they paid to the Eight Banners' nobles. For Manchu nobles, a large amount of fixed income suddenly disappeared for a long time, which was because the former princes and nobles lost their source of income and fell into a state of sacrificing their own devotion.

The loss of political rights also caused the princes and nobles to lose a large number of opportunities to accept bribes. In the past, when they were powerful and powerful, hundreds of officials in the court rushed to flatter and give gold, silver and treasures. Now the prince has lost his power and has become a civilian. Not only has no one given gifts, but he often has to bribe the upstarts of the Republic of China in order to obtain the protection of the warlord government.

The princes and nobles of the Qing Dynasty all owned a large amount of land and could charge huge land rent and various agricultural products from the tenants who cultivated these land every year. These lands were called "curricular land", and were seized by the Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty from the hands of farmers. After the Revolution of 1911, the majority of tenants and farmers took this opportunity to refuse to pay rent and launched a struggle to fight rent and seize land, which resulted in the princes and nobles losing huge land rent income.

In the Qing Dynasty, there were dozens of royal palaces in Beijing alone, and many of them were also Beile and Beizi Mansions. In the past, the princes and princes had only the right to use these mansions but had no ownership. During the Republic of China, when the Qing Dynasty fell, these mansions became the private property of princes and nobles. Together with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, the children of nobles could have lived a wealthier life.

However, because the descendants of the nobles passed the squandered and wasted days, they still didn't know how to save money after they had no salary, and they were still pompous and were more generous, resulting in a situation of being idle and not being able to make ends meet, and finally they could only sell their property to pass the life. In addition, some officials of the royal palaces took the opportunity to steal the owner's property, swallowed up the rent, or resell the land of the mansion, and the nobles' children were very cowardly and incompetent, causing a large amount of property in the royal palace to be lost. The major royal palaces in Beijing quickly fell in a short 20 or 30 years.

Mu Yaping didn't know about these situations, but his sensitive sense of smell quickly captured the business opportunities and said: "Dad, tell me the situation of the Rui Palace, why did the royal palace be sealed?" Others also agreed and asked Mu Tianyi to talk about the Rui Palace. Since everyone was so enthusiastic, Mu Tianyi told it casually.

Mu Tianyi recalled: "The famous Rui Wang Mansion reduced his salary by 7,900 taels of silver and 1,500 dan of rice every year during the Republic of China, and his land rent income also decreased sharply. Later, the royal mansion sold all the land in Northeast China and Hebei, and bought a triangular and five cents per mu. Although the fixed income was almost cut off, the royal mansion's expenses were even greater than those in the Qing Dynasty. Because there were various restrictions on the Eight Banners nobles in the past, they were not allowed to go out to make friends with ministers of the Ministry and the court for no reason. After the Republic of China, these restrictions were gone, and the nobles' children had fun more happily." Mu Yaping felt deeply sorry when he heard this, the land was sold at home with cheap prices.

Mu Tianyi continued to tell: "Prince Rui Kuibin died in 1915. His two sons, Zhongquan, who were in his 20s, were used to living a life of living and living, and no one cared for me after my death. In order to win, the two brothers spent a huge amount of money to build a new house and a garden, and each room was installed with a telephone, and a Western kitchen was added. The two brothers did not take a sedan chair when they went out, but had to take a carriage and a car. Two cars and eight carriages were prepared in the palace, and the family bought a lot of foreign goods, which was very expensive."

Mu Tianyi took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued, "These two young masters often gambled outside the front door with a group of wealthy families. In 1919, the two brothers sold their villas in the western suburbs, took 20,000 silver dollars, and took prostitutes to Tianjin to play. In two days, they spent all their money and gambling.

Mu Tianyi continued: "So much squandering and spending a lot of money depends on selling the property. In less than ten years, the things at home were sold almost all. So he borrowed money by pawning the house. He borrowed 100,000 yuan from more than 500 houses in the palace. Not long after, he spent all of them again. He had to sell more than 20 small houses living in his family near the palace to pay the interest."

Mu Tianyi finally said: "This year, because he could not pay interest on the loan, he was sued by the creditors to the trial court of the capital, and the court then seized the Rui Prince's Mansion. According to friends in the court, the Rui Prince's Mansion could buy hundreds of thousands of yuan, which could be enough to repay the debt with interest. However, the two brothers were so scared that they hid. The court would auction their property tomorrow, and ordered them to move. These two fools could not get a penny. Unfortunately, the Rui Prince's Mansion disappeared like this."

Everyone sighed for a while, and Mu Yaping returned to the house and said to Wan Qiu: "From today on the street, you will buy me all the newspapers in the capital every day." Wan Qiu didn't understand and said, "Where do you buy more newspapers?" Mu Yaping said, "I can't explain clearly in one sentence or two, just go and do it." Mu Yaping knew very well that these playboys sold their property, and there were a lot of business opportunities in it, and he just needed information in this regard.

Early the next morning, Mu Yaping arrived at Rongbaozhai. As soon as he met Mu Yaping, he said, "Master Tong, you should prepare 300,000 yuan silver notes immediately and follow me to the Ruiwang Mansion." Tong Baosheng asked in surprise: "What should I do when I bring so many silver notes to the Ruiwang Mansion?" Mu Yaping said, "I don't have time to talk in detail. I'm talking to you on the way, otherwise I won't be able to hurry up."

On the way, Mu Yaping told Tong Baosheng about his plan. Tong Baosheng felt that the business cost was worth it. The key was that Mu Yaping's words below made Tong Baosheng admire him. Mu Yaping said: "If we do this well, it will inevitably cause a huge response among the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. By then, your jewelry business will be even more prosperous. You can understand the profits in this way!"

Tong Baosheng never expected that the former Young Master Mu would be able to achieve such a perfect business skill after a serious illness. He even thought that he would follow Young Master Mu, and have a lot of money in the future, and he would definitely live a life that everyone envied. Tong Baosheng was even a little intoxicated, and thus he became more determined to be loyal to Mu Yaping.

Ma Quan pulled them to the Rui Palace with panting. At this time, several policemen were about to put seals on the door. A judge was wearing a uniform and was standing next to the judge. A fat guy in a 50-year-old robe and jacket. Just as Mu Yaping got out of the car, he saw that the side door of the Rui Palace opened, and many female and children rushed out, and then a large bag of small bags were carried out and piled up all over the floor.

Mu Yaping walked up to the female family and saw tears on their faces and said, "Who is Zhongquan's family?" A young woman walked out of the crowd, looking pretty. The young woman said, "Sir, my young master hasn't been home for a long time. I wonder what you have to ask him for. If he owes you a debt, take whatever you see is valuable!" After that, the young woman lay out in tears. Obviously, he regarded Mu Yaping as the one who asked for the debt.

Mu Yaping said softly: "Madam, you misunderstood. I will not hide it from it. My father and Lingzun had a relationship. I only knew about the Rui family's disaster yesterday, so I came to help me. Where is Mr. Zhongquan?" The young woman stopped sobbing, looked at Mu Yaping with suspicion, and shook her head decisively. Mu Yaping knew that she must know Zhongquan's whereabouts, but she just refused to say it.

Mu Yaping continued to ask, "Madam, do you know where the creditor is?" The young woman pointed to the fat guy standing next to the judge and said, "It's him!" Mu Yaping walked to the fat guy and clasped his fists and said, "May I ask, are you Zhongquan's creditor?" The fat guy replied in surprise: "Yes, it's just me. I wonder what the sir is doing to me?"

Mu Yaping asked: "How much silver does Zhongquan owe you?" The fat guy said arrogantly: "No more or less, and it is exactly 200,000 yuan in silver dollars with capital and profit." Mu Yaping continued: "If I return this money to you in full, can you withdraw the lawsuit in court?" The fat guy's eyes lit up and said: "That's good, it's better to lose the matter than more. If you can repay the money for him, I will withdraw the lawsuit immediately."

Mu Yaping took the silver notes from Tong Baosheng and handed them to the fat guy and said, "Sir, please check it out." At this time, the judge standing next to him refused and said, "Who are you?" Mu Yaping replied, "I am the eldest son of the shogunate, Mu Yaping." The judge was stunned and said, "You are Mu Tianyi's son?" Mu Yaping replied, "It's just that." The judge changed his smile and said, "Lingzun and the vice president are friends, but the court has issued a seizure order, so this matter is not easy to deal with."

Mu Yaping naturally knew what to do, so he stuffed the 500 silver dollar bill into the judge's hands.
Chapter completed!