PDLP Chapter 264 The Damned Dongfang Family
Chapter 264 The Damned Dongfang Family
On the other hand, after Ning Yi returned, he immediately asked the Intelligence Department to find out what the Dongfang family had been doing recently.
He was actually named by the old guy and even blamed on him.
This gave the old man the opportunity to use this as an excuse to take away his command of the Beijing Camp.
Now is the time to bring into play the power of the intelligence department he established. The huge amount of money he spent was not wasted.
The Intelligence Department has quite a few spies in the Dongfang family.
Who made them have a cooperative relationship with the Dongfang family now?
Soon, the detailed information obtained by the Intelligence Department was placed in front of Ning Yi's desk.
After reading all the information, Ning Yi was so angry that he slammed the table: "Dongfang Wang must be crazy about money. He even did something like this."
He couldn't help but get angry. No wonder the old emperor was extremely dissatisfied with the Dongfang family and even forcibly took away his command of the Beijing Camp.
It turned out that the Dongfang family’s latest caravan was heading to the border to do business.
This kind of thing is very common. Border wars are disasters and doomsday situations for ordinary people.
But for a wealthy family, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a fortune.
Not only the Dongfang family, but several aristocratic families and even vassal kings sent caravans to the border to do business with the barbarians.
The barbarians had just captured a city and looted a large amount of supplies.
It didn't take long for them to start trading with these caravans.
All kinds of gold, silver and supplies were exchanged for armor, military rations and horse feed.
Various resources were inexhaustible, and the soldiers on the front line of the border fought desperately, suffering heavy casualties.
The people were displaced and after the city was captured, all the people in the city suffered.
The result is that a group of termites and pests have become fattened up.
You won’t know until you see it, and you’ll be shocked when you see it.
These noble families and princes are all so cruel that some of them even take the initiative to sneak into the city and help the barbarians as internal supporters.
Don’t they know that once the barbarians break through the border, lay at the gates of the city, and reach the capital?
It will be difficult for the capital to hold on with the current Beijing Army.
Once the Great Wu Kingdom is destroyed, will these parasites have a good life?
Will the barbarians let these fat pigs go?
Ning Yi was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He deeply regretted why he had cooperated with such a group of parasites in the Dongfang family.
It's no wonder that Emperor Wu specifically mentioned the Dongfang family. Looking at the news sent by the Intelligence Department, all the aristocratic families and princes, although they all made money from the war, have become somewhat restrained.
Afraid of being punished by the court.
After all, this kind of thing is enough to wipe out all nine generations of their clan.
And they all did it secretly, hiding their identities. This is enough to punish them by death.
But the Dongfang family did it in a big way, and even had several caravans that transported batches of food and fodder to the front line, personally delivered them to the barbarian camp, and then pulled out various supplies in batches from the barbarian camp.
Ning Yi hated that he was not the emperor now, otherwise he would definitely kill the Dongfang family first and leave no one alive.
Such a parasite is a disaster to the country and the people, and is simply the biggest scourge to the Dawu Kingdom.
And the old emperor actually only mentioned the Dongfang family. It seems that the old emperor still cares about his face.
After all, the Dongfang family is his brother-in-law. If the old emperor killed his brother-in-law, who knows how many people would say that he is cold-blooded and heartless.
However, I believe that the Dongfang family has restrained themselves enough after being named by the old emperor.
Ning Yi called the head of the Intelligence Department over on the spot and said, "Give orders to terminate all cooperation with the Dongfang family."
"Ah?" The shopkeeper was confused. "Your Highness, we have a lot of cooperation with the Dongfang family in the trade. If we terminate it, we will suffer heavy losses."
"Bang." Ning Yi slammed the teacup to the ground. "What can you lose? Do you have to wait until this prince is beheaded by the old emperor or the barbarians before you feel you've suffered a loss?"
The shopkeeper was terrified. He had never seen His Highness so angry before, so he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, please calm down. I was wrong. I will immediately have someone terminate all cooperation with the Dongfang family."
Ning Yi took a deep breath, his eyes cold as he said, "The Dongfang family is seeking death, so don't blame this prince for being cruel."
"However, first tell the Dongfang family that it was the Emperor's order that this must be terminated. We can cooperate again after a while. This prince's original promise will not change."
The shopkeeper kowtowed like pounding garlic. Now whatever His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince said was the truth, and he dared not disobey anything.
Ning Yi looked at Qin Haifeng again and said, "Transfer the two guards who are in training outside back and let them learn from the Fifth Army and become bandits. The Dongfang family won't have to find a place for them."
Thanks to the place found by the Dongfang family, two states a hundred miles outside the capital were taken care of.
The place specially set aside for Ning Yi to train his troops was actually used by two guards.
After the framework was set up, a lot of refugees were recently recruited from the border to serve as soldiers.
But now, since Ning Yi has decided to sever cooperation with the Dongfang family, he cannot let the Dongfang family have any handle on him.
Anyway, the Dongfang family only knew that they had several thousand servants as guards.
They know nothing else.
The two guards have 5,000 soldiers each, for a total of 10,000 people, but Ning Yi does not have enough senior officers, so he can only let them serve as a guard first, and then train them to form an army.
Fortunately, from the capital to Jizhou and Huaizhou, they occupied many mountains.
Moreover, a lot of supplies looted from Prince Ji’s Mansion in Jizhou were also hidden in the mountains.
The Fifth Army, which was reorganized from the soldiers selected from the Fang family army, was hidden in the mountains and trained in the name of bandits.
In addition, with the protection of the Beijing Camp, it is difficult for anyone to discover any abnormalities.
Moreover, all supplies are distributed by the base. There is rarely any contact with people outside, and local people are not harassed. This is enough.
Qin Haifeng accepted the order, then frowned again and said, "Your Highness, if we sever ties with the Dongfang family, there are still a lot of supplies in their hands, waiting to be sold for money. Do you want to take them back?"
The so-called supplies were all searched out from Prince Ji’s Mansion and Duke Dingguo’s Mansion, including various calligraphy and paintings, antiques, jade, pearls and agates.
They are all very expensive. Ning Yi is not interested in them. They cannot be eaten or drunk, and they are expensive.
So in order to save money, they were all handed over to the Dongfang family to sell.
Now that he has to sever all ties with the Dongfang family, Ning Yi naturally doesn't want to drag it on any longer.
"Ask them how much they have sold. The rest will be exchanged for food."
"Get them back to this prince as soon as possible, and don't bother with them anymore."
The Dongfang family really went too far.
Ning Yi originally thought that the old emperor had discovered the Dongfang family's armor business and must be selling it to the vassal kings.
After all, this kind of thing has happened a long time ago, everyone knows it, but no one says it.
Even if the old emperor knew about it, he would turn a blind eye.
After all, the princes gave money, and each family had a lot of support from the princes, so the old emperor didn't want to make too much trouble.
But now, the Dongfang family has extended its hands to the border and is blatantly helping the barbarians. This is an outright crime.