Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 61

With the promulgation of the new policy, the merchants in Nanzhili are all rejoicing, and they are all ready to fight hard.

Taichang is also trying its best to create convenience for them, hoping that they can develop as soon as possible and create more taxes for the court.

Everything seemed to be thriving, but Xiong Mingyu suddenly asked to see him and told him something quite disgusting.

Brothers Bi Ziyan and Bi Zisu hadn't arrived in Jinling yet, so Taichang left Xiong Mingyu in charge of recovering the stolen goods.

Unexpectedly, Xiong Mingyu ran over to him and told him that there was basically no way to chase this dirty man!
Because almost all corrupt officials said that they could not afford so much money to pay the stolen goods.

What are you kidding?

This bunch of corrupt officials, what if I don't dare to rob my house!
Of course, Taichang didn't believe the nonsense of these corrupt officials. You must know that in history, after Li Zicheng captured the capital, he forcibly squeezed more than [-] million taels from the officials in the capital.

That's right, there are indeed not as many officials in Jinling as there are in the capital.

It is also impossible for him to be like Li Zicheng, no matter whether you are greedy or not, and whether you are working or serving, if you are caught, you will be beaten violently, and you will be beaten to death if you don't get money to redeem people.

Question, the more than 100 million taels is really not a big amount for these corrupt officials!
There are only about [-] serving and serving officials in Beijing, and at least [-] serving and serving officials in Jinling.

That is to say, the number of serving and serving officials in Jinling is about [-]% of that in Beijing, and not all of these [-]% admit to being corrupt, and less than [-]% of them really admit to being corrupt.

The problem, even if it's less than 100%, it's impossible to spend more than [-] million taels of silver!

Where is Li Zicheng's standard based on the facts? More than 3000 officials can squeeze out more than 1000 million taels, and more than 2000 officials can squeeze out at least 500 million taels. Even if it is less than [-]%, it is still [-] million taels. what!
Horse riders, you bastards, I will let you hand over more than 100 million taels of stolen goods, but you are unwilling to pay, insisting that I use violence to raid your home, right?
Taichang couldn't help but said coldly: "If there is no one, then the house will be ransacked, and if they copy a few houses, they will be honest!"

Unexpectedly, Xiong Mingyu sighed helplessly: "Your Majesty, it's useless, even if it's a house copying, I don't think I can copy so much money!"

Ok?
what happened?

Taichang couldn't help looking at Xiong Mingyu with doubts on his face. If he hadn't tested him face to face, he would definitely think that this guy has joined forces with those corrupt officials.

When Xiong Ming saw the situation, he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, it's not that they didn't greedy so much money, they were indeed greedy, but they basically used the money they got from greed to set up their family business, buy good land, and even give money to themselves and others. The family has built a tomb!"

Ah!
This is really possible!

When Taichang heard the words, he suddenly thought of Xu Jie, a famous minister of Jiajing.

This famous official endured for many years before getting rid of the famous corrupt official Yan Song in the Jiajing Dynasty and even the entire Ming Dynasty, but in the end he failed at the end of the day and was investigated by the famous upright official Hai Rui!
why?
Because his family has more than 20 mu of fertile land, and there are countless children and slaves, doing evil everywhere.

More than 20 mu of fertile land, if it wasn't stolen, it would have cost at least 400 million taels!

If you asked him to take out more than 400 million taels at that time, he would definitely not be able to do so, but his descendants must have received more than 400 million taels, because more than 20 mu of fertile land can produce hundreds of thousands of shi of grain a year .

Corrupt officials are very shrewd these days. There is a lot of money. Putting it there is not much use except for attracting thieves. Fertile land is different. It can produce food every year, and it will pay back in at most 20 years. Later That is pure profit.

Therefore, these days, when a person has money, the first thing he thinks of is to buy land, and then to build a house or even a mausoleum.

The same is true for Wei Zhongxian. When Chongzhen ordered him to go to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum, he only brought dozens of carts of gold and silver treasures, worth a million taels if he died.

Is he really greedy for so much?

Of course not, he has more than [-] mu of fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing. In his hometown, he also has more than [-] mu of fertile land. Every nephew and grandnephew of his has tens of thousands of mu of fertile land. There are hundreds of houses inside and outside the capital, and the mausoleum he built for himself by embezzling more than three million taels from the internal treasury. All of these add up to more than tens of millions of taels!
These corrupt officials really know how to spend money!

Taichang thought for a while, and then said angrily: "If there is no money, they will take the property. In short, they will spit out the greedy ones to me."

When Xiong Mingyu heard this, he couldn't help cupping his hands and said, "The emperor is wise."

Now, it's much easier to collect the property directly. After all, it's not a matter of time to sell the property for money.

Alas, what is wise, there is no way.

Looking at Xiong Mingyu's leaving back, Taichang couldn't help but secretly sighed.

In fact, this field is not useless. As long as Xu Ji finds sweet potatoes and potato seeds, slowly cultivates them, and optimizes them, a large number of sweet potatoes and potatoes will be produced, and the famine problem in the Northwest will be solved by then. up.

However, this will take at least a few years.

Alas, I don't know if Xu Ji has found sweet potatoes and potato seeds.

While he was sighing, a young eunuch suddenly screamed outside: "Report, Your Majesty, Lord Bi, Lord Sun, Lord Lu, and Lord Song are asking to see you."

It's finally here!
Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help getting up with joy, and walked out with a face full of excitement.

It's really difficult to live without help. Nanzhili is a waste of time. Even if he is busy from morning to night, he is useless.

Now it's all right, a group of capable ministers and officials came, and he was finally able to spread the stall and speed up.

He had just walked to the door when Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and Song Yingxing brought a thin old man and a middle-aged man with a red face over.

No need to ask, these two are Jinan Shuangbi, Bi Ziyan and Bi Zisu brothers.

The reason why he stood up to greet them was mainly for the two of them to see.

After all, the other three were already his confidantes, and it was the first time he had met these two. Greeting them, showing how much they valued them, was quite useful in winning people's hearts.

Sure enough, when everyone saw that the emperor had greeted him at the door, they were so excited that they lay down on the ground at a loss, and moved, "Oh, how dare you bother the emperor to welcome you."

Taichang quickly stepped forward to pull them up, and said cordially: "They are all from our own family, so there is no need to be so polite. You don't know that there are too many things going on here in Jinling, and I can't find a few trusted people. I am busy today. It can be said that I am dizzy, I am looking forward to the stars and the moon, and I am looking forward to your coming!"

After finishing speaking, he greeted everyone with a happy face and walked into the room.

The emperor attaches so much importance to it, how can it not make people's hearts surge, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and Song Yingxing are better, brothers Bi Ziyan and Bi Zisu's excited hands are a little trembling.

My cronies are easy to use, and Taichang doesn't talk too much, even if he arranges tasks for them.

Bi Ziyan's main task is to rectify the problem of tax collection by the Yankee, so that the income of the Lianghuai Saltworks can reach the annual level of 100 million taels as soon as possible.

Originally, the tax of the two Huaihuai Salt Fields was more than 90 taels a year, and the increase to about 100 million taels should not be a big deal for a capable official like Bi Ziyan.

The main task of Sun Chuanting is to gradually grasp the drills of the Jiangnan Guards, select a group of elite soldiers, and prepare to go north to fight.

The number of guards in the south of the Yangtze River is actually quite a lot, not to mention 100 million, there are 80 million. In history, during the Chongzhen Dynasty, these hundreds of thousands of guards in the south of the Yangtze River hardly played any role. In Nanming, they were even more like Like tofu, it crumbles when touched, so it definitely won't work.

The training of guards is Sun Chuanting's strong point. He can train the guards of the frontier army in Shaanxi to become the world-famous Qin army. Naturally, the training of guards here is not a problem.

The main task of Lu Xiangsheng is to organize artisans as soon as possible to manufacture production equipment that is urgently needed by various industries, such as looms. Almost all the weavers in Suzhou have burned down their own looms. The gap is not ordinary. big.

Bi Zisu's main task is to send patrol censors and supervisory censors to various places as soon as possible to inspect and rectify corruption, to return the people of Nanzhili to a bright future, and to escort the development of merchants here.

As for Song Yingxing, Taichang called him here because he wanted him to make something, a good thing for mining.

(End of this chapter)