Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 30

"Father, the Han family, the Zhang family, the Cao family, and the Qi family have all been confiscated. Among them, the elder Han Ge was also directly escorted to Beijing by Jin Yiwei. Cao Gong, the old Shangshu who had a close relationship with Qianyi, was also escorted to Beijing. He was charged with colluding with the ministers of the court and committing illegal activities. "

After listening to his eldest son Fan Yongkui's report, the old man of the Fan family slammed the table:
"Hmph, what exactly is Zhu Youxiao going to do, do you want to drive us all to death?"

After the old man of the Fan family said this angrily, he ordered again: "Immediately send a letter to Fan Gong outside the pass, saying that if the Shanxi merchants are not protected, the future gold will be hard to save. I hope Da Khan will come to rescue quickly!"

"Yes!"

Not long after the eldest son of the Fan family left, he hurried in alone. When he saw Mr. Fan, he knelt down: "Master, the young master was arrested by the court, and he is outside now."

"what!"

When Mr. Fan heard this, he hurried out with a cane, and he saw countless officers, soldiers and Jin Yiwei standing outside the gate of his house, and his son Fan Yongdou was covered in blood and was supported by the two Jin Yiwei.

Mr. Fan has always loved his wife's son-in-law the most. Seeing his body covered in blood, he couldn't help feeling sad: "Son!"

"Go away! I, Fan Yongdou, will never recognize the traitor who betrayed the court as my father!"

Unexpectedly, Fan Yongdou suddenly raised his head and yelled at Mr. Fan, and said to Xu Xianchun who was at the side: "Master Xu, he is the big traitor Fan Ming, and the evidence of his collaboration with the enemy is the account books he hid in the house!"

"Very good, take us in and look for it. If we find it, I will tell His Majesty and spare you the death penalty!"

With a wave of Xu Xianchun's hand, a team of Jinyiwei broke into Fan's residence together with Fan Yongdou, and Mr. Fan who was still standing there was stunned. Others called him a **** and he didn't care, but he was called My beloved son called me a ****, he was really like a thousand arrows piercing his heart at this time, he couldn't help sighing, and then directly ran towards a stone step.

After Mr. Fan was directly killed, the entire Fan family lost its backbone, and no one dared to resist in the slightest.

In order to survive, Fan Yongdou directly donated all the wealth his father had hidden for many years.

In this way, the Shanxi merchants who were responsible for the decline and decline of the Chinese nation in later generations were finally eradicated before they brought greater harm to China.

Along with it, there were other Shanxi merchants, not just the eight families, as long as they were involved in the smuggling of ironware and medicinal materials outside the pass, they were all confiscated.

At this moment, these reckless Shanxi merchants also began to know that His Majesty the Emperor is not a puppet to be fooled. No matter how powerful they are, they are nothing but fish of swords in front of the Emperor.

Although they had people in the court and in the army, almost at the same moment when they were unlucky, the officials of the court either followed them as prisoners or ghosts under the knife, or became dumb, or even defected.

And the trusted generals they placed in the army were either controlled before that, or they were suppressed when they were about to make trouble, or they also became shrinking turtles.

There is no way, the people’s hearts are still on Daming’s side, and the imperial court still represents the interests of the general public. In this Ming Dynasty, where the small-scale peasant economy is still the mainstay, as long as the common people have not abandoned Daming, no matter how powerful the businessmen are, they cannot escape the imperial court’s sanctions. , not to mention that they really did a lot of collaborating with the enemy and traitorously.

"Your Majesty, the properties of the profiteers represented by the eight Shanxi merchants have been confiscated. The gold and silver jewelry, antiques, jade, calligraphy, painting, silk, and mansions total 1000 million and 60 million taels of silver, and another 32 taels of land. In a short time, [-] civil servants of the fourth rank or above and military officials of the second rank or above were arrested, including Han Yu, the former chief assistant of the cabinet, etc., as well as countless scholars, juren, etc., plus servants and other men and women, a total of more than [-] people."

Half a month later, the operation to confiscate the eight major Shanxi merchants was basically over, and Wang Chengen also handed over a thick stack of papers to Zhu Youxiao.

However, when he heard that he got 1000 taels of silver all at once, he still couldn't help being very surprised, because as far as he knew, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty plus his own internal funds was only 60 million taels a year now. Left and right, why did this just copy off a few Shanxi merchants, and get hundreds of millions of income at once.

People say that the Ming Dynasty died because of property, but now it seems that this is indeed the case. A large amount of wealth is concentrated in the hands of the privileged class, but the common people and the court have no money. However, the court can only collect taxes from most of the common people. It had to be sent more, so the people became more sad, and the majesty of the court declined, but these gentry and businessmen could take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune in the country, buy and sell, and filled their own pockets.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but secretly sighed, fortunately he eradicated these moths in time, if it was a moment later, by the end of Chongzhen's reign, he might not be able to do anything about these rats that had completely corroded the foundation of his Ming Dynasty.

Now that he has obtained so much wealth at once, Zhu Youxiao can deal with any crisis at least in the next few years. The people in Qindi are going to revolt with Li Zicheng, okay, I will buy you food with money and feed you, you guys Do you still want to rebel with Li Zicheng?Didn’t the frontier troops from all over the place complain about the shortage of military pay and want to mutiny, and I will make up the military salary for you all, so you are ashamed not to let me go into battle to kill the enemy?Don't the Donglin Party think that they control the lifeline of Ming Dynasty's economy? Is it still controlled by you when I have hundreds of millions of taels of silver?
However, thinking of the Donglin Party, Zhu Youxiao, who had become addicted to copying his home, couldn't help but brighten his eyes, thinking that the eight major Shanxi merchants had been eliminated, and the revenge against the Donglin Party had to begin.

"All the real estate was sold, and the land was filled into Huangzhuang to continue to recruit refugees to cultivate. The detainees except the chief assistant Han Yu and other 32 court officials and the Donglin Party were all imprisoned and awaited execution together with the Donglin Party rebels. They were all sent to Liaodong to build a city wall for Zhen. Except for the slaves who were guilty of serious crimes and who had a close relationship with their masters, they were executed together, and the rest of the innocent people were sent to Huangzhuang, and the land, money and food were distributed to them to make a living on their own."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Li Mingrui suddenly bowed to him: "Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous to save countless slaves from death!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help being taken aback. In fact, he secretly felt that he was being too ruthless. After all, in modern times, even if one person commits a felony, his family will not be implicated. Now he has to sit down and question the crime for political considerations. But I didn't expect that in the eyes of these ministers, I would become the king of benevolence and righteousness. Forget it, benevolence and righteousness are benevolence and righteousness. Zhu Youxiao didn't bother to deny it, so he nodded and said: "They are all my people, if they don't have the heinous crime , How can I bear the butcher's knife facing each other."

　Thank you book friends for your rewards. Since I am writing part-time now, it is more difficult to explode, but I will try my best to save as many manuscripts as possible, and take the opportunity to explode.Regarding the question that the dialogue is a bit silly, maybe my writing skills are still weak, and I will pay attention to it in the future. In addition, whether Wei Zhongxian is an ignorant person, I personally don’t believe in the history of the Ming Dynasty compiled by the Qing Dynasty, and I feel that I can become a secretary of ceremonies. , it is impossible to be illiterate.Finally, I would like to ask everyone a question here. What kind of views do book friends hold on Guan Ning's iron cavalry?
　　
　
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