Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 538

The Kang family has many mansions and large yards, and it is no problem to put a hundred boilers in the largest yard.

At this time, Jiang Yingyun, the commander of the guards, ordered people to set up a hundred cauldrons in the largest courtyard of the Kang family, and also demolished a wall of the Kang family to build a temporary stove.

And these Han thieves from the Kang family who betrayed the interests of the country in the past were all put into the pot for cooking.

At this time, Jiang Yingyun had already heard the screams inside, and he could hear it clearly, but Jiang Yingyun had no mission to do so cruelly, because he was just exchanging another person for another person.

These profiteers of the Kang family who betrayed the interests of the country in the past never thought that such a day would happen to them.

Kang Wenlan had already been caught and brought back to cook in the most central pot.

However, Kang Wenlan was not boiled to death at this time, and he even shouted: "Why, why, we are just businessmen, what did we do wrong?"

"You have done nothing wrong, you have confirmed that you have done nothing wrong, and in that case, I will read it to you!"

At this time, Jiang Yingyun has received more and more evidence about Kang's betrayal of Daming.

Moreover, Jiang Yingyun will take the initiative to answer these Kang family members: "In the 11th year of Chongzhen, a doctor named Qiao Dezhi in your joint military department sold three Western cannons to Jianlu. At least the defense line of Gubeikou was broken, causing a series of towns and villages. The tragedy of being looted by the Tartars, and all of this is because of your greed for money and forgetting the righteousness of the nation, do you understand!"

"In April of the 13th year of Chongzhen, the drought in Shanxi intensified, and starvation was everywhere, but you joined the local governor and magistrate to replace the [-] relief food with old grain mixed with sand and gravel, but donated the [-] shi relief food to the Tartars, just for the sake of getting rid of the disaster. It's very good to ask for a favor from the Tartars, Kang Wenlan, I dare say that the lives of you folks and elders are not fate, but the lives of other Tartars are, right? Based on these, you deserve to be killed!"

When Jiang Yingyun said this, Kang Wenlan couldn't help but said weakly inside: "Kang is wrong, Kang shouldn't be greedy for money, shouldn't have harmed the court and the people, please, please spare my life, so It's really hard."

"You know how uncomfortable it is now. When you killed those ordinary people who just wanted to beg for food, didn't you think that you would have today? Give me a hard time, you deserve it!"

After Jiang Yingyun said, an officer of his own came to report: "Report to the commander that all the property of the Kang family has been confiscated. This is the account book. The total grain is about 740 shi of wheat, [-] shi of rice, and [-] shi of millet. There are now [-] six silver ingots, [-] gold bars, [-] golden Buddha statues, fertile land and shops have also been registered."

"As expected of Kang Wanwan, he is indeed rich, and he has sucked the blood of many ordinary people."

After Jiang Yingyun executed all of the Kang family, he sealed up all the property of the Kang family and prepared to transport it back to Nanjing.

And the Kang family of the Great Shanxi Merchants was eradicated by the guards.

Soon, the news that the guards raided the house of the great Jin merchant Kang spread to Taiyuan Mansion. Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku, the eight major Shanxi merchants in Taiyuan Mansion, all panicked and hurriedly found Shanxi Governor Zhu Shichang, hoping that Zhu Shichang could provide troops to escort them. The merchant transferred all the property away.

But now Zhu Shichang is also a mud bodhisattva who can't protect himself when crossing the river, so he didn't agree to the request of the eight Shanxi merchants, and in order to fulfill Dorgon's mission of letting him guard Taiyuan, he also persuaded the eight Shanxi merchants to persuade the Qing army to give money and food morale.

For their own safety, the eight major Shanxi merchants were also very generous, and took the initiative to spend money and food to organize soldiers and horses to assist Zhu Shichang in guarding Taiyuan.

Zhu Shichang is very satisfied with this, but he is not sure whether he can keep Taiyuan Mansion.

Not only is he not sure, but the eight Shanxi merchants are also not sure.

Today's eight major Shanxi merchants gather together to discuss matters every day, and each one is worried.

"Who would have thought that the damned Zhu Ming dynasty would be revived? Why didn't we expect to spend a lot of money to assassinate the dog emperor Zhu Youjian!"

Wang Dengku, the most irritable of the eight Shanxi merchants, couldn't help but say.

"Do you think we haven't done this before? If Zhu Youjian is so easy to assassinate, you still have to wait until now? The people around him all rely on him to become rich and powerful. For example, Li Ruolian is now The biggest mirror dealer in the world, I heard that Zhu Youjian gave him benefits, these people are more loyal to Zhu Youjian than anyone else, our people can't get in at all!"

When Fan Yongdou said this, the others could only sigh.

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The First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards and the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards have also received further instructions from Zhu Youjian at this time, that is, they are required to eliminate the eight major Shanxi merchants in Shanxi and not allow them to carry a large number of Property fled.

Therefore, the First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards quickly invaded Fenzhou and occupied Jiexiu first.

Then, the Second Corps of the Third Army of the Guards also recovered Yushe, and then Yuci, and Taigu surrounded Fan Village, where the Fan family was concentrated.

The First Corps of the Fourth Army of the Guards also went northward along the official road to capture Pingyao and Taigu.

The main industries and homes of the eight Shanxi merchants are located in these areas.

Therefore, before the eight Shanxi merchants had time to escape, they were surrounded by the guards and blocked their way.

The eight major Shanxi merchants were very surprised. They thought that the guards would attack Taiyuan City even if they wanted to attack, but they didn't expect the guards to come directly to them.

Therefore, these eight Shanxi merchants were caught off guard.

When Liu Qian, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards, surrounded Fan Village, Fan Yongdou just woke up from his dream.

"Master, it's not good, there are a lot of Daming officers and soldiers outside the village."

When Fan Yongdou heard his servant explain that the army was coming, he hurriedly stood up, stomped his feet and said, "How could it be, how could it be possible to come so fast, I thought they would go to Taiyuan first!"

Fan Yongdou was surprised and realized that it was useless to say what he said now, so he had to call the whole clan to discuss important matters, and at this time the guard cavalry had already killed them first.

The cavalry of the Guards would naturally not be soft on these Han thieves who betrayed Daming, and the Fan family was capable of beheading all of them.

However, Fan Yongdou, the only one, was brought before Chen Zilong, the governor of the First Corps of the Guards.

But as soon as Fan Yongdou saw Chen Zilong, he kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Forgive me, forgive me! This slave Fan Yongdou knows his mistake, this slave knows his mistake!"

"Slave Fan Yongdou? The war criminals are ranked in the top [-]. That's good. If that's the case, let's take him back to Nanjing for a strict trial and let the people of the world scold him!"

After Chen Zilong said, he ordered Fan Yongdou to be dragged down, and then ordered to wipe out all the Fan clan and confiscate all his property.

(End of this chapter)