Wanli 1592

Chapter 605
Under Lalik's gaze, all the more than a thousand captives were killed, and the entire place of execution was full of blood. Lalik's screaming and scolding at the beginning and then his numbness later was only a short period of time. Half an hour, half an hour later, the last captive was killed, and the execution was over.

Many people looked at the governor who didn't change his expression and his heart beat with awe.

Xiao Ruxun called Wang Hui over again.

"Collect these heads and pile them up. The governor will sacrifice here the brothers who died in battle and the innocent people who were killed by the northern captives."

Wang Hui nodded, and immediately went down to do so. At noon, the sacrificial place was ready. The official said that he came to announce the decree on behalf of the emperor, so he should be the one to read the sacrificial text. Zhu Minchun also changed into sacrificial attire. He said that on behalf of the royal family, he would like to express his condolences to the soldiers who died in battle and the innocent people.

No matter what their purpose is, all in all, a sacrificial ceremony has been completed, more than 1000 North captive heads are used as sacrifices to commemorate the heroic souls and innocent souls who died in battle, and may they rest in peace in the underworld.

Lalik was trapped in the middle of the sacrificial place and participated in the sacrificial ceremony as the only living sacrifice, letting heroic and innocent souls devour his vitality and bite his soul as the most vicious punishment and curse for him.

The sacrificial ceremony was over, and more than half of the northern captives' invasion of the south was over. Next, it was the turn of the Ming army to counterattack in an all-round way.

However, for Xiao Ruxun, there are still two unresolved issues. One is that Liu Xi. Lalik said that his series of actions were planned by Liu Xi. The purpose of this Liu Xi was to lead them. , but Lalik's ability to do these things is obviously inseparable from Liu Xi.

If this person is found, then it can be confirmed what is going on with the secret road in Taiyuan City. Xiao Ruxun can't ask Zhu Minchun about this matter now, and must avoid him.

The second thing is that the gold, silver and jewels looted by the northern captives since they went south have not been found. According to previous estimates, since they left so many things in Taiyuan City, it can only mean that what they took away was more than what they left behind. It is much more precious, Xiao Ruxun believes that all the big Shanxi merchants are extremely rich, and they will never be short of money.

If you get all those things, how much income should it be?

So Xiao Ruxun withdrew the Liaodong cavalry and Jurchen cavalry from the battlefield, and sent everyone back to the barracks, leaving only Wang Hui and the Zhennan army to clean the battlefield and search for those treasures.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the Zhennan Army soldiers cleaning the battlefield found thousands of sacks and sacks under the ruins of a house. When they opened it, they were full of golden gold, jade and jewelry.

Wang Hui immediately sealed off the scene and ordered the Zhennan Army not to disclose the matter. At this moment, the Zhennan Army's strict training and organization showed its advantages. command to quickly start loading.

At the same time, Wang Hui quickly sent someone to report to Xiao Ruxun, and Xiao Ruxun was able to learn the news at the first time. After arriving at the scene for investigation, he confirmed that these were the treasures that Lalik had looted all the way south. At first glance, they are all jeweled, and it is estimated that they are worth millions of silver.

Undoubtedly, it is impossible for ordinary people to have these gold and jade utensils in their homes. These basically belong to those big Shanxi merchants who were killed, and there may be some gray income of some officials who were killed. All the big merchants are now dead, that is to say, these gold, jade and jewelry items are now ownerless.

According to the consistent thinking of the court, these things now belong to the court and belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Considering military discipline, Xiao Ruxun immediately ordered the Zhennan Army to take care of the jewels, then packed all the gold and jade objects into large boxes and shipped them to the Zhennan Army's barracks, and then ordered the news of this matter to be blocked from the angels and King Jin , not allowing them to know.

When Xiao Ruxun got these treasures, the first thing Xiao Ruxun thought of was to dedicate all these gold, jade and jewels to Zhu Yijun, and to be a good courtier who is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. new decision.

No matter how loyal and patriotic a good courtier is, he needs some capital to develop himself. Before, he relied on his own business to raise soldiers in Burma, and the court's little funds...

To be honest, even the Zhennan army of 3 people is not enough to feed their stomachs, and they will starve to the extent that it is far from the funding that the Ministry of War said. How many.

These jewels are the fat of the people. If they are all given to the emperor, whether they are secret or public, they will basically be known by those officials, and they will eventually be taken away by them in various ways and become their own money.

Rather than being devoured by those shameless people, it is better to let yourself accept part of it to raise troops and train soldiers. It can be regarded as contributing to the country. Fighting for the country is better than being swallowed.

As for the rest, they will be distributed to Li Rusong, and the generals of Taiyuan Datong will distribute a small portion to comfort these people.

Afterwards, the remaining part was seized and divided into two parts. One part with low value was publicly sent to the capital and put into the national treasury, to be tossed by those rats, while the remaining part with high value was handed over to Jin Yiwei for internal money.

These days, the internal funds of the Ming emperor have almost become a public treasury. To fight a war, the emperor needs to pay for it from the internal funds instead of the national treasury. What has become of the treasury disaster.

So these people, can you deliver all these gold and jade artifacts to them?Can they be expected to exchange these things for silver and use them for disaster relief and reconstruction in Datong, Shanxi?

Xiao Ruxun shook his head decisively.

That is impossible.

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun began to write memorials and secret papers according to his own plan. The memorials were made public to the court, and the secret papers were directly sent to the emperor through the secret line of Jin Yiwei. He first handed the memorials to the small officials.

"Please ask the angel to escort Talik back to the capital and present it to Your Majesty. The governor will continue to lead troops north to Datong to recover Datong. Please rest assured, your majesty will live up to your majesty's high expectations. In addition, the property captured by the northern captives is countless. , The statistics have been completed today, the specific number is in the memorial, and it has been loaded into the car, please ask the angel to escort it back to the capital and send it to Your Majesty."

While handing over the memorial to the little official, Xiao Ruxun handed over a stack of banknotes.

(End of this chapter)