381 Daming is not short of silver

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"Sun Tongzhi, didn't you read the announcement issued by the prefect's yamen? The Sun family is suspected of gathering a crowd to rebel, you won't know it, right?

Now that the incident of the Sun family has happened, this official, as the commander of Xuzhou, will arrest their family first and seal up the stolen goods of the Sun family, why not? ”

"You slander and quibble. How could the Sun family gather a crowd to rebel! You have reversed black and white and framed you at will, I will sue you to the court and impeach you to the saint. ”

Sun Mingying's eyes almost burst into flames, and his outstretched finger was about to point to Li Zixiao's nose, and he roared loudly.

Li Zixiao saw Sun Mingying's fingers, and they were about to point to the tip of his nose, and he dared to roar at himself, and a burst of anger surged up in his heart.

When did someone dare to point at his nose and scold him in front of him like this, Li Zixiao at this time is no longer the lost dog who escaped from Jinling in embarrassment a few years ago.

Li Zixiao's eyes were cold, and he grabbed Sun Mingying's finger stretched out in front of him, and gently broke it, only to hear a 'click' crisp sound.

Sun Mingying's fingers suddenly folded upward, and then a terrible scream immediately rang out.

"Ahh

Sun Mingying's whole body softened, screaming and wailing bitterly, begging Li Zixiao to let go.

"Hmph, Sun Tongzhi, next time you dare to point your finger at me again, I will cut off your entire hand for you, if you don't believe it, you can try."

Li Zixiao said coldly, and then let go of Sun Mingying's finger.

Sun Mingying's left hand, clenching the index finger of his right hand, was so painful that even cold sweat broke out, and his eyes glared at Li Zixiao with resentment.

"Li Zixiao, you ...... You are so arrogant, you don't pay any attention to the law and discipline of the court, you are dead. This official must join you, so that you will die without a place to be buried! ”

Facing Sun Mingying's ferocious expression, Li Zixiao didn't pay attention to him, but said lightly: "Lord Sun, don't think too highly of yourself.

Don't forget that you shouldn't be a little commander and a subordinate, you dare to commit a crime, how can you not give you a little punishment!

If you really provoke this officer, I don't mind leading troops to raid your home. ”

"You ......"

Although Sun Mingying was so angry this time that her body trembled, she didn't dare to point her finger at Li Zixiao anymore.

"Okay, okay, you just wait to be questioned by the emperor's decree!" Sun Mingying said viciously again.

"Okay, if you like to participate in the official, go to the office, and now you're done talking nonsense, then hurry up!"

Li Zixiao waved his hand impatiently, and immediately several white dragon sergeants came over and dragged Sun Mingying away like a dead dog.

The few officials brought by Sun Mingying hid aside, not daring to make a sound, and now they quickly followed and slipped out.

Looking at Sun Mingying who was dragged away, Li Yan couldn't help but squint his eyes and squinted at the embarrassed Sun Mingying.

Then he said to Li Zixiao: "My lord, this person stays, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles, do you want to ......?"

Saying that, Li Yan made a throat-cutting motion, and the meaning was already obvious.

Li Zixiao shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Do you know why people often say that "Xiucai can't rebel for ten years"?

It means that these people will only move their mouths, Sun Mingying now has no soldiers and no power in his hands, and now he has no backer, and he can't afford to make big waves. ”

Regarding the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zixiao had already seen it very clearly.

The current imperial court orders, for those military generals with heavy troops, have become more and more out of control.

Some generals guarding the local area also dared to disobey the orders of the imperial court, which was almost unimaginable ten years ago.

But over the years, with the further erosion of the situation in the Ming Dynasty, the power of local military generals has also increased.

Their resentment against the civilian clique that has been pressing on them for hundreds of years seems to have erupted all at once.

As a result, there have been civil and military confrontations in many places.

No matter which dynasty it is, the act of using literature to control military will always only occur in peaceful and prosperous times.

In times of peace, in order to consolidate their rule, the ruling class generally vigorously limited the power of military commanders in order to maintain military power.

But this method, once it comes to the war years, the disadvantages will immediately become apparent.

In troubled times, the importance of military generals will definitely overwhelm civilian officials, and the power of military generals will also swell.

This is an objective law that does not depend on anyone's will.

The reason why Li Zixiao is so desperate is to develop his own power.

That's because he knows very well that the stronger his strength, the safer he is, and the more jealous the court becomes.

It is precisely because of the current Li Zixiao that he has nearly 10,000 elite soldiers of the White Dragon Army in his hands that he has the confidence to carry out 'land reform' in Xuzhou, without the backlash of the imperial court.

Of course, there must also be a degree here, that is, you can't do too much, Li Zixiao may copy the homes of a few big landlords, and he can still get by.

After all, these people have no official status, and they were accused by him in advance, so these people were arrested.

But Sun Mingying is different, at this time he is the commander of Xuzhou appointed by the imperial court, Tongzhi, and a third-grade official.

If Li Zixiao was really taken out just now, even Sun Mingying was taken out, the imperial court would never tolerate it, and it would be no different from rebellion.

The raid lasted until the evening.

The final report was that a total of 700,000 taels of silver, 30,000 taels of gold, and antiques, calligraphy and paintings that had not yet been counted were copied from the mansions of five large landlords, including Sun and Ding.

This result was unexpected by everyone, but it was similar to what Li Zixiao had thought in advance.

"Tut-tut, these big families are really rich, they don't know how much people's fat and ointment they have scraped over the years." Li Yan handed the account book to Li Zixiao and said with a sigh.

"Li Yan, are you only seeing this? I didn't see the stacks of land deeds, house deeds, and bank tickets over there, if even those were added up, their net worth would have exceeded one million taels. ”

Li Zixiao shook his head and said.

"Have you found the granaries of the five of them?" Suddenly, Li Zixiao asked with a frown.

"Not yet, according to what we learned from a child of the Sun family, their granary was built in the west of the city, and we haven't found it yet."

Li Yan said in a low voice.

"There is enough time, and the rest of the aftermath will be left to you to do, and all the granaries owned by these five big landlords will be found out for me, and all the grain will be confiscated.

In addition, as soon as possible, all of their five obvious properties and mansions will be sold, and it is estimated that the Xie family and others have already raised money and waited at this time.

Anyway, in three days, you're going to get these things done, you know? ”

"Yes, I understand." Li Yan said excitedly.

Li Zixiao handed over this matter of handling stolen goods to him, which was equivalent to letting him deal with the Xie family and other families, and the people of these families would inevitably be better than him at that time.

The Xie family and other families are all on Li Zixiao's side, and if Li Yan can have their support and help in the future, he will be more valued under Li Zixiao.

Li Yan will not be stupid, what kind of oil and water can be taken out of this stolen goods, it is simply a misguided future, he is not the kind of person who is short-sighted.

Looking at Li Yan with an excited face, Li Zixiao smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

Li Zixiao knew that Li Yan saw his intentions, and Li Zixiao didn't care about the support and help that Li Yan received, the Xie family and other families.

Forming gangs and factions is inevitable at any time and in any force.

At this time, among Li Zixiao's subordinate officials, Qian Guangyuan was second to none and the most powerful, and he and the children he brought out accounted for almost two-thirds of Li Zixiao's subordinate officials.

Li Zixiao was already thinking about how to weaken Qian Guangyuan's influence among his subordinate officials, and one of his subordinates was dominant, which was by no means what a boss wanted to see.

Fortunately, Qiu Guangming's dedication allowed Li Zixiao to gain the followers of most of the civil officials in Xuzhou, but he still has to carefully screen these officials and will not use them all.

In any case, Qiu Guangming's defection impacted Qian Guangyuan's power under Li Zixiao, which is what Li Zixiao wants to see.

And Li Yan is a person who is deeply valued by Li Zixiao, and he has always been interested in cultivating him, but I didn't see that Li Zixiao has always kept him at his hand to listen to it!

Li Zixiao can only provide him with opportunities, and whether he can grow up or not depends on himself.

However, Li Zixiao guessed that with Li Yan's vision and strategy in history, as long as he was given time, he would definitely be able to stand in a position under him.

Sun, Ding, and other five large landlords were able to collect so much property.

It is no wonder that after Li Zicheng entered the city of Beijing, he searched out more than 70 million taels of silver from the mansions of those imperial princes, nobles, and officials who shouted poverty every day.

It can be seen that in this era, the Ming Dynasty did not have no silver, but all the silver fell into the hands of those officials and landlords and gentry.

They would rather die with the jar and the silver buried in the cellar than take it out and support the state even a penny, but in the end they were all cheaper than the Tartars who entered the customs.

"Pack them all up and take them all away overnight."

After Li Zixiao finished speaking, he turned to Zhao Zilong and said, "Zilong, I will now temporarily appoint you as the city defense officer of Xuzhou, and lead a thousand soldiers to garrison Xuzhou.

In a few days, the 'land reform' will take the lead in the surrounding areas of Xuzhou, and during this time, most of the cities in Xuzhou will be 'lively', and you have to be prepared. ”

"Yes, obedience!" Zhao Zilong was overjoyed and hurriedly responded.

"My lord, just a thousand soldiers in Zilong's hands, I'm afraid it's not enough." At this time, Li Yan said on the side.

"Well, I know that Zilong's thousand people will not be dispatched casually, killing chickens with a knife, unless there is a major turmoil, Zilong will let people go out and make a final decision.

Under normal circumstances, I will let Huo Changzheng and Liu Guoping take the officers and soldiers of the Xuzhou Guard Station after rectification to maintain the daily order of Xuzhou.

The rectification of the two guards in Xuzhou cost nearly 200,000 taels of silver, and if they were still useless, Huo and Liu would all go back to farming for me. ”

"This plan is very good, but Li Yan is too worried."

After listening to Li Zixiao's words, Li Yan nodded slightly, thinking that Li Zixiao's arrangement was very appropriate.