Chapter 36: Soldiers and horses go first before grain and grass are moved
Fan Yongdou was slammed into by this young man, as if he had been hit by a cannonball, and he was knocked into the air with a bang, and when he fell to the ground, he heard a clicking sound from his waist. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
He recognized who the person who hit him was, it was the younger brother of the nineteenth aunt, the official lady he had recently loved. This younger brother is a little more handsome than his sister, especially with a stubborn face, which is most liked by an old man like Fan Yongdou, who has a strong heart and a strong body, and has many hobbies.
But at this moment, seeing that this young man dared to hit him, Fan Yongdou suddenly surged with anger, and he was already thinking about how to concoct this young man.
It's just that the soft click made all Fan Yongdou's thoughts drift away.
He leaned against the threshold, struggling, trying to get up.
But soon, he found that his waist was weak, and his entire lower body was numb and soft, as if he was leaving his body to go to another world for an accident.
The pain was quickly forgotten in such a discovery, and was replaced by infinite horror, so that when Wu Wanying shouted out the traitor, Fan Yongdou was also paralyzed on the ground, his eyes were round, and he was so shocked that he couldn't care about Wu Wanying.
Wang Dengku and Tian Shenglan are not small, they can only watch, and feel that the world has collapsed: "The following crimes? Slaves and deceitful masters? ”
"Have you eaten the bear's heart leopard gall?" Tian Lansheng was stunned.
"Little bunny is dying?" Wang Dengku blurted out.
"When you betrayed the country, didn't you think that you would lose your head? I think you have more courage! Zhu Tingxu walked behind Wu Wanying, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if these people were allowed to walk into the secret passage, they might not be able to catch it.
"Who are you?" Wang Dengku just opened his mouth and regretted it.
He couldn't recognize the people in front of him, but he recognized the military police behind Zhu Tingxu.
Armed with knives and guns, and dressed in military and police uniforms, these men poured in, blocking all the escape roads in the house in an instant.
"Who? and to judge you and other traitors. Zhu Tingxu stopped talking nonsense, and with a wave of his hand, a group of people suddenly pounced on him and tied up several people with their backhands.
Under such a big movement, Fan Yongdou reacted, he looked at the sudden arrival of so many military police, suppressed the panic in his heart, and said: "I am a good citizen of Jiexiu, and I, Fan Yongdou, am also a prisoner of Guozi, a student of Taixue, and I have never done anything against the king's law." You broke into my house to frame Zhongliang! My relatives and friends are all over the provincial capital, and just two months ago, I was also in a relationship with Liu Fantai in Taiyuan. Who dares to touch me? ”
Wang Dengku and Tian Shenglan also reacted, and soon, one by one, official positions were reported from the mouths of the two.
"Just ten days ago, I also toured Wutai Mountain with Wang Mingjing and Lord Wang. If you dare to oppress the good, carefully watch the black veil on your head! ”
"The term of office of the Hong County Order is obviously a year and a half, who are you waiting for? I want to see the Hong County Order! ”
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"Whether Hong Weisi has conspired with you and others to sell prohibited military funds to Jiannu, there is a division to find out. But Hong Weisi shielded you and others, but he was definitely guilty. You don't have to wait for any high-ranking official to get away with it, at this time, it is a big case personally supervised by the Western Minister in Taiyuan, and it has already been registered in front of the Shengshang's case. The long-awaited Duoduo has already died in the Great Wall Pass, so you don't have to think about who else can save you! Zhu Tingxu glanced at a few people contemptuously, and with a wave of his hand, several generals rushed over to hold the three of them and drag them down.
Seeing that it was useless to move out a few high-ranking officials in the province, and even the original county order seemed to be transferred away in an instant, the three of them panicked at this time, struggled violently, and kept shouting grievances.
"We are indeed good citizens!"
"Never done anything illegal!"
"There is no such thing as betraying the country and selling prohibited military funds, the old parents are clear!"
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"My lord, I found it!" At this moment, a crisp and pleasant voice sounded. I don't know when, Wu Qiao'er entered the study, and with the help of Wu Wanying on the side, she took out a book from a compartment in the bookcase.
"This is the secret account that Fan Yongdou wrote down by himself, and how did he collaborate with corrupt officials to steal the blueprints for the firecracker!" Wu Qiao'er's pretty pink face flushed with excitement at the moment, and she raised a few books in her hand.
It's just that maybe she was too anxious, but Wu Qiao'er took the little green book that Fan Yongdou looked at by himself just now.
Wu Qiao'er just opened it and checked it once, then couldn't help but hurriedly throw it away, and searched again, only then did she find an inconspicuous yellowed book.
Inside, it is indeed Fan Yongdou's own diary, which carefully records Fan Yongdou's deeds of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.
Holding this account book, Zhu Tingxu raised his head, and saw that Fan Yongdou's upper body was also paralyzed, and he let the military police carry him away without strength.
On the side, Tian Shenglan and Wang Dengku wanted to struggle to continue to distinguish, but then Zhu Tingxu said a word, and immediately let several people be pulled out of their bones.
"You don't have to think that there will be people in your hometown to help you get people. It is an urgent matter for me to take up the Jiexiu County Order, and in addition, there are a total of seven other places in the entire SX, together with Zhangjiakou in the Xuanfu, a total of nine, and they are almost acting at the same time. You profiteers who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, the court has been staring at you for a long time! Zhu Tingxu's words were sonorous and powerful, hiding amazing power.
When Wang Dengku and Tian Shenglan heard this, they only felt that their heads were rumbling with Venus, and they all lost their spirits.
At this moment, there was a dead silence, and the voices outside could be heard clearly.
At this moment, the Fan family's mansion is really in a commotion, and the military guards are everywhere, and one has a registered slave and family member of the Fan family's mansion. And in addition, there is another team.
These people are dressed up a lot, but the voices that come out from time to time make Fan Yongdou faint on the spot.
"The most important thing is discipline! Whoever dares to get it in his pocket will be strictly punished! The property of these traitorous profiteers, every bit of it is the blood and tears of my Ming people, who dares to stretch out their hands indiscriminately, and carefully their hands will be chopped off! ”
These are tents that were either mobilized or recruited from Gyeonggi, Taiyuan, and Linfenzhou. A big raid is underway!
The raid was not only carried out in the Jiexiu Fan family's mansion, but also in Zhangjiakou, in Taiyuan, in Datong and in places where there were eight traitorous traitor warehouses.
The names of Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang and Huang Yunfa spread to everyone for a while.
With the facts gradually revealed in the investigation in various places, more and more dirt surfaced, and the stench was stinking.
The business of the eight major Jin merchants colluding with the border generals to sell prohibited materials to Jiannu is becoming clearer and clearer. Pig iron, grain, medicinal herbs, and even the munitions allocated from the army to the SX border army were sold to the hands of Liaodong Jiannu through the hands of these traitors.
Even, on the way of Li Zicheng's attack on SX, taking advantage of the lax control in the troubled times, the border pass was like a fictitious one. The eight traitors wandered between the Jiannu and the Shun army, colluding with each other to sell the armor, war horses, and even the spoils of war that were eliminated in the hands of the Jiannu to the Shun army, and in turn, they abducted and sold at least 50,000 Han people from the Shun army to the Guanwai and sold them to Jiannu as slaves.
The figure of 50,000 is only limited to the number of people who can be found on the roster, and according to Fan Yongdou's rough estimates, the conservative number may be more than several times. More people were directly captured and plundered by the Qing army that invaded SX. And they, they, are swimming in it.
For example, the Shun army had just invaded a certain county, and its defense was a little lax, so that the Qing army could find an opportunity to attack and plunder.
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Jingshi, Privy Council.
"Further along, in the spy case seized by the Jingshi Ordnance Workshop, it was these SX Jin merchants who joined forces to intensively raise the price of grain, and sold the grain to SX into their hands, in fact, it was not much different from falling into the hands of the Qing army. In the past, we always thought, how can the Jiannu soldiers go straight in, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers eat horses and chew enough? Ni Yuanlu said, gradually smiling bitterly.
Yang Wenyue guessed: "It's these Jin merchants." ”
"That's right. The eight major Jin merchants were all imperial merchants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The official position, the farmhouse, and the astonishing profits of the Liaodong trade bestowed by Dorgon himself. All these made them betray their country and nation. Ni Yuanlu said in a deep voice: "So, in the cities that the Qing army breached, it is quite unfortunate that many of them have rich grain and rice. And the Jianqing Biye that we had worked so hard to host before all failed. The enemy is hateful, but these traitors who aided and betrayed their family and country are ten times more hateful! ”
"Alright, alright." Yang Wenyue patted Ni Yuanlu on the shoulder and said, "Fortunately, these traitors have been eradicated." The Holy Lord has authorized Dali Temple to approve the request for the death of the eight traitors. Seven days later, the trial and execution ceremony was held in Taiyuan. These should be able to comfort the soldiers and civilians who were directly or indirectly killed by traitors. ”
"Thank you for your relief. In addition, in my opinion, this time the Holy One is going to make a move. After the autumn of this year, Daming should soon have a big action. Ni Yuanlu's words turned, and his tone became high-spirited again.
"Oh?" Yang Wenyue's eyes moved: "I also guessed some, but it seems that you have made a new discovery in SX." ”
"That's right, I thought it was just a few SX profiteers, and I couldn't make a trip to Taiyuan in person...... But this time, the eradication of the eight traitors is very rich. Thinking back on the harvest of going to SX this time, Ni Yuanlu couldn't help but sigh one after another.
As he spoke, Ni Yuanlu showed Yang Wenyue the piece that was originally prepared for His Majesty the Emperor in advance.
Yang Wenyue took the chapter, thinking in his heart that this time the Holy Lord eradicated the profiteers, it should be in the spirit of those military leaders. The generals of the border army can't make a lot of money by sticking to the corruption of military spending, and many people actually have their own commercial banks to do business. Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft water, and relying on the border passes is naturally a smuggling business.
Otherwise, these profiteers will not be able to do business if they do not collude with good sides. This time, Ni Yuanlu went to Taiyuan in person, and he killed a few high-profile border generals, which promoted the integration of the First Army in SX.
I thought so in my heart, and after reading the concerto, it was completely different. This time, the focus of Ni Yuanlu's recital is not here. Just by glancing at it, Yang Wenyue couldn't help but stand up and exclaimed, "There are as many as nine million and seven hundred thousand taels in total?" ”
This number is the result of statistically copying the entire family of the eight traitors.
"That's right, there are so many! This is only liquid cash, if you count the unrealized land and materials, it can at least double! Ni Yuanlu clenched his fists tightly and exclaimed: "Fortunately, this matter has been arranged as a long-term plan." By this autumn, it should be possible to add at least another five million taels of silver. However, what is interesting is that this time, the auction of land, materials, real estate and other things was entrusted to Hengxin Auction House. They only accept the purchase of new treasure money. Because of the high quality and low price, it makes the circulation of SX treasure banknotes quite fast. ”
"Another five million taels ......" Thinking about it, Yang Wenyue suddenly understood, this is His Majesty the Emperor restoring the credibility of the treasure banknote. And the final harvest is that five million taels worth of materials will be put into the market, and when the tax revenue comes up this summer, at least five million taels worth of treasure money can be added, that is, five million yuan.
In this way, the disposable fiscal revenue that the imperial court can add has reached 20 million new-style treasure yuan.
"No wonder, Ruyu said that something big is going to happen." Yang Wenyue muttered: "If the Holy Lord plans to use the profiteers to solve the military spending problem this time, he can arrange it early in the morning. At present, the cash of the family is enough to solve the previous military spending gap. When the reform of Tianfu was successfully completed, tens of millions of taels of new treasury revenue were silently collected...... This hand, there will indeed be a big move this year! ”
Naturally, it can also be seen that Zhu Cihong's initiation of the Tianfu reform was not a random move.
For example, Fan Sanba, the son of Fan Yongdou, was arrested early in the morning, and the joint investigation of Jinyiwei, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple has always been carried out secretly. It can be said that Zhu Cihong wanted to pick peaches whenever he wanted to be able to capture the stolen goods, and arrested these people in one fell swoop with all the material evidence, and all of them made up for the state treasury.
The reason why Zhu Cihong waited until this time to carry out the reform was that he was confident that he would solve the problem of Tianfu reform, and he must have been preparing for a larger goal.
"Before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass will ...... first," Ni Yuanlu said easily.
Yang Wenyue turned around and looked at the map behind the office.
It was a map that occupied an entire wall, densely marked with small labels depicting the current state of the empire.
Sun Chuanting waved his army south to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong last year, and now he has driven Zhang Xianzhong all the way to the mountains in southwest Sichuan. I heard that Zhang Xianzhong was seriously injured, and his people were discouraged, and he was no longer in trouble. Li Zicheng died a long time ago, and Zheng Zhilong was honest with the status of an official of the Ming Dynasty...... The interior of the empire has calmed down. It's time for everything...... The Northern Expedition has built a slave! A clear voice sounded, and the two turned to look, watching Zhu Cihong walk in with a smile and smile at the two. (To be continued.) )