Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 100 Income of the Lijin Bureau

Fortunately, there are many people who have encountered the same situation as them, and there is also a companion on the road to Huangquan, so that they are not too lonely.

Shen Juren of Zhenjiang Mansion is not an exception, he is just a small Juren, dare to do such a thing, let alone a Jinshi who is more powerful than him?
The style of writing in the south of the Yangtze River is prosperous, and there are many gentry like Shen Juren and Jiang Mengyin. In addition to Zhenjiang, there are also Changzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Yingtian, Taiping, Chizhou, Ningguo, Huizhou, Guangde, and Huzhou. , Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Yanzhou and so on.

In these places, there are always a few unscrupulous gentry and landowners who dare to openly oppose Zhu Cihong, and some even blatantly shouted slogans against the imperial court and the people's struggle for profit.

Zhu Cixiang was so angry that he almost died after seeing the memorial. However, Zhu Cixiang was still very reasonable and only killed his entire family. As for the clan members, he only killed the males to leave a way for others to survive.

what?
You said that people ransacked their homes, that they had no property and no labor force, so they would starve to death in the end.

Then don't blame him Zhu Cihong, but blame your own incompetence.

"Your Majesty, the list of arrested and rebellious officials and gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been sorted out, and all the property has been handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The list is here."

Zhang Chao and Wang Fuen came to Zhu Cihong's study at the same time, first handed the list to Liu Bao, and then Liu Bao handed it to Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong first opened the list submitted by Zhang Chao and saw that it was full of place names and numbers.

"In Zhenjiang Prefecture, there is one magistrate, five Juren, and 110 common people; in Yingtian Mansion, there are two county magistrates, one commanding magistrate, fifteen Wailang members of the household department, one Jinshi, six Juren, and two thousand and thirty common people. Two people..."

"A total of 420 officials and civilians."

Most of the people on this list are now on their way to the underworld, and some of them are in prison because of their special status, but soon, they will also go down there to keep company.

To be honest, when he first saw this number, Zhu Cihong felt terrified. After all, he said that he would kill them on the spot, so none of these people were in front of his eyes, and they all became the final number.

But after all, there are more than 1 people, and it is impossible for Zhu Cihong not to feel terrified.

Those present who were more afraid than him were Liu Bao and Wang Fu'en. Although they were cruel eunuchs, they couldn't help being terrified when they heard tens of thousands of heads fall to the ground.

More than 1 people are enough to fill a densely populated township with hundreds of thousands of acres of land.

However, Zhu Cihong hurriedly opened the list of belongings, and immediately felt much better, because the countless gold and silver treasures dazzled him even as the emperor.

"Silver is 110 million taels, more than 5 taels of gold, and more than 150 million taels of money." These things are considered cash.

"More than 150 corals, more than [-] kilograms of agate, more than [-] Dadong beads, more than [-] kilograms of pearls, [-] sapphires, more than [-] emeralds, more than a thousand rubies, and more than [-] kilograms of lapis lazuli , eating more than thirty opals." These are strange jewels.

"More than [-] Japanese swords, more than [-] hand guns, more than [-] bird guns, more than [-] earth guns, and more than [-] rattan cards..." These are all weapons.

As for the land deeds and land deeds, they are not listed, because those lands have been rented out to tenants, and Zhu Cihong does not plan to take them back, otherwise how would those tenants survive.

Instead, store this part of the land deed and land deed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, assuming that there are no such things, and they will not need to pay any rent in the future, as long as they pay taxes according to the national law, just like other self-cultivating farmers.

"Long live, we got a lot of property this time." Liu Bao looked at the items on the list, and his saliva almost flowed out.

"I haven't seen so many things yet." Although Liu Bao was a eunuch serving the royal family, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued during the Chongzhen period.

Therefore, Liu Bao's knowledge is also much shorter.

"Don't talk about you, even I haven't seen you."

"The landowners and squires in Jiangnan are really rich. I didn't expect that just by plundering a few houses in each house, I could have such a huge wealth. It seems that the wealth of Jiangnan, and even the whole country, is here."

Zhu Cihong also had to sigh.

He thought to himself, it’s no wonder that during the Kangxi period, the country was still so strong after it pacified the San Francisco, suppressed peasant uprisings, recovered Taiwan, wiped out Junggar, and fought everywhere.

If these blood-sucking worms in the south of the Yangtze River are strangled to death, the country's wealth will almost be endless.

"Wang Fuen, let me ask you, how much money and food does the Ministry of Internal Affairs have now." Zhu Cihong felt that he must be very rich now, and even capable of launching an unprecedented war.

"Long Live Lord." Wang Fuen said tremblingly.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs now has 130 million silver, 200 million guan coins, and more than [-] shi of rice and grain." As the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wang Fuen is very clear about the various data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After all, this is his duty, and for a power-hungry person, it is a matter of course to know clearly the situation of his subordinates.

"Great, Zhang Chao, go to Yangzhou City and issue recruitment notices to recruit refugees from the Central Plains to join the army. I will train the Four Guards Army again."

As soon as Zhu Cixiang's order was issued, there was a rush of people outside Yangzhou City. When they saw the emperor's recruitment notice, many people came to pay their respects even if they did not plan to become soldiers.

"Oh, buddy, don't squeeze, I can't see clearly."

"Where am I squeezed? It's the people behind who are crowding me."

The recruitment notice outside the city was almost crowded with people, some people came to join in the fun, or some people really wanted to join the army.

There was only one person standing outside the crowd, his head lowered, looking thoughtful.

He is Shi Yigong. When he stood on the embankment of the canal and watched the emperor stationed in Yangzhou, he thought to himself that the imperial court was about to send a large army to the north. When would he be able to return to his hometown.

But before the imperial court dispatched troops, the emperor encountered the matter of recruiting pro-military soldiers. Shi Yigong was thinking about whether he should join the army or not.

Reasonably, the imperial court wanted to fight back to the Central Plains. As a native of the Central Plains, it would be a pity not to contribute. Moreover, the imperial court said that as long as the Central Plains were native, if I didn't join the army, wouldn't it be a disappointment to the imperial court's good intentions.

But when Shi Yigong thought about his son, he had finally come to Xiao Shitou in the south of the Yangtze River from the hell-like Central Plains.

He thought, if he joins the army, Xiao Shitou will definitely not be able to take care of him, what should he do when he is so young?

(End of this chapter)