I will hold high the dragon flag in the world of the heavens

Chapter 23 Blood and Fire, Rebirth and Destruction.

After the Shanxi Merchants suffered a devastating blow, Fanzi and Jin Yiwei led by Wei Liangqing directly dug the Shanxi Merchants' lair three feet into the ground!

In Datong and other cities in Shanxi Province, as long as they have connections with the eight major Shanxi merchants, as long as they are found, they will be forcibly arrested and interrogated.

The officials, businessmen and civilians in these cities can be said to be in danger!
The liquidation is bloody, as long as it is found that there are merchants colluding with the grasslands and building slaves, they will be controlled, and those who are serious will be purged.

In troubled times, use heavy codes.

So Shanxi merchants suffered the price of blood.

A few days later, the big copper was finally cleaned up.

According to statistics afterwards, the soldiers carried by Wei Liangqing killed more than 900 Shanxi merchants wearing armor and carrying bows and crossbows.

This time, 12 frontier generals who colluded with Shanxi merchants were beheaded, and more than 1400 loyal family soldiers under the generals' command were poisoned.

Fourteen hundred servants did not die at the hands of foreign enemies, but were slaughtered by their own families.

Because Wei Liangqing and Cui Chengxiu used the mouths of the eight major Shanxi merchants to carry out the frenzied tactics of raking grass and beating rabbits.

The eunuch's behavior is extremely vicious, but the effect is remarkable.

It is Anmin's notice to search the house and stabilize all hidden dangers!

When the eight major Shanxi merchants colluded with foreign tribes to slaughter the common people of Ming Dynasty, deceived their superiors and subordinates, raised food prices, bullied sons and daughters... after hundreds of crimes, the people of Datong were angry.

Since ancient times, traitors are the most hateful!The people in the border towns often suffer disasters, and their hatred is especially heavy!

Therefore, in the following days, these people's mansions were harassed by rotten eggs, vegetable leaves, and stinky cakes many times!

Wei Liangqing and Cui Chengxiu are not good people.

They followed the clues and successively arrested one-third of the big copper civil servants and hereditary martial arts.

Thousands of Dongchang fans, Jinyiwei and Jingying sergeants were not idle.

They came out in large numbers in important cities such as Datong and Jinyuan. Apart from carrying out bloody house raids, they also appeased the people and redistributed the land!

Although many times letting the eunuchs and Jin Yiwei go to search the house, it can often have the opposite effect.

But Chen Mu has already dealt with it.

They asked Wei Zhongxian to propose that the confiscation should be returned to the public, and that the confiscation could be distributed to 30.00% of the confiscated soldiers, leaving [-]% as military funds for the soldiers of the Nine Frontiers.

In addition, special matters were also handled, and the land of general households was collected and leased to soldiers for free.

Give money, food, and land.

Even the maids and wives and innocent wives and concubines in the periphery of the eight Shanxi merchants were rewarded to the soldiers!
The morale of Datong's army has stabilized immediately.

The most unstable soldiers are controlled, and the civil servants can't make big waves.

The soldiers of Datong are happy these days, but the general's complexion is not good-looking.

Because the land occupied by a large number of military officers was confiscated.

These lands were distributed to the grassroots on the spot by Daming Jinyiwei and eunuchs.

Jin Yiwei and the Dongchang fanzi are extremely vicious, but this time they did things without deception!

These people from the capital are even more amazing.

They established the Veterans Association, so that the Ming soldiers will re-elect officials.

He also said that soldiers will be able to report the corruption and corruption of their own officials, and once found out, they can directly receive a reward of up to [-] taels of silver.

In addition, even if the report to the superior is true, it is possible to get a job promotion.

This is a double-edged sword, but it can control the situation of Datong very quickly!
A week passed quietly.

With the assistance of tens of thousands of frontier troops and the Beijing army, this big operation involving Shanxi merchants and a third of the soldiers of Jin Province came to an end.

Although the finishing work will take a long time to complete, the seizure this time has exceeded everyone's expectations!
This time, on the side of the eight Shanxi merchants alone, 30 taels of gold, 1500 million taels of silver, and 150 million shi of grain were confiscated.

Each shi of grain in the Ming Dynasty was equal to about 60 kilograms, and 150 million shi of grain was 4500 million kilograms.

This food is enough to feed 20 troops for a year, and there will be surplus.

The 150 million shi of grain alone is enough to pay the soldiers of Liaodong this year.

After several days of calculation, the seizure of the eight major Shanxi merchants was completed.

Food and valuables are not counted, but the total of gold and silver can reach 3300 million taels.

Other families and civilian generals also seized 200 million taels of silver.

A total of 3500 million taels of silver is more than double the treasury tax revenue in the year of Tianqi!
Of course, a large number of immovable precious stones, land, shops and other real estate that cannot be realized need to be counted and liquidated one by one.But it takes a long time!

Fixed assets such as land properties are even more numerous, and it is difficult to clarify them in a short time.

During the No. 12 days when Wei Liangqing's department dispatched, the reports of house raids were delivered to the capital at an expedited speed of [-] miles.

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Two flowers bloom, one for each!
When Wei Liangqing faithfully carried out their plan and eagerly committed crimes and meritorious deeds, Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the vicious tiger, also turned into the most ferocious beast!
Datong and other places were turned upside down by his henchmen, not to mention the capital of the capital.

Countless shops of Shanxi merchants were seized, and their relationship networks were stripped away.

When a crime is encountered, it is urgently controlled.

Unlike before being interrogated in imperial prison, Jin Yiwei, Dongchang Fanzi and officials of the Ministry of Punishment acted jointly this time.

The three criminal law departments even ensured the fairness of the interrogation in front of Ming officials!

No, this should be thanks to the special veritaserum provided by Uncle Jingbian!
As long as people take these medicines, they will be in a trance, and they can say whatever they ask, which is the most powerful weapon for criminal investigation.

It's a pity that there are not many veritaserum, and the side effects are super!

Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi didn't care either.

They just need someone to start finding clues, and they'll be able to play tricks.

Relying on this rare veritaserum, they forced out more than 50 officials.

Even Lord Hou has two.

Someone once raised a question, saying that Jin Yiwei's interrogation methods are too violent, and torture is a trick, which may easily lead to wrong convictions!

But the next morning, the person who raised the question was arrested by the Criminal Ministry.

The interrogation then proceeded at a very efficient pace.

If you want to blame, you can only blame Shanxi merchants and officials for colluding too presumptuously!
From the beginning of the eight major Shanxi merchants, they are pulling out a few people from the Ministry of War, and then to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, the Military and Horse Division, and even the Beijing Camp...

For ten days in a row, batch after batch of annoying people were forced into the Ministry of Punishment or the Imperial Prison.

Prisoners who committed serious crimes were sent to the imperial prison, while those who committed minor crimes were sent to the Ministry of Punishment.

Civilian and military generals and nobles are in danger.

It was Da Ming Xungui who started.

Regardless of Wei Zhongxian's warning, You Wuxun directly incited the soldiers to mutiny and resist.

For example, a certain commander of the Beijing camp, Shen Fang, the hereditary master of martial arts.

Because he was close to Shanxi merchants, he learned in advance from his acquaintances that Jin Yiwei wanted to arrest him.

This guy actually planned the mutiny of the small half battalion of soldiers who started work at his station.

After as many as 3500 people gathered together, Uncle Xiuwu Shen Fang took the side of the Qing emperor and started an uprising in the name of killing demons.

The news of the mutiny quickly spread to Chen Mu.

The meeting starts soon!
Li Miao said solemnly to Chen Mu: "This time is a temptation by the Ming people, so this time the suppression action must be fast, ruthless, and absolutely!"

Chen Mu nodded heavily.

They are outsiders, and only one punch can save them from being punched in the future!

If you want to extinguish the enemy's temptations and extinguish the fire of the prairie fire, you must deal with sudden problems fiercely.

Then, Chen Mu dispatched with a heavy task.

With only twelve elite members, he went to the mutinous Beijing camp to put down the rebellion!

Thirteen VS Three Thousand Five

(End of this chapter)