Not only Gao Feng, but everyone present was very curious about how much property could be confiscated in this large-scale house raid.
After all, it can be said that this is the first time since ancient times that hundreds of nobles, powerful officials, and gentry have been raided their homes like this. Almost 90% of these nobles, powerful officials, and gentry are located in the prosperous and prosperous Jiangnan.
land.
It can be imagined that during this house raid, an astonishing amount of property must have been confiscated.
If we really wanted to have a general impression of the confiscated property, except for Li Huan, none of them had a clear idea.
After all, although they can be regarded as Li Huan's helpers, they are not in control of the overall situation like Li Huan, so at most they know the general situation of the things they are responsible for.
Even so, just some of the figures they knew shocked their hearts, so now that all the property statistics are about to be released, they are naturally extremely curious.
Li Huan saw the reaction of several people in his eyes, and said with a faint smile: "If you want to know, you might as well wait here with Li. It won't take long for the final number to be known."
After the statistics are compiled, everyone will know how much property was not recovered during the house raid."
They originally thought they could know a number from Li Huan in advance, but Li Huan did not tell them directly, but they were not too anxious.
After waiting for such a long time, they were not in a hurry. Moreover, Li Huan also said that the results would be available soon, so the few of them sat there patiently and whispered.
Talk.
Of course, what these people said was inseparable from the criminals who had their property confiscated and were thrown into prison.
Many of them were old friends and colleagues they had met in the past, but now they were involved in the major case of Prince Ning's rebellion due to a mistake, and ended up having their families confiscated and exterminated.
When talking about these old friends, several people couldn't help but feel a bit sad. It's not that they sympathized with these people, but they just felt that these people were so unlucky.
He clearly chose Prince Ning to place a bet, but in the end he didn't know who he was. Prince Ning's performance was so disappointing. There were so many people, but in the end, they were all ruined in one battle, and even he was captured alive.
Xu and the others could even imagine that those who had been tricked by Prince Ning and had their families confiscated and exterminated their families were probably cursing Prince Ning in prison right now.
Time passed little by little, and the officials in the lobby next door became more and more busy. Finally, when it was getting dark, a clerk hurriedly walked into the side hall holding an account book.
When the secretary saw Li Huan and others sitting there, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted them and said, "I have seen many of you, sir." When the secretary entered the side hall, the eyes of several people were natural.
It fell on the other party, to be precise, it fell on the account book he held in his hand.
Li Huan put down the tea cup in his hand, looked up at the secretary and said, "But the result has been obtained?"
The clerk took a deep breath, nodded and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, after more than a month of statistics by the lower official, I have finally compiled the statistics of the confiscated property. Please take a look at it."
As he spoke, the clerk respectfully handed the account book to Li Huan. Li Huan took the account book, opened it and slowly looked at it. Gradually, a smile appeared on Li Huan's face.
Xu Pu, Feng Tai, and Gao Feng on the side were all staring at the account book in Li Huan's hand. If it weren't for the fact that the account book was in Li Huan's hand, they would have stepped forward to snatch it.
Watched.
Xu waved his hand towards the clerk, signaling the clerk to retreat.
Here Li Huan finished reading the account books and raised his head just in time to notice the gazes of Xu and others.
Li Huan chuckled and handed the account book to Xu Pu and said, "Wei Guogong might as well take a look."
Xu stretched out his hand to take it, his eyes fell on the account book, and he whispered subconsciously: "There are 123 million taels of silver, 8.5 million taels of gold, and more than 58,600 jewels and jades."
pieces, mine one
There are more than 1,300 buildings, more than 7.85 million acres of fertile land, more than 3,200 shops, and about 8.4 million dan of grain..."
Gao Feng and Feng Tai on the side are definitely well-informed. They have seen all kinds of big scenes. However, listening to the data coming out of Xu's mouth one by one, they still can't help but open their eyes.
His eyes were widened and his face showed a look of disbelief.
"Hey, isn't this true? How come there are so many!"
The taxes levied by the Ming Dynasty every year were only worth about 20 to 30 million taels per year, even if the taxes on grain, silk and other physical goods, as well as gold and silver were added up.
But after calculating the various properties that were confiscated this time, if we really want to make a rough valuation of these properties, it would be a bit scary. At least they can be worth the taxes of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten or twenty years.
It is said that Jiangnan is prosperous and extremely wealthy. In the past, we did not have a clear idea. However, this time, so many properties were confiscated at once, which really amazed several people present.
Li Huan was not surprised at all. This number was indeed astonishing, but if you think about it carefully, it is reasonable to be able to confiscate so much property.
You must know that it has been hundreds of years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, especially since the land in the south of the Yangtze River has been peaceful for hundreds of years. It is already prosperous and wealthy, and it is unknown how much wealth has been accumulated and absorbed.
In this era, it can be said that almost 90% of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of nobles, clans, powerful men, gentry, and officials.
According to statistics from later generations, in this era, even though overseas silver has not yet flowed into the Ming Dynasty in large quantities, China has accumulated at least five or six billion taels of silver over thousands of years. Plus the gold accumulated over thousands of years,
In fact, the gold and silver stock alone in the entire Ming Dynasty is a quite astonishing figure.
It's just that most of these gold and silver properties are concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people. The targets of Li Huan's property raids here are precisely the people who have mastered these wealth.
Then it is only normal that so much property was looted from these people.
It can even be said that if only tens of millions of taels of property were confiscated, Li Huan would really wonder if the people below had colluded to give the confiscated property to Tan Mo.
With a grunt, Gao Feng couldn't help but swallow his saliva, looked at Li Huan, suppressed the excitement in his heart and said with a trembling voice: "Marquis Champion, when are we going to transport so much gold and silver to the capital for His Majesty's disposal?"
All eyes immediately fell on Li Huan. Apparently, several people were also waiting for Li Huan to deal with these belongings.
Although it is just a rough calculation now, once this account book is submitted to the court and the emperor, then they must ensure that there is no error in the account book, otherwise, then
It is the crime of deceiving the emperor.
Of course, before that, if they had any thoughts about these belongings, they didn't have anything to worry about.
Li Huan coughed lightly, glanced at a few people and said slowly: "You guys have been working hard these days. Today, Li will make the decision. Each of you will pick a box of things to take away. What do you think?"
Xu Pu, Gao Feng, and Feng Tai couldn't help but narrow their eyes, and their eyes naturally flashed with emotion.
Li Huan asked them to choose a box of things instead of any specific physical object, obviously giving them the decision-making power.
After all, that box of things could be priceless gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, or it could be a box of food. Comparing the two, the difference in value is tens of thousands of times.
This is quite a test of the character of Xu, Gao Feng and Feng Tai.
So after listening to Li Huan's words, several people couldn't help but froze there, with expressions of struggle and hesitation on their faces.
No one is a fool. Li Huan said this in front of them and left the choice to them. Several people present could almost guarantee that what happened today would definitely appear on the emperor's desk.
If they really picked out a box of gold and silver property one by one, maybe the emperor would not do anything to them because of their contribution this time, but they would definitely remain in the emperor's mind.
The next one is extremely bad
good impression.
Xu Pu took a deep breath, glanced at Li Huan, and said with a smile: "My Xu family has been favored by the royal family for generations, but there is no shortage of property. Since the champion said so, I will take a box
Food is good."
After Xu finished speaking, Feng Tai couldn't help but look at Xu with a complicated look, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's just choose a box of silk."
Xu chose grain, Feng Tai chose silk, and Li Huan's eyes fell on Gao Feng.
Gao Feng hesitated for a moment and then said: "Our family has been with His Majesty all year round. Money is just an external possession and we have no need. In this case, we will choose a box of refined salt!"
After several people made their choices, their eyes fell on Li Huan, and Xu smiled and said: "The champion has worked hard and achieved great results. Since we have all made our choices, the champion should be no exception."
Li Huan laughed loudly and said, "That's natural. Li has had this idea for a long time."
As he spoke, Li Huan looked at the group of people and said, "Are you sure you just want to choose these things?"
The three of them nodded and looked at Li Huan, as if they wanted to see what choice Li Huan would make.
In Xu Pu and Feng Tai's view, Li Huan was loyal to the emperor and would definitely not choose any rare treasures. He expected that he would just randomly choose some less precious things like them and spread them to the emperor's ears in the future.
It can also win the favor of the emperor.
However, Li Huan smiled and said, "Li is really too poor. He has so many people to support in his family. It's hard to miss such a good opportunity."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Xu and Feng Tai couldn't help but be stunned and looked at Li Huan with a bit of surprise. Apparently they didn't expect that Li Huan would say that.
Then I heard Li Huan say: "Li, please choose gold, jewelry, jade, calligraphy and painting, etc. to fill up a box!"
Fortunately, Xu Gang drank a sip of tea at this moment, otherwise, he would probably spit out the tea in one gulp.
Both Xu and Feng Tai looked at Li Huan with disbelief.
You must know that the gold, jewelry, jade, calligraphy and paintings that Li Huan chose are all extremely valuable. If they really pile up a box, the value is difficult to estimate. Anyway, it must be worth at least a hundred
Thousands of giants.
After speaking, Li Huan glanced at a few people and said, "If you don't have any objections, I will revise and copy this account book a little later. After you and I sign and seal it, we will send it to the capital and present it to His Majesty."
Taking a deep breath, Xu looked at Li Huan with a beard and said, "Of course I don't have any objections."
Feng Tai and Gao Feng on the side also nodded slightly.
Li Huan suddenly stood up and said, "That's very good. Tomorrow we will start counting all the belongings and ship them to the capital."
As he spoke, Li Huan's expression became solemn, a cold look flashed in his eyes, and an awe-inspiring murderous intention spread, making Xu, Feng Tai and others feel chilled all over.
Then I heard Li Huan say coldly: "As for those officials who committed the crime of treason, in Li's opinion, except for dozens of the main criminals who were taken to the capital, all the rest were executed.
, in order to clarify the canonical punishment, I wonder what you think?"
Feng Tai's expression changed. Li Huan said this lightly, but there were tens of thousands of people involved. According to what Li Huan said, only dozens of people with unusual identities really needed to be escorted to the capital.
, the remaining tens of thousands of people will be killed, which means that at least tens of thousands of people will lose their lives.
When they thought of this, in the eyes of Feng Tai, Xu Pu and others who were aloof and indifferent to life, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.
I heard Feng Tai say subconsciously: "If we don't ask for your Majesty's permission on such a big matter involving the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people, we will make the decision on our own, and we will only arrange that the whole court will be in a state of excitement..." Li Huan said with a bit of disdain.
"Your Majesty has given me the power to kill first and report later, and to supervise the case of Prince Ning's rebellion. Then I will kill all those involved in the case first, and no one will be able to comment."
Xu Pu and Feng Tai looked at each other. They were really frightened by Li Huan's murderous nature. They didn't know what to say for a moment. Li Huan waved his sleeves and glanced at the two of them and said, "That's it.
,
If something unexpected happens, Li will be responsible for the consequences!"
Watching Li Huan leave, Xu Pu and Feng Tai slowly left the Nanjing Liushou Mansion Yamen, and they got into a carriage together.
In the carriage, Xu Pu and Feng Tai were sitting opposite each other. With the creaking sound of the carriage moving slowly, Feng Tai looked at Wei Guogong and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Old Duke Li Huan actually indulged himself in ink in front of us. At least
It’s worth a million taels of property, and the way Li Huan eats it is too ugly!”