Overnight, dozens of officials, wealthy businessmen, and their families were arrested, numbering in the thousands. The crowds were so crowded that the prison could no longer accommodate them.
The items obtained from the house raids were even piled up in Fusi's martial arts training ground in Beizhen. Many people literally had cramps in their hands counting the money.
However, all the Jin Yiwei were happy to do it. After all, according to the custom, Jin Yiwei could take some of the things they got from ransacking the house.
Although it was a bad trend, Jiang Fan did not interfere.
After all, if you want others to do things for you, you naturally have to give them some benefits. Who is willing to sacrifice their lives for you if it is just a lie?
What's more, what's spent is not your own money. Why not use other people's money as a favor?
He asked people to count the gold, silver and jewelry, put them on the prepared carriages and store them, and Jiang Fan also collected some older and more precious medicinal materials to line his own pockets.
No one is perfect, Jiang Fan is not the kind of person who thinks he is noble.
It’s good not to take advantage of the bastard. He has done so many things for the Ming Dynasty. What’s wrong with taking some medicinal materials to replenish his body?
Unlike the celebrations of the Jinyiwei of Fusi in Beizhen, the relatives of those arrested all had sad faces.
Early this morning, many people blocked the door of Fusi in Beizhen and caused trouble.
Some shouted injustice, and some cursed Jiang Fan loudly.
"If I had known better, I would have used Wu Liuqi's name!"
Hearing the cries and curses outside, Jiang Fan felt a little unhappy and made up his mind that if he did bad things in the future, he would give a false name.
Originally Jiang Fan didn't want to pay attention to these people, but more and more troubles were caused. As they retreated, the Jin Yiwei who were defending outside were a little overwhelmed.
After all, the person coming here is either rich or noble, and ordinary Jin Yiwei would not dare to use the knife at will.
Seeing that things were getting worse and worse, Jiang Fan walked out of the government office, pulled out the magic sword Qianbian, slashed and slashed, and chopped off more than a dozen restless hands in a blink of an eye, and shouted: "Beizhen Fusi is the place where the imperial court records.
Anyone who makes trouble again will be killed without mercy!"
"kill!!!"
After hearing Jiang Fan's words, the surrounding Jin Yiwei felt emboldened and pulled out their embroidered spring knives one after another and shouted in unison.
Seeing that Jin Yiwei was really coming, the remaining people shut up and left in a hurry.
Relatives are precious, but life is even more valuable!
At noon, a eunuch came with an order to announce Jiang Fan's entry into the palace.
When Jiang Fan came to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao was sitting on the dragon chair with a "sick look" on his face. Many ministers had gathered around him. Many people were crying about Jiang Fan's "evil deeds" and asked Zhu Youxiao to punish Jiang Fan severely.
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The eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian remained silent because Jiang Fan, as the arrested official, also included some members of the eunuchs.
Both sides are offended, and naturally they will be counterattacked by the other side.
"Wei Chen Jiang Fan, please see your Majesty."
Jiang Fan entered the palace and bowed.
Seeing the arrival of the rightful owner, the officials who knew Jiang Fan but did not know him all stared at him angrily.
"Flat body, cough cough..."
Zhu Youxiao pretended to cough twice and asked falsely: "Jiang Aiqing, ministers, you have arrested court officials and wealthy businessmen indiscriminately, causing public resentment to boil. Is this possible?"
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely slander."
Jiang Fan's face did not change, his expression was calm, and he did not take the officials who were glaring at him seriously at all.
"Jiang Fan, you are cruel and cruel. You ignore the laws and regulations of the court and arrest dozens of court officials and wealthy businessmen overnight. You are really a traitor and traitor. My colleagues recommend me and I implore the emperor to issue an order to bring Jiang Fan to justice and release the innocent people who were arrested.
Officials and wealthy businessmen.”
It was Han Xu who spoke, and the officials in Donglin nodded in agreement.
Jiang Fan glanced at the old guy and said calmly: "Mr. Han, you have no basis and no evidence. Don't talk nonsense. It is a serious crime to slander an official of the imperial court."
"Am I slandering?"
"Your Beizhen Fusi caused a commotion in the city last night, and the people you arrested were not even sent to prison. It is obvious to all. Even if I slander you, will all the ministers in the court slander you? Your Majesty, please be careful!"
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At the end of the story, Han Xu had tears in his eyes, looking like a traitor in power and heartbroken. He could have won an Oscar.
"I am waiting for you..."
Just as other Donglin officials were about to chime in, Jiang Fan interrupted: "It's true that our Fusi, Beizhen, is arresting people. What we can arrest are officials who are corrupt and pervert the law, people who are unkind because of their wealth, and people who evade taxes. What's wrong with that?"
"Master Han speaks for those black sheep. Could it be that officials are protecting each other and officials and businessmen are colluding? How much benefit have you taken from them?"
"You are talking nonsense. I am an honest and upright official, and I have the wind in my sleeves. Don't bite me randomly."
Han Xu glared at Jiang Fan.
"Master Han is the chief minister of the cabinet. How could he frame you up?"
"You wantonly seize the ministers of the imperial court and destroy the foundation of our Ming Dynasty. You are so ambitious that you should be punished!"
"Your Majesty is aware of this and must not let the officials feel disheartened!"
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Officials in Donglin spoke out in support of Han Xu, while the eunuchs remained silent.
"Ahem, stop making noise, it will give me a headache!"
Zhu Youxiao looked troubled and looked like he had a headache and was upset.
In fact, he does have some headaches. These officials don't do anything every day, they just mess around. With such a group of ministers, which emperor doesn't have a headache!
Jiang Fan raised his eyebrows coldly and pointed at the thousands of people, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, facts speak louder than words. Master Han and others are talking nonsense. I have ironclad evidence. Who is true and who is false? Your Majesty will know it at a glance."
"oh."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, looking sick: "Then hand over your evidence!"
"I would like to report to the Emperor that the evidence has been sent outside the palace. I would also like to ask the Emperor to issue an order to let people go."
"allow."
Zhu Youxiao sang harmoniously with Jiang Fan, controlling the rhythm.
Donglin officials also realized something was wrong at this time. Colonel Zhu You's attitude towards Jiang Fan was too good, and he was clearly showing favoritism towards the other party.
Looking at the eunuchs again, they remained silent from beginning to end, obviously knowing some inside story.
has a problem!
Without waiting for them to think too much, after the decree was conveyed, carriages were released one after another and arrived in the square of the Qianqing Palace.
There were more than a hundred horse-drawn carriages, all wrapped in cloth, with bulging bags that looked like they contained heavy things.
"Open."
Jiang Fan gave an order, and the accompanying Jin Yiwei untied the ropes and lifted up the covering cloth. Suddenly, a burst of light blinded people.
More than a hundred carts were filled with gold, silver, jade, agate, coral, pearls, and emeralds. Each cart was filled to the brim, sparkling with jewels and dazzling under the sunlight.
Jiang Fan took out the roster he had prepared long ago and said loudly: "Lin Jie, the Minister of Rites, confiscated his family property, including 12,000 taels of gold, 136,700 taels of silver, jade articles, and some calligraphy and paintings."
"According to the confession, in the second year of Tianqi, he colluded with the wealthy businessman Jia Fugui to resell private salt and ironware..."
“In the third year of the Apocalypse, in order to annex the land of farmers in the west of the city, they ordered their servants to set fire to the farmhouses, and three members of the family were burned to death.”
"Fang Tongzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, colluded with merchants during his tenure to enrich his own pockets and received 1.25 million taels of silver..."
"Zhao Zhi, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, accepted bribes and resold examination questions, and received 800,000 taels of silver..."
"The crimes committed by the officials and wealthy businessmen arrested last night are all recorded in this book, and the witnesses and physical evidence are all there."
"I, the Imperial Guard, work for the emperor. I kill first and report later. The emperor has authorized me to arrest corrupt officials and lawbreakers. What crime do I have to do?"
Jiang Fan said, looking at Han Xu who was standing aside: "It's Mr. Han who has repeatedly interceded for these sinful people. You two have a very good relationship!"
"Generally, generally, I was misled by a traitor. It was all a misunderstanding. Don't misunderstand me, Minister Jiang Zhen!"
Han Xu was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He did not expect that Jiang Fan not only ransacked the homes of those officials and wealthy businessmen, but also made them all confess guilty in just one night.