The problem of corruption is indeed difficult to eradicate. After all, people's hearts are fickle. Maybe they once had a clean slate. After getting used to the prosperity, how many people can maintain their original aspirations?
Even Jiang Fan actually has the potential to become a corrupt official. He is also greedy, but because he has a copy system, he is not interested in officialdom and does not value worldly money so much.
If he was just using his power for personal gain to obtain some money, Jiang Fan would turn a blind eye, but he would not care about the lives of the victims and resell disaster relief food, thus making the country difficult to make money.
Jiang Fan, however, could not sit idly by and ignore it.
Jiang Fan will severely punish anyone involved in the case.
Fan Yongdou's ancestral home is Jiexiu, Shanxi. He lived in Zhangjiakou all year round and did business with Mongolia. After seven generations, by the time Fan Yongdou arrived, the Zhang family had become a wealthy businessman and could be regarded as a representative figure among Shanxi merchants.
Later, the Jurchen tribe established the Later Jin Dynasty. Due to their hostile relationship with the Ming Dynasty, trade was cut off. In order to develop, the Later Jin Dynasty needed military and living materials. Fan Yongdou and seven other businessmen saw business opportunities, so in the face of huge interests, they began to betray their country and seek glory.
, Ignoring the Ming Dynasty’s trade ban, they resold strategic materials such as salt, grain, ironware, and even gunpowder to Hou Jin, seeking huge profits.
It's simply capitalizing on the enemy and betraying the country.
It was precisely because of these unscrupulous businessmen that Hou Jin obtained a lot of firearms from the Ming Dynasty, and in turn massacred the Han people!
Jiang Fan also heard about the "Eight Shanxi Merchants" in Shanxi.
The eight Shanxi merchant families refer to the eight major families: Qiao, Chang, Cao, Hou, Qu, Kang, Fan and Kong.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the top 16 major financial groups in the country were all in Shanxi.
"History of the Ming Dynasty" records that the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was empty, farmers in the northwest were hungry and rebels were everywhere, but the eight merchants of Shanxi had hundreds of millions of taels of silver in their homes, which was equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty for 20 years.
Together with the Jiangnan plutocrats, they can be called traitors to the country.
The eight Shanxi merchants were able to accumulate massive wealth in a short period of time because of their ill-gotten gains from smuggling contraband and exploiting the people.
Selling relief food is only one of their sources of income.
One tael of silver and one pound of rice are sold as disaster relief grains from the court. This is no longer driving up prices, it is simply cutting off the flesh of the people and slapping the court in the face.
After investigating the eight Shanxi merchants and learning of their numerous evil deeds, Jiang Fan immediately ordered the mobilization of Jin Yiwei from all over the country to launch a large-scale house raid.
Anyone who resists will be killed on the spot.
Another busy day!
All the properties of the eight Shanxi merchants were confiscated by the Jin Yiwei. The silver coins piled up like mountains, and it took a lot of time just to count them.
The total amount of money confiscated from the homes of the Eight Families and some corrupt officials and profiteers who colluded with each other exceeded 100 million in silver.
Jiang Fan took the initiative, and in the name of the imperial court, distributed a few million taels of silver to the refugees, then opened warehouses to release grain, built shelters, controlled prices, and used the grain hoarded by the eight families to relieve the people.
As for the gold and silver treasures worth hundreds of millions, they were sealed and escorted back to Beijing by Jiang Fan.
Jiang Fan doesn't care about money, but if he finds great medicines such as century-old ginseng and thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, he will still pocket them.
In addition, some high-quality jade articles, calligraphy and paintings, and black gold from the Western Regions will also be put into the bag after Jiang Fan discovers them.
It can be regarded as using power for personal gain and enriching one's own pockets.
He has never been a hypocritical person. He has shed blood for the Ming Dynasty. He has contributed to the Ming Dynasty. What happened to taking something?
Even if Emperor Tianqi found out, he would probably feel uneasy because Jiang Fan had taken too little.
After all, compared to the changes Jiang Fan brought to the Ming Dynasty, this thing is really insignificant!
We ate deer antlers and ginseng with Nu Qing Chicken all the way back to Beijing.
On the day he entered Beijing, Jiang Fan finally broke through to the sixth level of "The Indestructible Boy Skill".
Relying solely on physical strength and physical strength, Jiang Fan could directly smash into the city wall at this time. His defensive power was so strong that he could withstand artillery shells. The outline of his body's muscles became more and more obvious, and he seemed to be a little longer.
It can be said that the current Jiang Fan is a combination of Wu Liuqi and He Dachun. If he were placed in the world of the assassin Wu Liuqi, he would be able to beat the crap out of shadow assassins such as Chiya and Qingniao without using "Fenghouqimen" several times. Come.
"How, how lonely it is to be invincible!"
Gu Er
Jiang Fan transformed into Brother Chao and sang "Invincible", feeling like a hero with no place to play.
Because there seem to be few people in this world who can fight.
Without an evenly matched opponent, Jiang Fan couldn't feel the fun of upgrading.
Returning to the capital, Jiang Fan entered the palace to meet the saint.
"Jiang Aiqing, I have longed for you to come back. I heard that on your way back to Beijing, you raided the eight merchant houses of Shanxi and helped the victims. You are really a great pillar. If Ming officials are like this, how dare the Japanese pirates?"
After seeing Jiang Fan, Zhu Youxiao showed a happy smile on his face. At the end of the sentence, a hint of indignation gradually appeared on his face.
"Japanese pirates?!"
Jiang Fan originally thought that Zhu Youxiao urgently summoned him back to Beijing to quell the civil unrest, but he did not expect that it would be because of Japanese pirates.
Today's Japanese country is actually not very powerful, but it is very ambitious. It once wanted to capture North Korea, but was taught a lesson by the Ming Dynasty and ran away in despair.
Later, he invaded the Ming Dynasty and was taught how to be a good man by Qi Jiguang.
Compared with the civil unrest in Hou Jinhe, the harm caused by Japanese pirates was actually relatively minor. They just relied on sea ships to roam the sea and often harassed the coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty.
[I wonder if solving the Japanese pirates is the key to the third main mission? 】
Jiang Fan thought in his mind.
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand: "Aiqing has just come back. I will not mention these disappointing things. I have already held a banquet in Qianqing Palace to welcome you and wash away the dust."
Qinglong on the side heard the words, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
The last person who commanded them so that the Lord could wash away the dust is now growing grass on his grave!
Your Majesty, it is risky to entertain guests, so be careful when accepting guests!
But when thinking about Zhu Youxiao's identity, Qinglong felt that he had thought too much.
Jiang Fan followed Zhu Youxiao to Qianqing Palace.
As the saying goes, we eat without talking and sleep without talking, but Chinese people like to talk about things at the dinner table, and the emperor Zhu Youxiao is no exception.
While eating the food in the imperial dining room, Jiang Fan and Zhu Youxiao talked about state affairs.
The two are similar in age, and they don't look like monarchs and ministers, but more like friends. Jiang Fan has no scruples. He and Zhu Youxiao actually get what they need. If Zhu Youxiao makes Jiang Fan unhappy, he can quit at any time. .
Or even replace it.
Although Zhu Youxiao didn't know Jiang Fan's thoughts, he valued Jiang Fan's ability to do things.
Summoning Jiang Fan back to Beijing this time was actually to get Jiang Fan to go to Hebei to fight against Japanese pirates.
On the one hand, it is to solve the Japanese disaster.
On the one hand, Jiang Fan had won the hearts of the military in Liaodong, and he was worried that Jiang Fan had other ideas.
Jiang Fan could guess a little bit about Zhu Youxiao's thoughts.
It is indeed a taboo for ministers to have great achievements and shock. There are many such cases in history.
Peace is determined by the general, and the general is not allowed to see peace!
This may be the greatest sorrow for the general.
Jiang Fan didn't bother to guess Zhu Youxiao's imperial intentions. His goal was just to complete the task and do what was in line with his own interests and wishes.
Zhu Youxiao's worries are completely unnecessary. As long as he doesn't seek death and harm Jiang Fan, Jiang Fan will not take action against him.
In order to verify his suspicions, Jiang Fan readily agreed to go to Hebei to exterminate the Japanese pirates.
Seeing that Jiang Fan agreed, Zhu Youxiao said earnestly: "Jiang Aiqing, when you go to Hebei, be more careful. Those Japanese pirates colluded with the local Miao people. Yang Xi, the manager of the East Factory who I sent before, was beheaded by them, and even the Dutch cannon purchased with a lot of money."