Chengguo Gong Zhu Chunchen really just threw off his arms and did it.
As soon as the rebellion ended, the homes of all the rebels were sealed. Their families were tied up and taken away, and slaves and the like were locked in the house and not allowed to leave.
This time he took Liu Yijing's family members out of prison and brought them to Liu Yijing's house without saying a word. They first beat them severely and interrogated them about the hiding of their property and all the details of the rebellion. Anyway, these people were all accomplices of the rebellion.
, I can explain it without beating him to death.
The court had reached a conclusion early on, and coupled with the Duke's reputation and the shock of the severe beating, everyone from the wife and housekeeper to the servants and maids gave their accounts.
Liu Yijing was born into a wealthy landowner family. She served as Minister of Rites for many years and was promoted to Second Assistant to the Cabinet to compete with Fang Congzhe, the First Assistant.
His house in the capital is also quite nice. Under the simple surface, there is a lot of gold and jade inside. After becoming the second minister of the cabinet, countless people came to visit the dock through connections.
Even if he avoids suspicion himself, the people in his family and his housekeepers and servants are not clean. It is completely normal for civil servants in the capital to make money privately in the name of the family head.
After a lot of torture, Madam’s housekeeper clearly remembered every person she had met recently.
There is money and land deeds hidden in the house, so there is no need to rummage through boxes and cabinets, just move it all out and present it yourself.
"Less than one hundred thousand taels? There are only three houses in Beijing? Search them for me! Search them thoroughly!"
Zhu Chunchen was furious, not because he was deceived, but because he copied Liu Yijing and Wang Wenyan, and the total amount was less than 200,000 taels!
Zhou Jiamo copied a copy of Zheng Yangxing's Zheng family. According to Jinyiwei's internal information, it took two hours to count half of it, and it is said that it has exceeded one million taels.
That's not all, because before Zheng Yangxing's rebellion, he was given hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and many of his subordinates' servants, guards, and slaves kept them secretly. It is expected that hundreds of thousands more taels can be found.
Zhu Chunchen was anxious. I obviously got the task of searching the house first!
He has civil servants and eunuchs here, and the chief rebels except Zheng Yangxing are all with him. But I'm afraid that all of them can't compare to the Zheng family.
"Search for me! Dig even three feet into the ground! All family members, servants, and all hidden money must be found!"
"Yes!"
This is not just the accounts, the money in the warehouse, everyone has been searched thoroughly,
He personally led people to rummage through Liu Yijing's house without missing any detail. He even dug up the ground in the front and back yards.
Whether it’s private money, family money, food money, filial piety money, wages... As long as it’s money, just clean it up.
There were dozens of people in Liu's house, and they were surprised to find more than 80,000 taels of silver.
When the Jinyi guards saw Zhu Chunchen's desperate posture, they all praised him for his loyalty and dedication.
Liu Qiao came over secretly and reminded in a low voice: "The Duke is powerful, but according to reliable information, Zhou Jiamo has counted the various properties of the Zheng family to more than one million taels of silver, and it is estimated that much more can be recovered.
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"What!?"
Zhu Chunchen was not lamenting that Zheng Yangxing's family was rich. In fact, he also had hundreds of thousands of taels in his own family. Instead, he was amazed that Zhou Jiamo had made such great achievements in confiscating so many houses. As long as his hands were clean, he would not die.
Then when the time comes, Zhou Jiamo will be able to copy more houses if he is good at it, and he will become a replaceable person...
"I understand! If I speed up the progress, I may not make as much money as he does, but with more people on my side, the progress will be faster."
He patted his chest and promised Liu Qiao, but when he saw that the other party just smiled and nodded, he became even more anxious.
"Keep digging here and let them account for all the land, property, mountains, houses, and private money in my hometown!"
"Yes!"
"Don't touch any of the money that you copied. Please ask Jin Yiwei Liu Tongzhi to inspect it."
"Yes!" The Jin Yiwei who followed him to search his house and the soldiers in the Beijing camp are not his people now. Who will make the final decision needs to be clear first.
Liu Qiao nodded in approval. He didn't know the final amount of the money, but his desperate attitude in raiding the house and his spirit of competition with Zhou Jiamo in raiding the house will be reported to the Prince Supervisor truthfully.
In fact, he felt that only 200,000 taels was too little after having copied two shouni coins.
Although 200,000 taels is an astronomical figure for ordinary people, it is really not much in terms of military expenditure. According to the current 18 taels of silver per person for the Liao soldiers and horses, this is enough for the 60,000 frontier army and the southern army, which is less than 200,000 taels.
year’s military expenditure.
This is only the money given to the soldiers. For other things such as food, winter clothes, armor, weapons, and generals' money, another 200,000 taels is really too little.
He still knows the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty... The Ming army is not satisfied with their pay, but they are invincible if they are fully paid.
I want more money, food and land.
The Crown Prince Jian Guo finally said in the early court that the purpose of reorganizing the army and changing the blood was to restore the military glory of the Taizu and Chengzu periods.
The British prince became the chief minister of the Military Aircraft Department, and he also made arrangements for himself in the future, going to the frontier to fight the enemy.
If you copy more money today, the soldiers you will lead to the border will be more powerful tomorrow. In the future, you will be trusted again, and your chances of entering the military aircraft department will increase by one point.
"Zhou Jiamo cannot replace the house confiscation! Copy the money for the prince to supervise the country, reorganize a strong army and restore the Ming Dynasty's martial arts!"
He set a goal in his mind and worked harder.
"That's right!"
Why are you afraid of Zhou Jiamo? Why are you afraid of getting less money than him~
Wang Zuo, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, may not be very rich. There are many tricks in the entire yamen of the Ministry of Industry and various warehouses including Wang Gong's factory!
He quickly went to Liu Qiao and asked: "Let them continue to pursue the stolen goods. Let's take down the Ministry of Industry next?"
"Ministry of Industry?"
Liu Qiao knew that the Prince Supervisor was not afraid of Zheng Yangxing, Luo Sigong and others that night, but was very worried about Wang Gong Factory of the Ministry of Industry. So he asked Wei Zhongxian, the Royal Horse Supervisor, to do nothing else in the first half of the night except to get the news as soon as possible.
First, take down Wang Gongchang and kill Wang Zuo.
He rolled his eyes: "The Inspection Department is of special concern to His Majesty the Supervisor of the State, and he also looks forward to the government's ability to do well."
"Of course, Wang Zuo, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, will eat everything inside and outside, and watch me turn everything upside down for him. From Wang Zuo's house to the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry, everything will be cleaned."
"Don't be anxious, Lord. If the next inspection department comes, you don't have to ask Jin Yiwei and your people to rummage through everything. His Highness the Supervisor may send someone to cooperate with us~"
"Oh? Who is it?"
"Zhou Yingqiu, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry."
"Oh..."
Zhu Chunchen knew that Zhou Yingqiu had previously been in charge of the Dongzhimen freight yard, Tongzhou warehouse and the construction of the imperial palace. It turned out that this person was from the prince.
Then isn’t Wang Zuo looking for death?
The three leaders in charge of his Ministry of Works knew all about his little tricks. How could he defeat the prince?
Zhu Chunchen immediately thought about a lot of things. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the prince was unfathomable. He must be honest and clean up the traitors thoroughly and ensure that every copper coin went into the hands of the prince.
"Okay! Then we will report it to the Prince Supervisor and ask the Ministry of Industry to cooperate in a large-scale investigation."
Zhu Chunchen and Liu Qiao sent people to report and ask for instructions, and at the same time they dug into Liu Yijing's connections. They found that there were quite a few people who bribed him, so they wrote them down first.