Chapter 478 Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys
The entire local snake power network in Datong has been uprooted by Zhu Youxiao.
The current territory of Datong Prefecture can be said to be clean.
Under such a huge sense of oppression and fear, the remaining noble families finally surrendered completely and became the emperor's retainers.
They will be Zhu Youxiao’s representatives in Datong.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao gained quite a lot from this operation, and it was not in vain to travel thousands of miles to make this trip. At least he got his money back.
The guards, generals, landlords, and nobles were all wiped out in one fell swoop, and countless acres of land were confiscated.
Not to mention money and food, you must know that they are a wealthy family that has been here for hundreds or even more than two hundred years.
Nearly 20 million taels of gold, silver and jewelry were confiscated, and the remaining treasures, banknotes and copper coins were even more numerous.
There was not much food, only a few hundred thousand dan, because most of it was sold by them, and these hundreds of thousands dan were still their inventory to protect their family.
There are also military equipment such as armors and weapons. By integrating the equipment from various companies, you can actually get a complete set of equipment for 3,000 people.
To talk about the accumulated wealth and family wealth, one must belong to the wealthy families in these places.
After Zhu Youxiao read the list, he felt extremely happy. With these gold and silver assets, he would be more confident in doing things.
These days, you have to have money to do anything. If you don't have money, the emperor is just a decoration. Even if he is a time traveler, he can only huddle in the palace and act as a mascot.
"All the confiscated gold, silver and jewelry will be transported back to the capital, 20% will be given to households, and the rest will be handed over to Wang Chaofu to be sealed in the inner treasury."
"Don't move this food. Our army will soon go out to conquer the grassland. The seized food should be carefully inspected and screened."
"The good ones will be kept as rations for the army, and the rest will be sold at market prices to the remaining large households and businessmen for them to sell to the private sector."
"Those three thousand sets of weapons and equipment were all allocated to Mao Yuanyi and Li Wei for them to handle on their own."
Although the frontier army's cloth-faced armor was already the most sophisticated and most protective armor in the Ming Dynasty.
But that was only limited to the first year of Tianqi. The main forces of Zhu Youxiao's two pro-army units wore armor made of fine iron.
With the iron armor, he naturally looked down upon the ordinary cloth armor.
What's more, the clothing and accessories of the two pro-army groups are all the same, and he doesn't want to make them look nondescript.
Ma Xianglin took the order and left, and soon started to do what the emperor ordered.
After entering Datong for so many days, Zhu Youxiao had almost done all the things he needed to do. He finally had some free time to talk with the remaining big businessmen.
At this time, the guarding eunuch Guo Jing was finally captured and brought to justice by the Jinyi Guards after several days of escape.
When the emperor was about to enter the city, Guo Jing originally thought about going to the bush to plead guilty, maybe there would be a glimmer of hope.
But when he learned through the gossip that all the generals in Datong had been skinned, he suddenly felt that there was no hope.
So he secretly ran out of the city. Zhu Youxiao couldn't take care of him at that time, and he escaped by chance before the big thing was done.
But in the end, he couldn't escape Jin Yiwei's sensitive sense of smell.
"Your Majesty, I caught him in Huangcun. At that time, he was hiding in a common people's hut. He also had valuable gold and jewelry with him."
After Sun Yunhe finished speaking, he glared at Guo Jing fiercely. In order to catch him, he accidentally fell into the manure pit. If His Majesty hadn't wanted to interrogate him, Guo Jing would have been worse off than dead.
Before Zhu Youxiao could ask a question.
Then Guo Jing started to howl like a ghost, which really frightened the businessmen and wealthy people standing on both sides.
"Long live the Lord, long live the Lord, this slave has been waiting for the long live Lord. The slave has been tortured to a terrible state by Yang Hong."
"My slave has sworn not to obey that Yang Hong, so he imprisoned me in the house and refused to give me food. He wants to starve me to death."
"I am incompetent. I did not help Lord Long Live take good care of Datong. I frightened Lord Long Live. I shall be punished by death."
Seeing him kowtow as if he were pounding garlic, with tears and runny nose streaming down his face, Zhu Youxiao just felt like laughing.
He already knew the whole story. Guo Jing did not betray him, but he was not a good person either.
The reason why he didn't help Yang Hong was just to wait and see. After all, he was still a faggot.
"Bring me the whip."
Leading the army in battle, Zhu Youxiao has always had a good habit of never leaving his armor, even if he is sleeping, he only takes off his outer armor.
Seeing the emperor in golden armor walking slowly with a whip, the wealthy businessmen on the side didn't know what the emperor was going to do.
But subconsciously, he took a few steps back in fear, and Guo Jing, who was still kowtowing and howling, had no idea.
When Zhu Youxiao whipped him down, Guo Jing felt a burning pain in his back and fell down.
"You are really my good servant. Grandpa trusted you and appointed you as guard. He asked you to come to Datong to supervise military affairs and supervise the border generals."
"But you are good for colluding with these generals and colluding with those profiteers and thieves. It makes me look at you with admiration."
Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he beat him harder and harder. He would whip his whip every time he said a word. The beating made Guo Jinglian wailed and begged for mercy.
"Long live Lord, please spare my life. I know I was wrong."
But Zhu Youxiao didn't care at all, and he was whipped more than twenty times before Zhu Youxiao stopped. At this time, Guo Jing was already dying.
"Throw this dog slave out to feed the dogs, and let his children and grandchildren accompany their ancestors."
Several guards quickly dragged Guo Jing out, who looked like a dead dog.
Unexpectedly, the dignified guarding eunuch would be fed to dogs. This was the first time in the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years.
The wealthy businessmen nearby also knew that the emperor was trying to scare the monkeys.
The word "house slave" means that Guo Jing is also talking about them.
Because they had expressed their loyalty to the emperor a few days ago in order to survive.
He even betrayed many of his former friends and business partners for this purpose, just to give up his car to save his handsome man.
Who doesn't know now that they have surrendered to the emperor and become his retainers.
Now, by announcing them all here and whipping Guo Jing to death in front of them, isn't this just a warning to them?
Especially the last sentence, which is obviously meant for them. Once they make a mistake, their children and grandchildren will not be able to escape.
When the emperor whipped Guo Jing just now, they saw it with their eyes. It seems that the rumors outside are indeed true. The current emperor is as cruel and ruthless as Emperor Taizu.
Zhu Youxiao didn't care what they thought. He threw away his whip, strode back, sat on a chair and began to sip tea.
The big businessmen became even more nervous when they saw this. What on earth is going on?