Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 234 Occupying the Land of Gyeonggi
"Come here, take away Zhou Yanru's official uniform, put him in prison, and interrogate him severely. At the same time, he will go to Zhou Yanru's hometown to investigate the matter."

Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yanru who was kneeling on the ground with a terrified expression, and roared angrily.

"My lord, I'm afraid Zhou Yanru doesn't have such a great ability. I guess there should be many people in the court who are fighting with Zhou Yanru.

Moreover, strict inspections must be carried out at the local level, and these people who are eating the imperial salary cannot be allowed to poach the corners of the imperial court.

My lord, the stuff in the Ming Pao is groundless. "Cao Huachun didn't hide it this time, but pointed to Zhou Yanru who was kneeling on the ground, and said it loudly.

Cao Huachun's words pierced Zhou Yanru's chest like a sharp knife.

Zhou Yanru knelt on the ground, looking at Cao Huachun, his body trembling unceasingly.

"Xiao Shu, how dare you do this!" Zhou Yanru pointed at Cao Huachun, shouting hysterically.

Those officials who originally wanted to plead for Zhou Yanru stopped after hearing Cao Huachun's voice, for fear of getting angry.

When Chongzhen heard Cao Huachun's words, he said coldly: "I will leave this matter to you, and I must dig out all these people. I want to see how many people are there in this imperial court. "

Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yanru who was kneeling on the ground, waved his sleeves, and walked directly behind.

Zhao Wen looked at Zhou Yanru who was pulled out by the big Han general with a playful face, and didn't feel that Zhou Yanru was pitiful.

All of this was done by himself. If he hadn't provoked Zhao Wen several times like that, such a thing would not have happened.

At this time, Zhou Yanru was like a dead dog, his face ashen, letting the big Han general pull him, his body trembling non-stop.

Chongzhen was notoriously cold-tempered, and almost none of the officials who were thrown into imperial prison by Chongzhen survived.

When Zhou Yanru heard that Chongzhen was going to put him in imperial prison, he knew that he had no way out.

Cao Huachun looked at the many officials in the hall, and said loudly: "Retire."

The officials shouted long live three times and then headed outside.

Not long after leaving the palace, Mao Wenlong came over.

"Brother Zhao, this matter has been handled openly, and the old guy Zhou Yanru has finally been taken down." Mao Wenlong looked at Zhao Wen and said with a smile on his face.

"I think you are happier than me?" Zhao Wen looked at the excited Mao Wenlong.

"This old guy's family was on my Phi Island back then, but they kept the price of the Korean ginseng I got extremely low, and his family members are all arrogant, I really can't understand him.

Now that he was finally dismissed and investigated by His Majesty, I am very happy in my heart. " Mao Wenlong said excitedly.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, let's go have a drink?" Zhao Wen said slowly.

"Okay, if you have such a happy event, you should have a good drink." Mao Wenlong and Zhao Wen put their arms around each other and walked outside.

After Zhou Yanru was thrown into imperial prison by Chongzhen, the news spread quickly in the capital.

All of a sudden, all the scholars in the capital cheered.This scourge of the Ming Dynasty was finally dismissed by His Majesty, and for a while, these scholars seemed to have won a battle, not to mention how happy they were.

This time Zhou Yanru was shot to death completely, and Da Ming Pao played a very important role.If there is no Da Ming Pao, I am afraid that Zhou Yanru will resign if he dies.

After this incident, the reputation of Da Ming Pao became even louder in the capital, not only in the capital, but now Da Ming Pao's reputation has even spread in the south.

After Zhao Wen finished the business in the capital, he took Zhao Daniu and others to those unowned lands in the capital.

Near the capital is a plain, the land is very suitable for growing food and building large farms.

If you get all these lands in your hands, it will be of great help to Zhao Wen's strength.

Standing about ten miles outside the capital, Zhao Wen looked at the land, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a little excitement: "The land here is flat and suitable for building large-scale farms. As long as this large-scale farm is established, we don't need to Don't worry about food anymore."

Although there is a lot of land in Xuan Town, Zhao Wen still needs to build various factories in Xuan Town, and the number of people in Xuan Town is constantly increasing. I am afraid it is not a simple matter for the people.

The grain production of the land in this era is too low. In order to prevent food shortages, Zhao Wen had to take the land in Gyeonggi into his hands.

Besides, who would dislike having a lot of land in their hands?With more land, there will be more food, and the refugees who come from Shaanxi in the future will be able to feed them.With people, there is capital.

"My lord, but with so much land, how can we get it into our own hands?" Zhao Daniu looked at Zhao Wen and said hesitantly.

Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Daniu and laughed, "How many people can the imperial court win over? Although some of these lands have been taken away by the imperial court, most of them are still unowned.

As for how to get these lands, isn't it simple?Now let's draw the fish scale books of these lands first, and after the affairs of Xuanzhen are completely completed, we will select those refugees from Xuanzhen who came from Shaanxi and Liaodong and are loyal to us, arrange them here, and directly occupy them That's it, so many things are needed there.

In the process of arranging the common people, by the way, the reserve soldiers were arranged.At that time, this piece of land will be ours, and no one can take it away. "

Since the retreat of Jiannu, the Ministry of Household Affairs has arranged for officials to recruit refugees to resume production.However, most of the people in Gyeonggi were taken to Xuanzhen by Zhao Wen, and the imperial court recruited only a small part after a long time.So until now, a lot of land in Gyeonggi has been barren and unowned.

So many unclaimed lands not only attracted Zhao Wen's attention, but also attracted the attention of those moths.

When Zhao Wen wandered around in the field, several figures slowly walked over from a distance.

"Who are you? Why are you in my field?" A young man in brocade clothes walked up to Zhao Wen, pointed at Zhao Wen, and shouted in a low voice.

"Your family's land? I don't see it right? The land here has been barren for several years. How did it become your family's land?" Zhao Wen squinted his eyes and looked at the young man.

The young man glanced at Zhao Wen lightly, and said coldly: "I said it's my family's land, it's my family's land. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"Are you sick? Where is this land from your family? These lands are obviously left by the fleeing people when Jian slaves ravaged the capital. How did it become yours? What a joke." Zhao Before Wen could speak, Zhao Daniu pointed at the young man and started yelling and cursing.

The young man looked at Zhao Daniu, and a look of displeasure flashed across his face, "My father is the head of the country, and the land with a radius of tens of miles has been rewarded to my family by the emperor. Do you think the land here belongs to us?" ?”

After the Jiannu retreated, the nobles in the imperial court also set their sights on these lands. At the beginning, they did not dare to annex them so openly, but after a long time, these people became more courageous. .

Among them, the one who annexed the most land was Chongzhen's father-in-law, Jiading Bo Zhou Kui.

And the young man in front of Zhao Wen is Zhou Kui's second son, Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun looked at Zhao Wen arrogantly, and said jokingly, "Do you know who I am now? Hurry up and get out of my way. Grandpa is here to draw an album today. Get out of here quickly."

Zhou Kui was the father-in-law of Chongzhen, and the Zhou family relied on this relationship to show off their might in the capital.

Zhao Wen looked at the flamboyant Zhou Yun, and said with a sneer, "If you were the son of other nobles, I might spare your life, but unfortunately, you are Zhou Kui's son, so I can only say one thing, you Bad luck."

Zhao Wen shook his head, then looked at Zhao Daniu, and said slowly: "Kill this noisy thing for me."

"Yes, my lord." Zhao Daniu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, then drew out the dagger at his waist, and led a few guards towards Zhou Yun.

Zhou Kui is not unknown in the history of the Ming Dynasty, he is a famous traitor and bastard.

In the history of Ming Dynasty, relying on the relationship of being the father-in-law of Emperor Chongzhen, Zhou Kui made a fortune. In just a few years, he changed from a mason to a rich man with millions of taels of silver alone. And that doesn't include his house and fields and things like that.

That's all, the more abominable thing is yet to come.

After the thieves Li Zicheng and his like rose up completely, the imperial treasury was empty. Chongzhen saw the thieves who were becoming more and more powerful, so he had the cheek to borrow money from these relatives.

But Zhou Kui is an iron rooster. No matter what Chongzhen said, Zhou Kui just said one thing, asking for money or not.

At this time, Chongzhen's Empress Zhou couldn't stand it anymore, so she asked the maids in the palace to quietly take out her gold and silver jewelry and sell them in the palace. They sold a total of more than 5000 taels of silver.

After Zhou got the silver, he asked people to take the silver out of the palace and hand it over to Zhou Kui.At the same time, let him hand over the silver to Chongzhen, so as to give Chongzhen a step down.

But this Zhou Kui, after getting the silver, embezzled 3000 taels by himself first, and only handed over 2000 taels of silver to Chongzhen.

If it wasn't for Zhou's constant sending of people to inquire, it is estimated that this old guy is planning to swallow all the money.

The old guy also sold his old furniture on the street, saying that Chongzhen wanted to force him to death.What he did like this caused countless nobles in the capital to imitate him, and within a lifetime, the entire capital city became a huge vegetable market.

After knowing this, Chongzhen was almost mad at his father-in-law, so he had no choice but to stop this method.

It's all about saving money. When Li Zicheng broke through the capital, Zhou Kui handed over the prince Zhu Cihong who was hiding in his home directly to Li Zicheng, hoping to preserve his glory and wealth.

Poor Zhu Cihong was sold by his grandfather in this way, but Zhou Kun did not save his life because of this. Instead, he was beaten to death by Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin, and got a million taels of silver from Zhou Kui's home.

Now when he saw Zhou Kui's son, Zhao Wen thought of these things.This week Kui is simply inferior to a beast, how could Zhao Wen spare Zhou Kui's son?

"Who are you? What do you want to do? My sister is the current queen. If you dare to touch me, it will be a felony to punish the Jiuzu." Zhou Yun pointed to Zhao Daniu who was coming towards him, his face full of panic.

"Quick battle, don't waste time." Zhao Wen glanced at Zhou Yun lightly, and said coldly.

"As ordered." Zhao Daniu smiled coldly, and then walked towards Zhou Yun.

"Help me."

Seeing this, Zhou Kui hurriedly screamed and ran to the rear. The servants he brought were all hooligan green skins who could only bully the common people. After meeting Zhao Daniu and others, they lost their lives in an instant before they could resist.

Without the protection of his servant, Zhou Yun was like a little chicken, he could only watch helplessly as the short knife in Zhao Daniu's hand pierced his chest.

After a few breaths, Zhou Yun fell to the ground with disbelief in his eyes.

Zhao Wen walked to Zhou Yun's body, groped for a while, and found a blood-stained album.

This booklet is the fish scale book of Zhou Kui's land in Gyeonggi, which records in detail the amount and location of Zhou Kui's land in Gyeonggi.

Zhao Wen shook the blood on it, opened it slowly, and after a while, Zhao Wen handed the booklet to Zhao Daniu, "Put this thing away for me, and send someone to give me all the land after I go back." Take it."

When attacking Jiannu before, time was running out. Zhao Wen only brought the people from the Gyeonggi land, but did not draw a detailed fish book, so he did not send people to occupy the Gyeonggi land without a master.

When Zhao Wen came to the capital this time, he also brought a few accountants who could write and calculate. The main purpose was to sort out these unowned lands so that they could be occupied in the future.

As for the lands annexed by Xungui, Zhao Wen also accepted it with a smile.For these people, Zhao Wen has not put them in the eyes.

"These people, just dig a hole and bury them." Zhao Wen pointed to Zhou Yun and others on the ground, and said in a deep voice.

At the same time, after Zhou Yanru was thrown into imperial prison by Chongzhen, Cao Huachun organized people to torture him overnight.

And Zhou Yanru is just a scholar, how can he withstand Cao Huachun's torture like this.

So not long after the interrogation, Zhou Yanru also revealed all the people who had written to impeach Zhao Wen with him.

Not only that, but in the end, Zhou Yanru began to slander at will in order to avoid suffering from flesh and blood, and named a large number of people.

Cao Huachun was naturally happy to hear this. He took the list obtained from the torture and released all Dongchang and Jinyiwei. According to the list, he directly locked them up.

Countless Donglin party members were directly locked out of their homes by Cao Huachun and imprisoned in imperial prisons.

Almost every day in the capital, people were beheaded and their homes were ransacked.

All of a sudden, the entire capital city became turbulent, and countless Donglin party members trembled under the turmoil.

(End of this chapter)