Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 297 Confiscation of the house, public trial, execution!
Zhang Haogu didn't know anything about what happened in Liaodong.

Whether it is poisoning or assassination, such things are too accidental.

It would be best if they could poison their whole family to death.

If the poison doesn't kill him, there's nothing he can do about it, he can only wait slowly.

The dirty tricks are used first.

Daming's internal problems have to be dealt with first.

Especially now.

Zhang Haogu's whole mind is on Shanxi.

Putting it on this group of Shanxi merchants, this group of people did business with the Mongols secretly. It can be traced back to the period of Renxuan's rule, but at that time, they still did not dare to be presumptuous.

It's just that after the Tumu Fortress change, it can be regarded as losing all the face of the Ming Dynasty. The courage of the Shanxi merchants naturally became stronger, and it became more blatant at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Because, there is really no risk.

The local officials have been bribed, and there are even soldiers who help them transport goods. Why, because the imperial court does not send money to the soldiers, and the money is directly embezzled by the local officials.

On the contrary, as long as one trip is made, at least three times the profit will be made.

[-]% profit, this, who can not be tempted?

It is also because of this that the Shanxi merchants in Shanxi can be said to have accumulated a considerable amount of wealth. Zhang Haogu felt sorry for himself if he did not search for all the money of these Shanxi merchants.

All the close relatives of the eight Shanxi merchants number in the thousands.

When it really came to this point, Zhang Haogu didn't hide anymore, and directly asked the court to call in another [-] new troops, directly arrested these thousands of people, and then began to sort out their wealth little by little.

In addition, Zhang Haogu also made full use of the family members of the eight Shanxi merchants.

Now, the opportunity of meritorious deeds is placed in front of you.

Have you seen the decree?
Some people will be forgiven, as long as you confess quickly enough, the sooner you can be forgiven.

Especially this Fan Hongtang, who seemed to be the head of the new generation of the Fan family, took the lead, first found out all the account books of the Fan family, and then verified them one by one.

An angry Fan Yongdou kept yelling and cursing, Fan Hongtang was simply a beast who had forgotten his ancestors.

These are all the wealth accumulated by the ancestors with great difficulty. It was accumulated for one tael of silver and one tael of silver, and now they are selling their entire family.

Zhang Haogu still insisted on the principle.

No torture was used, but even so, Fan Yongdou felt his heart, liver and lungs ache and trembled.

When every piece of the Fan family's property, every piece of wealth was dug out, Fan Yongdou felt that it was a gouge out of his own heart.

"Fan Yongdou, you criminal minister of the court, you have not repented until now, and you are still talking nonsense here!" Fan Hongtang said coldly: "You traitor, what right do you have to shout and be presumptuous in front of me?"

Fan Hongtang, who was furious from Fan Yong, gritted his teeth and said, "This is all the money that our ancestors have saved us with great difficulty. You, you just dug it all up?"

Fan Hongtang looked at Fan Yongdou, smiled and said, "What does the money saved by my ancestors have anything to do with me?"

Fan Yongdou was stunned.

Fan Hongtang said coldly: "Fan Yongdou, do you still remember? Four years ago, a batch of goods in our hands was snatched by the Mongols in Wulianghai. Who, who is going to take this Do you want to return the batch?"

Fan Hongtang gritted his teeth and said: "It's me, the Mongol sword is almost on my neck, I went to get the goods back, and I also established a trade between the family and Wulianghai, but, take the lead, you How much did Fan Yongdou pay me?"

"The family business was earned by me with all my might. What did you give? It's less than 300 taels of silver. If you buy a fucking mink, it costs 1000 taels of silver!"

Fan Hongtang sneered and said, "Why? Just because I'm not a direct descendant of the family?"

Fan Yongdou was stunned.

But Fan Hongtang said indifferently: "So, what does the family have so much money to do with me? Now that I have been given this opportunity thanks to Zhang Xiang's love, I will definitely scoop up every penny of the Fan family's money." come out!"

"You are simply insane!" Fan Yongdou couldn't help yelling.

However, Fan Hongtang laughed loudly: "Desperate, Fan Yongdou, I'll tell you, it's not that I'm insane, but if I can't dig out all the wealth of the Fan family, if, if I hide one or two places, if If the other Fan family dug up the money, then I will be the one who is unlucky!"

Fan Yongdou felt his heart go cold.

Does this still require an interrogation by Jin Yiwei?

There is no need at all, let the Fan family interrogate their own people, let them expose and report their own family, nothing can be concealed, nothing can be hidden.

Taiyuan Prefecture

Zhang Haogu is writing a memorial.

The situation in Shanxi can be described as earth-shattering.

If Shanxi merchants want to do this business in a safe and stable manner, the relationship between the top and bottom must be well managed, and the entire officialdom is almost corrupted.

Especially the general soldier of Datong, the tiger occupies Datong, he has the final say on who comes in and out.

These people were all infiltrated by Shanxi merchants.

The low-level and high-level officers in the army have all been infiltrated, including Qu Jiazhen, the general of Datong.

Zhang Haogu narrowed his eyes slightly after reading the information.

"Okay, okay, Datong Commander-in-Chief, how important this position is, and now, he is also a part of the profit chain in the hands of Shanxi merchants, so courageous, so courageous!"

Cui Chengxiu immediately said: "Second Uncle, this has already involved the General Soldier of Datong, it's a big trouble!"

"Yes, what you said is not bad at all, it's causing a lot of trouble!" Zhang Haogu leaned slightly on the chair: "If the Datong General Soldier makes a fuss, it will be a big deal. This Qu Jiazhen must Coming out!"

While talking, Zhang Haogu still took out the imperial decree, shook it casually, and said lightly: "We need to find out how many remnants these people have, and let them dig up all the people they make friends with. come out."

Speaking of this, Zhang Haogu smiled, squeezed his fist casually, and said lightly: "Let Cao Wenzhao come over!"

"General Soldier of Datong!" Cao Wenzhao's eyes widened immediately, and he looked at Zhang Haogu in disbelief: "This, is this impossible?"

"Nothing is impossible, don't overestimate the bottom line of this group of people!" Zhang Haogu looked at Cao Wenzhao and said, "You go and capture Qu Jiazhen, don't have any worries, just take it down, the Ming Dynasty I dare to touch your lord, let alone a small general soldier of Datong, remember not to be afraid, everything depends on me!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Xiang, I will definitely not let you down!" Cao Wenzhao immediately said, "Let's go to Datong now!"

"Go together with the imperial decree!" Zhang Haogu pointed to the imperial decree on one side: "It is said that you are only here to pursue Qu Jiazhen alone, and all other officials in Datong will not deal with it. If they dare to join forces with Qu Jiazhen , that is conspiracy, you don't have to be polite!"

The content of this edict is to let Zhang Haogu take full charge of all matters in Shanxi.

You Datong commander should also listen to me.

Cao Wenzhao took the imperial decree with both hands, and quickly said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiang, the humble job will definitely fulfill the mission!"

Afterwards, Cao Wenzhao led [-] new troops to Datong to arrest Qu Jiazhen, and this Qu Jiazhen, after discovering that his affairs had been exposed, actually took advantage of his large number of people and wanted to capture him on the spot Cao Wenzhao.

The big deal is the opposite, and go to Jiannu.

Then, the new army fought a real battle with the defenders of Datong.

In this battle, the bravery, strength and lethality of the firearms of the new army really surprised the frontier army in Datong. They never expected that the combat effectiveness of this group of recruits would be so strong.

The result of the battle was that the defenders of Datong suffered a crushing defeat. It would take a lot of effort to fight the Mongols at ordinary times, let alone deal with the new army, not to mention that they still held the imperial decree.

The soldiers had no fighting spirit, and Qu Jiazhen, the general soldier of Datong, was captured alive by Cao Wenzhao, which shows the combat effectiveness of the new army.

For the time being, Zhang Haogu still asked Cao Wenzhao to temporarily act as the general of Datong, and the new army was stationed to stabilize the situation. At the same time, it was also necessary to arrange for a new general of Datong to come over to stabilize Datong.

Zhang Haogu spent a lot of time writing a letter to Zhu Youxiao, temporarily letting Xiong Tingbi come over to serve as the general of Datong.

In this way, Xiong Tingbi can be regarded as recovering temporarily.

Originally, after Qu Jiazhen, the next general of Datong should be Man Gui, but Zhang Haogu didn't know Man Gui well, so he let Xiong Tingbi take over for the time being.

The general army of Datong controls the gate of Shanxi, and its position is very important. Cao Wenzhao may not be able to suppress these gangsters. Secondly, Cao Wenzhao can be of great use. Zhang Haogu also wants to It is necessary to keep Cao Wenzhao in the new army and practice hard for a few years before entrusting him with important tasks.

Let Cao Wenzhao now serve as the commander-in-chief of Datong, this is Qu Cai.

Xiong Tingbi is quite suitable for the current position of the general of Datong. This guy's identity and status are quite enough to suppress these gangsters. Secondly, he is good at defending but not good at attacking.

Cao Wenzhao is now a proper new army, with new tactics, ideas, and combat methods. It will definitely not work for him to control the Datong defenders.

Naturally, Xiong Tingbi rushed over quickly, Cao Wenzhao and Xiong Tingbi made a simple handover, and Datong naturally stabilized the situation.

Qu Jiazhen was also directly arranged by Zhang Haogu to the capital, and Zhu Youxiao was asked to deal with this guy himself.

Afterwards, Zhang Haogu was not idle at all.

Quickly clean up the wealth of the eight Shanxi merchants.

What kind of people can be used, and what kind of people should be appropriately commuted, Zhang Haogu still has to come up with a list, which really took a lot of thought.

Then, it will kill.

What kind of person and what kind of crime they committed, I will tell you clearly.

Afterwards, Ti Qi and the school captains escorted them across the market and conducted a grand public trial.

Everyone was downcast, feeling as if their souls had been taken away by someone.

It has to be said that Zhang Haogu has already mastered the method of public trial.

Killing and punishing the heart, it worked impressively!

Along the way, a large number of people came out of their homes to watch this grand trial.

Seeing the miserable appearance of these people, no one sympathized with them. The eight major Shanxi merchants are not ordinary rich, and they still can't afford to empathize with the landlord.

Also.

During the public trial, they even revealed their crimes one by one.

Fornicating slaves and smuggling into Mongolia are still small things.

The most damning thing is that this group of people actually joined forces with the Mongols and Jiannu to rob their own people. The Mongols and Jiannu plundered the Nine Sides, the population, and women. I don’t know how much they robbed.

Shanxi merchants want them to rob. If they don't rob, where can they get the money to buy Shanxi merchants' goods.

All of a sudden... many people were angry.

Kill them, kill them!
Angry voices erupted. Shanxi has always been a key area harassed by the Mongols. Who knows how brutal the Mongols are?They have literally been ransacked many times.

There is also Liaodong. Many of them went to Liaodong at the beginning, but they never came back.

It turned out to be this group of bastards, the Mongols they colluded with, they colluded with Jiannu, and they were harming themselves for the money?

Sporadic cursing resounded throughout the public trial scene. At first, the cursing was still sporadic. Later, some people became reckless and swearing.

Fan Yongdou panicked.

He was terrified.

The Fan family's property has been thoroughly looted, and Fan Yongdou's crimes are also completely exposed, clearly and completely exposed to everyone's sight.

"Fan Yongdou, do you admit to your crime?" Cui Chengxiu patted the gavel, and then said coldly.

Fan Yongdou was shocked, and said tremblingly, "I'm just a merchant, a merchant, what's wrong with me, I'm just doing business..."

"merchant?"

Cui Chengxiu snorted coldly, and said coldly: "This is the reason why you colluded with the Mongols, colluded with the Jiannu, and let them enter the pass to rob the people? The imperial court has strictly prohibited selling some things to the Mongols and Jiannu, you guys Disregarding the imperial court's decree and selling these contraband to Jiannu and Mongols without authorization, you still have the face to say that you are just a businessman? What is wrong with you?"

"Your fault is harming the common people, the common people of my Daming, there are tens of thousands, how innocent!"

Cui Chengxiu spoke uprightly and said: "Today is the time for you to pay your debts with blood!"

Fan Yongdou was shaking all over.

After today's public trial, they will be executed completely, that is, they will all be chopped up in Taiyuan Mansion.

First of all, the eight major Shanxi merchants, and then, the group of officials who were colluded by the eight major Shanxi merchants. Overall, the number is about 160 people.

If it were an ordinary person, they really wouldn't have the courage.

But who is Zhang Haogu?

It was really killed all the way, starting from Liu Changgeng and Chen Daoheng, the eunuchs next to the dog emperor, a large number of dog officials who increased their apportionment, and Zhao Nanxing in Zhending Mansion were clearly dealt with by Zhang Haogu .

In Zhang Haogu's own words, don't have any worries, punish those who should be punished, and those who should die should die.

This group of insects is a rotten sore of my Daming. They always think that they have a lot of people and can be unscrupulous.

I just want to tell them, coincidentally, I, Zhang Haogu, really like to deal with a big piece.

How about the Donglin Party?
The mother who was tortured by Zhang Haogu exploded.

What about the princes of Daming?In the end, no, it was still obedient and tidied up by me, clearly and plainly.

Don't always think that the law does not blame the public, and don't think that the so-called seriousness of the matter does not dare to do anything to you. I, Zhang Haogu, like to let you have a good understanding of what torture is.

After the trial is over, kill them directly.

After the interrogation, Fan Yongdou was dragged directly to the execution ground, and the next interrogator was Qu Jiazhen, the general of Datong.

How much money did Qu Jiazhen take from these Shanxi businessmen, and secondly, you, Qu Jiazhen, as the general soldier of Datong, why did you let these Mongols in to rob?
And, Qu Jiazhen himself even pretended to be a Mongolian to rob in Shanxi.

The imperial court wanted to search, and Qu Jiazhen also had reason to say that this was the Mongols who dug through the Great Wall and sneaked in. Each time, the number of people was about a few hundred, and they came and went like the wind. The size of the Mongols came in, which is already very remarkable.

But now, Qu Jiazhen honestly explained how he let people in to rob, as long as the scale was not large, the court could explain it here.

In addition, how much money Shanxi merchants give themselves every year, Qu Jiazhen has also accumulated a lot of family property over the years.

Hearing this, many people already felt that a cerebral hemorrhage was about to erupt.

Countless people broke out in shouts and demanded that Qu Jiazhen be delayed immediately. As an official of the imperial court, you actually colluded with the Mongols. It’s fine if you collude with the Mongols, but you yourself pretended to be a Mongol to rob me?
Aren't you an official of the imperial court?

Why is it that noon is not noon, this heinous thing lives one minute longer, this is the greatest injustice.

Cui Chengxiu strongly restrained himself, for fear that he would not be able to control himself and chop up Qu Jiazhen. He felt that he was despicable and shameless. Zhongliang is simply the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty.

After the interrogation, cut directly.Qu Jiazhen's treatment is a bit higher, just Ling Chi.

Then, Fan Yongdou watched helplessly as the eight Shanxi merchants were dragged onto the guillotine one by one.

The knife edge fell, and one head after another directly separated from their bodies.

Fan Yongdou began to tremble all over.

Then, the hand raised the knife and fell.

Fan Yongdou's head flew up, and then, he saw his body, without his head, spurting blood, and after rolling a few times, Fan Yongdou simply died and couldn't die anymore.

"What a pity, I wish I had been more cautious at the beginning!" - this was Fan Yongdou's last thought.

(End of this chapter)