I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 74 Corrupt Officials Are Fat Pigs
The so-called business, of course, is about money.

How to get 800 million yuan from corrupt officials and profiteers as soon as possible is a top priority.

Tomorrow An Lexiang will enter the palace to see His Highness, but now it is still far from 800 million.

"How much is the seized property now?" Chen Xiu asked.

"Yesterday, I went to the prime minister's mansion to look for Master Zhang to do the math. The ones that have been sealed up or have been counted but have not been sealed up are already worth 700 million yuan. Of course, this also includes the houses of those dirty officials, the cattle and horses at home, and the money." Slaves, it takes a while to turn into cash."

Because of the shortage of manpower, they did not confiscate all the belongings of these people, but temporarily sealed them in place, registered them in a book, and assigned special personnel to guard them.

This is only the property confiscated in Changyi County. If the property confiscated in other counties is included, it can reach at least 1000 to two million yuan.

After repaying His Highness's 800 million yuan, there is still a huge sum of money left in the middle school.

From this point of view, these corrupt officials are fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered, and checking corruption from time to time may really be a good way to make money.

You know, the annual oral tax of the entire Changyi Kingdom is only 200 million yuan.

"That's not enough." Chen Xiu said while stretching his hands into his arms.

"So I still have to rely on Brother Chen to see if you can give me the names of two more profiteers so that I can raise some money for His Highness."

Chen Xiu smiled and took out a wooden tablet from his bosom, and put it in Zhen Ye's hand.

Zhen Ye looked at it, and there was a record of a person's name and where he lived.

"Han Ping, what is this person's background?"

"This man lives in Shangliu Lu, and he is still the head of the village in Shangliu Lu. He opened a small grain shop."

"Shangliu Lu? Isn't the mansion where the land is not stingy also in Shangliu Lu?"

"That's right." A very mysterious smile appeared on Chen Xiu's face.

"Isn't this Han Ping having a business relationship with Na Tian?"

"Exactly, the Chen Su that Tian Bushi resold in February was sold to this Han Ping. This transaction alone made him a hundred thousand dollars."

"And Tian Buxie's account records a total of three transactions with this person, and the difference in profit is a total of 28 yuan."

The measures taken to deal with corrupt officials are different from those of businessmen who have colluded with them.

Corrupt officials will confiscate all property.

Unscrupulous profiteers only need to return the embezzled money and food.

This is also Anle's principle of handling cases, and it is very similar to the way of following officials.

If it were cruel officials like Zhen Fu and Chen Xiu, they would wish that even these businessmen would be punished to the point of bankruptcy, so as to make an example of others.

"Why did you hand over such an important person today?" Zhen Fu had already put the wooden slip into his arms.

"After all, His Highness asked for a thorough investigation of this case. Naturally, you should be more careful. As for other people, you don't need to be so careful."

"Then I understand, thank you Brother Chen."

"Hey, where is this? Next, I will have to work hard for Shijun Zhen."

After the greetings were over, Zhen Fu rushed to Shangliu Lu in Beicheng with two soldiers from Changyi County.

At this time, Shangliu Lu was also panicked.

At first, dozens of pavilion soldiers suddenly surrounded a courtyard in Jiazi Lane, then kidnapped all the people inside, and sealed the gate.

The people in Luli asked for a long time around the pavilion guards guarding the door, only then did they realize that this was actually the outer house of an envoy in the Prime Minister's mansion.

And this envoy committed the great crime of beheading.

Then, people gradually heard some rumors from the public, knowing that the envoy had actually been greedy for the money and food of the King of Changyi, which amounted to several million.

Everyone hates them so much that when they pass by this house, they will spit hard and say "good catch"—this is the most simple hatred of the people for corrupt officials. The money that the corrupt official corrupted had nothing to do with them.

In the past two days, corrupt officials and profiteers were raided everywhere in the city, which made the common people very happy, and they were dispatched one after another to inquire about the news.

Therefore, under the willow tree at the boundary between Upper Liulu and Lower Liulu became the best place for people to exchange rumors.

Every day at lunch and dinner, people would rush to the willow tree in groups with a large bowl of millet porridge with clear soup and little water, and share the contents of the porridge while exchanging ideas Various anecdotal rumors.

These rumors are half true and half false, and some are even bizarre, but people never tire of it.

Without him, the palace ministers have enough money and food to hire musicians and dancers to pass the time for themselves, but the common people can only come to chat under the willow tree half hungry and half full.

The big guy wanted to find out some news from Lizheng Han Ping, but this Han Ping seldom showed his face. Even the door of the rice shop had a "Closed Market" sign. people.

People don't know why Li Zheng, who usually likes to brag about being good at business, seems to be a different person suddenly.

Besides Han Ping, there was another person who didn't pay much attention to this matter, and that was Meng Ban.

On the one hand, Meng Ban is busy selling the wooden utensils in the shop, and the whole family is ready to go to the workshop to work.

They have already made up their minds that the whole family will live in the workshop, which will save a lot of time on the road.

On the other hand, after Meng Ban came back from the palace, he developed the habit of being cautious in his words and deeds. As soon as he heard that this matter had something to do with the king in the palace, he immediately sent a message to his family members, whether it was No one can go outside to chatter.

He didn't want to be frightened by saying the wrong thing like he was a few days ago.

At noon that day, Meng Ban finished his lunch early, first told his sons to check the packed luggage, and then went out
With his hands behind his back, he leisurely walked towards the old willow tree.

The reason why they went there for the first time was because they were going to set off with the people sent by the palace tomorrow.

Although home is still here, the number of times I come back is less and less.

Several generations of Mengban have lived in this alley, and they get along very well with most of the neighbors in the hometown, so before leaving, I still plan to say hello to everyone.

Meng Ban used to walk in a hurry and fear, but he was refreshed on happy occasions, and now he walked with his chest up and his stomach in a particularly leisurely manner.

Along the way, whenever he met an acquaintance, Meng Ban would stop and have a chat with him.

"Hey, it's not easy to do business these days. My family has many sons and heavy taxes, so this shop can't keep going, so it simply closed and went to the palace to work for the king."

"You mean monthly money and monthly food? Not too much, not too much. A month is [-] yuan and [-] hu of millet."

"Hey, so-so, so-so, so-so, so-so."

These few sentences are the ones that Meng Ban utters the most. Every time he finishes speaking, he can attract a burst of pleasant admiration from the other party, and Meng Ban will go on to the next acquaintance.

Meng Ban walked and chatted all the way, and finally came to the willow tree.

(End of this chapter)