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Chapter 257 Block Yinxi!
If Liu Sheng were asked to make a wealth list of the Ming vassal kings during the Chongzhen period, the top five would be: Prince Shu's Palace, Prince Zhou's Palace, Prince Chu's Palace, Prince Fu's Palace, and Prince Lu's Palace.

That is to say, no matter how he arranges it, the wealth of Prince Chu's Palace will exceed that of Prince Chong's Palace and Prince Xiang's Palace that he confiscated before.

But when he looked at the general financial and food accounts of Prince Chu's Mansion compiled by Bai Yu and Li Guofan, he realized that Prince Chu's Mansion was not as rich as he had expected.

According to preliminary statistics, the Prince of Chu's Mansion has 20 shi of food stored in it, which is only [-] shi more than that of Prince Xiang's Mansion.

However, the total number of grain crops in Wangzhuang in various places on the books is as high as 16 shi!
It’s nearly [-] dan higher than the total grain harvest in Wangzhuang, Prince Chong’s Mansion!
The amount of gold and silver was not as much as Liu Sheng expected.

This time, more than 21 taels of gold and only 1706 million taels of silver were confiscated from the Prince of Chu's Mansion.

The gold confiscated was less than that of Prince Xiang's Mansion, and the silver was several hundred thousand taels less than that of Prince Chong's Mansion, and more than one million taels less than that of Prince Xiang's Mansion!

Seeing Liu Sheng frowning, Li Guofan below said: "Commander, my subordinates have asked that since Zhu Yingyao, the crown prince of the Chu vassal, killed his father Zhu Xianrong, the king of Chu during the Jiajing period, due to the young age of Chu Gong Wang Zhu Ying (Huo Qian), Wugang King Zhu Xianhuai became Acted as an agent for the affairs of the Prince of Chu for several years.

Later, King Chu Gong also died young, and the eldest son Zhu Huakui was young. Zhu Xianhuai acted as the agent for the affairs of the Chu prince's palace for several years.

During this period, Zhu Xianhuai forced the concubine, embezzled the clan's Lumi, and stole countless treasures from the Prince of Chu's palace.He also used the royal family's salary and mortgage, whipped palace servants, accepted bribes and killed people, and committed countless crimes. "

Liu Sheng said: "You mean that a considerable part of the property of the Chu Palace has been misappropriated by King Wugang?"

"That's what the steward of the Prince of Chu's Mansion said, but the college students have not yet verified it. In addition, some palace officials said that the Wang family of Zhu Huakui's mother's family also misappropriated part of the property of the Prince of Chu's Mansion."

Liu Sheng frowned after hearing this, "Where is this Wugang Prince? Where is the Wang family?"

Li Guofan said: "The Wang family is in Jiangxia City, and the Wugang King lineage is sealed in Wugang Prefecture, Baoqing Prefecture."

Liu Sheng looked at Li Weiqi and said, "Send someone to check the Wang family in Jiangxia."

"Yes."

As for Wugang King Liu Sheng, he didn't say that no matter whether Wugang King had embezzled the wealth of the Chu Palace or not, when the Wei tribe captured Hunan in the future, their homes would be confiscated.

Liu Sheng then looked at the subsequent accounts.

I found that the Chu Prince's Mansion had much more fields, manors, and shops than Prince Chong and Prince Xiang. There were more than 2 hectares of land that could only grow food. It was worthy of being among the top four wealthiest vassal kings in the middle and early Ming Dynasty...
The next day, a dozen captured Ming officials were brought to Chengyun Hall to see Liu Sheng.

The highest official position is Wang Yangji (from the third rank), who is a member of the branch government, and the lowest is Jiangxia Dianshi (not a good official).

Liu Sheng originally just wanted to say a few words to these captured officials and persuade them to surrender in a formulaic manner, but he saw a famous person from the late Ming Dynasty on the list!
He immediately scanned the people in the palace and asked, "Who is Du Yinxi, the prefect of Changsha?"

A middle-aged official with a medium build and an ordinary appearance but with a calm expression stood up, looked at Liu Sheng and said, "I am Du Yinxi. I will kill or behead you as you please."

Liu Sheng asked curiously: "You are a prefect of Changsha, why did you come to Wuchang?"

Du Yinxi's face turned slightly ugly and he said, "I passed by here when I took office."

"Hahaha..." Liu Sheng laughed.

This smile made all the Ming officials in the palace puzzled.

Du Yinxi couldn't help but ask: "Why are you laughing?"

Liu Sheng said with a smile: "I am laughing at God for opening his eyes and sending Mr. Du to me in advance."

Fans of Ming history in later generations, when talking about the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, all think that Du Yinxi was the most important official with strategic vision in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Because he rode into the Chuang camp alone, he contributed to the joint resistance between the Chuang army and Nanming to resist the Qing Dynasty. Although due to various reasons, the Chuang army and the Nanming army failed to fight against the Qing Dynasty, Du Yinxi showed his superhuman strength through this incident. Such courage and vision.

In addition, Du Yinxi was also very capable of governing the local area and was very good at commanding troops. He could be said to be a rare talent in command during the Southern Ming Dynasty!
After hearing Liu Sheng's words, Du Yinxi was slightly stunned, and then said: "You don't have to act like this, I will never surrender to thieves!"

Liu Sheng said: "What if the Ming Dynasty court asked Mr. Du to submit to me?" Du Yinxi was stunned. After recovering, he snorted: "Impossible! There is no way that the court will order this official to surrender to the traitor!"

Liu Sheng smiled, stood up from the golden dragon chair, walked down and said: "Now I have hundreds of thousands of troops in Hubei. If after all our troops take Wuchang Prefecture, they go eastward along the river and take Nanjing, Mr. Du feels that the Ming army Can you block it?"

Du Yinxi was silent.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, after experiencing the Battle of Jiangxia, he had fully realized that there was no army in the south of the Yangtze River that could stop the Yi army.

Zuo Liangyu couldn't do it, and the other officers and soldiers couldn't do it either.

Liu Sheng continued: "If I write a letter telling the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers that as long as they let Mr. Du surrender to me, our Yi army will not attack Nanjing this year. What choice does Mr. Du think the Ming court will make?
Will they give up the opportunity to fight for Nanjing for several months or even longer for you as the prefect? "

Du Yinxi couldn't help clenching his fists when he heard this.

Because he understood that if Liu Sheng really did this, the court would probably let him commit himself to being a thief.

He took a deep breath, stared at Liu Sheng and said, "If you dare to do this, I will commit suicide immediately!"

Liu Sheng was disappointed when he heard this and said: "In my opinion, although the scholars trained by Confucianism often talk about the rise and fall of the world, loyalty to the emperor and the country, etc., the vast majority of them are selfish hypocrites, even serving their own interests. harming national interests.

I originally thought that Mr. Du would be among the small group of national scholars who put national interests above personal honor and disgrace, but I was wrong. "

Du Yinxi was stunned again, then showed a look of shame.

Because just now he really only wanted to protect his personal reputation, and never thought about using his personal honor and disgrace to buy Ming a few months or even longer time to fight against the enemy.

However, if the court really used him in exchange for a few months, it would lose face and even chill the hearts of some scholars.

Thinking of this, Du Yinxi not only looked at other Ming officials in the palace, especially Wang Yangji, the leader of the branch, hoping to get help.

As a result, he found that most people looked at him with complicated expressions.Especially Wang Yangji, there was a hint of jealousy in his eyes!

However, Wang Weiping, the prefect of Wuchang, stood up and said: "You are forcing Zhongxian to surrender like this. Even if he really surrenders, he will not sincerely work for you!"

Zou Fengji, the magistrate of Jiangxia County, also said: "Thief! You will never win the hearts of the people if you are so unscrupulous!"

Liu Sheng spread his hands and said, "Look, you people really like to put personal honor and disgrace before true justice, and you even want me to become like you.

But I won't - I think the Ming Dynasty is rotten and should be overthrown and established a new dynasty, so I became what you call a rebel.

I think Mr. Du is a rare talent who will help our army to pacify the world as soon as possible and even govern the world well in the future, so I will use any means to persuade him to surrender.

If you are determined to serve the world and help countless suffering people, how can you care about a little notoriety?
What's more, this saying that the ends justify the means is just what you imposed on me.In fact, I just put the facts in front of Mr. Du and let him choose.

What do you think, Mr. Du? "

Wang Weiping and Zou Fengji were silent for a while.

Because they all knew in their hearts that Liu Sheng's method of persuading Du Yinxi to surrender was not really unscrupulous - legend has it that Liu Bowen or Zhu Yuanzhang had someone forcibly kidnapped him to Nanjing!

As for other examples of masters forcing others to serve, there are countless examples. Liu Sheng's method can only be considered trivial.

When everyone was silent, Du Yinxi sighed and said: "You don't have to write to the court, just promise me not to attack Nanjing this year, and I will surrender."

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)