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Chapter 316 Nanjing Incident ([-])
Liu Sheng already knew Liang Yizhang's resume and knew that he was a talented person, especially in terms of training troops, suppressing bandits, and defending the city.Maybe he has other talents, but he hasn't shown them yet.

"When was Mr. Liang born?"

"The 36th year of Wanli."

Liu Sheng calculated in his mind that it was 1608 and he was 34 years old this year.

"I heard that Mr. Liang also has two brothers, who are called 'Three Liangs' in Baoding?"

"Yes." Liang Yizhang responded, "My elder brother is supporting his parents in Qingyuan, and his third brother is still studying."

"Mr. Liang's move to Wei this time, how are the family going to make arrangements?" Liu Sheng wanted to take over Liang Yizhang's brothers and parents. Although it was a bit difficult, it might not be impossible.

Liang Yizhang said: "The news of my death has been reported in Guide Mansion, so the Qingyuan family should have no worries. But from now on, I will take the pseudonym Zhang Yin, and please ask your Majesty to fulfill my wishes."

Seeing that Liang Yizhang did not accept the idea of ​​meeting his brothers or parents, Liu Sheng did not force himself and nodded in agreement.

Then he talked about the arrangements for Liang Yizhang and said: "I originally wanted to appoint Mr. Liang as the staff officer of the Huben Guards, but now the staff of the Military Academy has the position of observer, which is more suitable for Mr. Liang."

"May I ask, Your Majesty, what are the duties of this observer?"

"I was ordered to observe a certain army, check its combat readiness, discipline, morale, and quality of its officers, and prepare a report to the staff for reference.

If I plan to organize and train two more divisions of garrison troops in Nanjing, I need to set up an observation room to inspect and supervise them first.

Mr. Liang is new to the country and is familiar with military strategy. He can take this opportunity to familiarize himself with our military regulations and systems. "

Liang Yizhang was indeed interested in the military and wanted to know the details of the Wei army as soon as possible. He felt that this position was quite suitable for him. Regardless of his official position, he immediately handed over his hand and said, "I accept the order."

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "In our Ministry, all those who serve in the Military Affairs Council are generals, but they are divided into civilian generals and military generals. The observation envoy under the staff is a civilian major. Does Mr. Liang mind this?"

Liang Yizhang had no objection to becoming a military general, not to mention that the civilian generals of the Weibei were actually more similar to the civilian officials who led the troops in the Ming Dynasty.

So he responded: "Wei... the general doesn't mind."

"That's good."

When Liang Yizhang left the Forbidden City, he learned that the Ministry of Finance had arranged a public house for him, and his wife and other family members had already moved in.

The so-called public housing belongs to the government, but they are allowed to live in it for free. When they work elsewhere in the future, the house will be returned to the government.

Liang Yizhang returned to his residence and said a few words to his wife. When he came to the courtyard, he saw several servants discussing something in low voices.

Hearing someone mention "Wei Guogong", Liang Yizhang came over and asked, "What are you talking about?"

A steward said: "Reporting to the Master, just now we went to the street to buy what we need for home, and we heard many people talking about Wei Guogong's house being confiscated by the Yi army."

"Duke Wei's house was ransacked?"

Liang Yizhang was surprised at first, and then felt a little dazed.

The lineage of Wei Guogong has been favored in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and they are truly honorable nobles who can die with the country.Even if you defect to Weibu, you will not be able to get higher treatment, so it is most unlikely that Weibu will accept Wei Guogong's surrender.

Moreover, the current Duke of Wei, Xu Hongji, and his descendants are not said to have any abilities.

The greatest "skill" is probably the vast amount of wealth.

Normally speaking, if other rebels take over Nanjing, the first thing to do is to confiscate the homes of Wei Guogong and other Ming Dynasty nobles and exterminate their clans.It's a bit surprising that Wei Jun can delay it until now.

And this just shows that the Yi army has strict discipline and excellent style, which is unmatched by other bandits and traitors.

The waiter continued to talk about the details vividly. “I heard that some people in the Duke of Wei’s family took human life seriously, seized people’s land, bought and sold by force, and in short, did many things that were harmful to nature and justice.

In order to capture Wei Guogong's family and clan members, the Yi army mobilized a brigade of the Guards and cooperated with the Yangtze River Navy to blockade several streets where Wei Guogong's residence was located.

I heard that gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc. are now being brought to the Forbidden City in droves..."

The initial seizure of Wei Guogong's mansion by the Xiuyi Guards and Shengjie Guards lasted for nearly two days!
On the morning of the fourth day of April, Huang Jie, Bai Yu (military and political officer of the Shengjie Guard Brigade), and Bai Xiaosheng handed over the preliminary catalog of Wei Guogong's gold and silver and other properties to Liu Sheng for reading.

Although Liu Sheng had experienced the seizure of Prince Chong's Mansion, Prince Xiang's Mansion, and Prince Chu's Mansion by the Yi army, he couldn't help but be shocked after seeing the catalog of property seized.

Not to mention the many properties outside the Duke of Wei's family, the amount of gold confiscated from the Duke of Wei's mansion alone amounted to more than 37 taels!

It surpassed all the vassal palaces captured by the Yi army!
There are also 134 million taels of silver!

In addition, the Duke of Wei also hoarded more than 8000 shi of grain!
As for jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, there are even two to three hundred boxes!

Finally, according to preliminary statistics, the Wei Guogong Mansion has more than 1 hectares of fertile land in southern Zhili alone!
Liu Sheng rubbed his eyes and found that he had read it correctly. The unit behind it was "qing", not mu.

According to the Ming system, one hectare equals one hundred acres!

In other words, the Wei Guogong Mansion has more than 100 million acres of fertile land in southern Zhili!

The properties of the Duke of Wei are spread all over the Ming Dynasty. If you include the fields and manors in other provinces, there must be more!

In addition, Wei Guogong has more than 300 shops and dozens of properties in cities in southern Zhili!

It can be said that although the wealth of the Duke of Wei is not close to the "richest country", it is definitely richer than most of the vassal princes of the Ming Dynasty!

'If I had known that the Duke of Wei had so much property, I should have confiscated it when we first entered the city! '

It can be said that even Liu Sheng was jealous of the huge wealth of the Duke of Wei.

He immediately remembered a historical joke from later generations - after the Qing army took control of Nanjing, they only confiscated a few hundred taels of gold, a few 10 taels of silver, and some silk from the Hongguang court and Nanjing government warehouses.

It can be said that the Qing army's gains from confiscating it were pitiful!
But these were all copied from the public treasury. The historical materials of the Qing army do not mention how much money Duduo and other generals received privately.

Liu Sheng did not believe that after the Qing army entered the city, they would be indifferent to the huge wealth accumulated by Wei Guogong and other Ming lords over the years.

Even if it is just for the sake of face, if the mansions of these nobles are not raided, they will inevitably be forced to hand over the "life money" in private.

What's more, after the Qing army occupied Nanjing, some of the nobles who surrendered did not end up well, let alone those who did not surrender.

It can be speculated that Duduo and other Qing generals must have gained huge wealth in Nanjing.

The history of later generations cannot be tested. Now that Liu Sheng is in control of Nanjing City, we can see how much money he can get out of the belly of these Nanjing Ming Dynasty nobles.

After reading the catalog copied from the Duke of Wei's mansion, Liu Sheng looked at the detailed report written by Bai Yu.

It is mainly about the interrogation and arrest of criminals in Wei Guogong's government.

The Xiu Yiwei did not find evidence of the crime of Wei Guogong Xu Hongji himself, but found evidence of the crime of Wei Guogong's eldest son Xu Yinjue - disregarding human life and molesting women. These two alone are enough to sentence Xu Yinjue to death.

As for other criminals in the Wei Guogong Mansion, there are more than 100.

It sounds like a lot, but in fact it's just a small group of people in the Duke of Wei's mansion.

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)