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Chapter 317 Nanjing Incident ([-])
The title of Duke of Wei in the Ming Dynasty was passed to Xu Hongji for the tenth generation.

Xu Hongji is 70 years old. He not only has grandchildren, but also great-grandchildren.

It can be said that Xu Da's descendants have experienced more than 200 years of reproduction. Even if they are divided into two parts, Beijing and Nanjing, they still have many clans, estimated to be tens of thousands.

The Duke of Wei's mansion is vast. Although only the main lineage, that is, the five generations of contemporary Wei Duke Xu Hongji's family members (from his grandfathers to his grandchildren, including great-grandchildren, are actually six generations), live there. There are also more than 100 people!
Among the more than 100 people captured and stabilized by the Yi army, only a dozen were actually relatives of Xu Hongji, and the remaining more than 100 people were domestic servants and in-laws.

Some of the servants of the Duke of Wei who were questioned were accomplices, and most were just criminal masterminds!
The so-called dog relies on human power.

The Duke of Wei's family has a high status and is not short of money. Only a few people actually commit crimes, and most of them kill servants and maids in the palace, and they basically will not personally infringe on the interests of people outside the palace.

On the contrary, these housekeepers, stewards, servants, and in-laws (concubines’ maiden families) of the Duke of Wei often used the name of the Duke of Wei, or relied on the power of the Duke of Wei to plunder, take human lives, and commit many evil acts.

For these people, Liu Sheng's order is: deal with them strictly!
Behead those who should be beheaded, confiscate their homes if they should be, and do hard labor when they should!

The Wei Guogong Mansion can occupy several streets in Nanjing City, and there are quite a lot of people related to it.

When the Yi army captured the Duke of Wei's palace, it was like cutting down a towering tree that had grown for hundreds of years, was covered with vines, and harbored many silverfish. It shocked the officials, gentry and people of Nanjing...
"What are you doing so slowly? Go faster!"

A soldier from the Weibei Guards shouted at Xu Hongji fiercely.

This guard army soldier was a bandit from the Fifth Division of the Revolutionary Army. In the past, when faced with a Ming Dynasty noble like Xu Hongji, even if he didn't chop him with a sword, he would punch and kick him. How could he be so "gentle"?
However, the army's discipline is strict, and even prisoners who are serving hard labor are not allowed to scold or harm them at will.

Not to mention, the Yi army did not find any evidence of Xu Hongji's crime this time, so they just drove him out of the Duke of Wei's mansion (the main building) and sent him to this place, which was originally part of the Duke of Wei's mansion, but was actually just a remote corner, specially used for The small courtyard where the low-level stewards live is under temporary house arrest.

Also sent together were three concubines of Xu Hongji who were in their 50s and [-]s.

Xu Hongji still has more than a dozen concubines, most of whom are only in their 30s or [-]s, and some are even in their teens.

After preliminary interrogation, the concubines who had committed crimes were sent to the female prison camp, while the concubines who had not committed crimes and were under the age of 40 were imprisoned in another place.

When the Wei army frees up time later, it will make arrangements for these innocent female dependents of the Duke of Wei - basically, they will be betrothed to low-level officers who have meritorious service but are not married, or to outstanding soldiers who have outstanding merits.

As for those innocent maidservants who had family members in Nanjing, they were sent away directly, while those without family members were placed by the Yi army and found something to do so that they could support themselves.

Compared with the female relatives (family members) of the Duke of Wei, the maidservants have personal freedom - if they can find a job outside, they can leave, and their future marriages will basically be decided by themselves, and the Weibu will not force marriages.

What Xu Hongji suffered from was not a serious disease, but a disease of wealth that ordinary people at this time basically did not suffer from - high blood pressure.

When he learned the news that the Wei army had surrounded the Duke of Wei's mansion the day before yesterday, Xu Hongji's blood pressure soared and he almost suffered a stroke on the spot.

Fortunately, I had some elixir prepared by a famous doctor at home, and the resident doctor came to diagnose and treat me in time, so I was able to recover.

It's just that he is sixty or seventy after all, and although his old face is still red, it has lost its luster and is as gray as his eyes.

After being sent to the small courtyard, he was helped by a concubine and sat down on a bamboo chair. He felt all kinds of discomfort on his body. Then he looked at the desolation in the small courtyard and the helpless eyes of the three old concubines. Xu Hongji I couldn't help but feel sad and burst into tears.

Because he knew that no matter how many years he had left in his life, he would never be able to enjoy the noble and wealthy life he had before.

I probably can’t even eat the duck tongue.

At this time, another group of soldiers came in and brought an ordinary food box, as well as rice, noodles, oil, salt, etc.

The captain was not as fierce as the escorting soldiers, but he didn't give him a good look. "This is your meal today. From tomorrow on, you will have to cook it yourself. In a month, the four of you will have to support yourself and buy your own life." Needed.”

Hearing this, Xu Hongji and the three old concubines couldn't help but look at each other.

A more courageous old concubine said: "Master Jun, we don't know how to cook, let alone make money, how are we going to live like this?"

"How can we survive?" Wu Zhang sneered, "So many ordinary people in Nanjing can survive, but you can't?"

When Xu Hongji was kicked out, although he hurriedly hid some personal money in a hidden place on his body, he was afraid that it would not be enough, so he couldn't care less about crying at this time.

He imitated some servants in his family and pretended to be pitiful: "Master Jun, I am almost 70 years old and ill. How can I support myself?"

"What's wrong with being almost seventy? It's not uncommon for people as old as you to still be doing business on the streets."

After the corps commander said this, he remembered the teachings of the military and political officers, and then added: "But you don't have to worry too much. If you really can't survive, you can report to the nursing home, where they can take care of lonely old people like you."

Almshouse?
Xu Hongji was stunned when he heard this.

In order to buy charity for the Duke of Wei, he also sponsored a few almshouses in Nanjing.

But he never thought that one day, he would end up in a nursing home to take care of his old age.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "No! Even if I starve to death on the streets, I will never go to the almshouse!" "Then try to be self-reliant in a month."

After leaving these words, the corps leader led the people and left the small courtyard - he did not go far, but stood guard outside the campus.

People like Xu Hongji will be under house arrest for at least a month.

Because various "cases" in the Duke of Wei's office are still being tried, more people may be involved...
Two more days passed.

A young man was sent to the small courtyard where Xu Hongji lived, but it was Xu Hongji's youngest son, Xu Wenjue.

After Xu Hongji's first wife died, he married a second wife, who gave birth to Xu Wenjue.

The eldest son Xu Yinjue is 43 years old, but the youngest son is only 12 years old this year.

After entering the courtyard, he burst into tears when he saw Xu Hongji.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Dad, my mother was arrested, the thief said..."

"Snapped!"

Before Xu Wenjue could finish his words, Xu Hongji slapped him in the face.

Xu Hongji stood up and looked outside the door nervously, whispering: "How dare you call a thief? Don't you want to die?!"

Although Xu Wenjue was a playboy, he was 12 years old and had a normal IQ. He became frightened even after being slapped and did not dare to speak.

Xu Hongji asked: "How is your mother?"

Xu Hongji's daughter is the second daughter of a wealthy family in Nanjing. She is only in her early thirties and is very much favored by Xu Hongji.Instigated by his young wife, he even tried to pass the title of Duke of Wei to his youngest son.

Unfortunately, before he could do this, the Yi army came.

In the past two days, his mood had stabilized, and he missed his young wife.

Xu Wenjue covered his face and said: "Ei, Wei Jun said that his mother had ordered her servants to beat several maids seriously, and one of them even died of his injuries afterwards.

Wei Jun said that although the main reason was that the housekeeper embezzled the money for the medicine, the mother was also considered an accomplice. Although she did not die, she was punished with hard labor and was therefore sent to a female prisoner camp. "

Female prisoner camp? !

Xu Hongji seemed to have been hit by a bolt from the blue. He developed high blood pressure and almost fell ill again.

He remembered what he had heard from people in the mansion talking about the female prisoner camp of the Wei Army. He heard that those female prisoners might have become prostitutes in the Wei Army camp.

Thinking of this, Xu Hongji felt that his head was green and started to cry again.

"My life is so miserable!"

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The residence of He Yingrui (Minister of Industry in Nanjing, Ming Dynasty) is on the street outside Wei Guogong's mansion.

The Yi army mobilized in large numbers and surrounded the Duke of Wei's mansion for several days, arresting people and confiscating them. The huge movement shocked the whole of Nanjing, and he knew about it even though he was bored in his apartment and could not come out.

Today I finally couldn't hold it back and went out to take a look. I happened to see the family members and servants of Wei Guogong coming out in groups, and some of them were even tied up. I couldn't help but feel sad.

After he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, although he had little contact with the Duke of Wei and had neither good relations nor bad relations, he still knew each other.

As a former official of the Ming Dynasty, it was hard to avoid feeling a little sad when I saw the wealthy Duke of Wei in the south of the Yangtze River ending up like this.

At the same time, I was a little scared.

As a former nobleman and minister of the Ming Dynasty, under the current rule of the Wei tribe, there is really no security guarantee and he is at the mercy of others.

He is from Yanzhou, Shandong. When Li Qingshan was in trouble, he brought his family to Nanjing. From now on, he will probably live in Nanjing, or at least in Jiangnan.

He thought to himself that even if he didn't think about himself, he still had to think about his family and future generations. Maybe it was time to retire.

Before returning to his apartment, he saw some civilians on the street clapping and applauding the people of Wei Guogong's mansion, which completely solidified his idea of ​​becoming an official.

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)