golden scales

Fan Yongdou's family property has not been counted, and the people have basically been killed.

In this clan society, Zhou Yuji will never be lenient to Fan’s relatives. The final result is that men will be assigned to hard labor camps for 30 years, and women under the age of 40 will be assigned to the Jiaofang Division; those over 40 years old will be assigned to hard labor camps. Chores.

Fan Yongdou's old mother has passed the age of seventy, and according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, she can pay for her sins with money, but the Fan family has no private property anymore, and other families dare not rashly spend 5 taels to atone for the old lady of the Fan family.This old lady was also cut off from her descendants, she no longer wanted to survive, she hanged herself secretly, which is considered to be the last bit of decency saved.

With the example of the Fan family, everyone knows what this god-killing general likes to hear and what he doesn't like to hear.Wang Dengku knew that Fan's family property was at least tens of millions of taels, and the value of the goods might be even higher. Once this appetite was inflated, it would be an insult to him to take out a million and 80 taels.

"I would like to redeem the crimes of the whole family with tens of millions of taels of silver." Wang Dengku was cruel, determined to cut off the wrists of a strong man, and donated all his belongings, just to keep his relatives safe.Relying on his prestige and contacts in Biankou, his geography, business conditions, and friendship with the princes of various tribes in Mongolia, as long as he survives, there will always be a day of recovery.

"Master Wang, please sit inside. You can leave after the delivery of property and property is clear." Zhou Yuji said generously.

Wang Dengku's heart hurt like a knife, but he still had to squeeze out a smile on his face, bravely stepping on the blood of Fan's family and walked into the office.

The people present are all people who have done a good job in business. They are used to asking for a lot of money to pay back the money on the spot. Seeing that Zhou Yuji is so straightforward, and he doesn't even increase the price by counter-offering, he feels that Wang Dengku is not worth it. , this courage is too small.

Jin Liangyu, the third family second only to Wang Dengku, stepped forward and said: "General, Jin Liangyu, a grassroots. The Han family is really not as good as the two surnames of Fan Wang. I would like to donate 500 million taels of silver from the whole family, and ask the general to forgive me."

Zhou Yuji heard that this person was talking about the "tragedy of human relations" just now, his eyes narrowed slightly, but he seemed to be smiling, and said: "Master Jin serves tea inside."

Jin Liangyu immediately lifted his spirits.Just one sentence saved 300 million taels of silver for the family. Isn't this just used to seize the gap left by Fan and Wang?Well, it is impossible for Wang Dengku to really donate his entire family to pay for his life, so there must be someone behind him.In any case, the Fan family was completely collapsed, and even a few points of this big head would be enough.

Encouraged by Jin Liangyu, the others reported lower and lower rates, and by the time the last one reported it, it was as low as 200 million taels.

Zhou Yuji just asked for tea inside.It seems to really believe that the order in which these people stand up is based on family property.In fact, among these Shanxi merchants, the Fan family was the richest with a net worth of nearly 2000 million taels, and the Wang family also had a net worth of tens of millions.

It's just that people are greedy, risking their heads to test Zhou Yuji's bottom line step by step, it really echoes the old saying that people die for money.Having said that, if it weren't for this obsession to die for money.It is also impossible to do such outrageous things as selling military supplies, smuggling food, colluding with Eastern captives, and betraying compatriots.

The remaining mid-level merchants may donate one hundred thousand.Or hundreds of thousands, and so on, please come in and drink tea to handle the delivery.

Huang Chengming quietly found Zhou Yuji and said, "General, this is not right."

"How?"

"I think the general has collected the full amount? It seems a bit perfunctory and not dedicated enough." Huang Chengming said in a low voice: "These people in the back obviously underreported a lot."

"Just watch." Zhou Yuji was mysterious and did not defend himself.

There are not a few people who think like Huang Chengming. Several big businessmen gathered together to discuss secretly, and they all felt that Zhou Yuji still wanted money.That being the case.Anyone with a normal head knows that killing chickens and taking eggs is really stupid. If you really dig this house and raze it to the ground, you can get a lot of money, but it is definitely not as good as a steady flow of water, and even your own family will participate in it. Money is more calculated.

Although the influence of Shanxi merchants in the court cannot be compared with that of Jiajing and Wanli, there are also many Jinshi officials from Shanxi.As long as we survived this catastrophe, turning over is still a simple matter.Even if you don't earn the money from the Eastern captives and invaders in the future, just exchanging salt, iron, tea and grain for grassland furs, Liaodong Dongzhu, and wild ginseng will still be a profitable business.

After counting this, the businessmen felt relieved, not only planning for a better future, but also planting the seeds of hatred towards Zhou Yuji, waiting for the liquidation in the future.

Speaking of it, although these people are despicable and have bad character, but in terms of intelligence and emotional intelligence, they all surpass ordinary people. Otherwise, Shanxi is so big, why should only a few of them make money?The blood has not dissipated outside, but these people have all made up their minds and are ready for a protracted battle.

While sending people to deliver the goods, Zhou Yuji took advantage of the opportunity to poach the corners of these merchants.Pulled out a batch of accountants, avoided their own accounts, and only counted other people's property, so naturally they would not take the risk of cheating.The guards hired by the merchants were separated, the weapons were collected, and the silver and goods were transported together with the servants.

Everyone felt that this was a life, and in the final analysis, the boss was using money to contribute, and there was no need to take the risk of beheading to fight against the officers and soldiers.Now that the officers and soldiers have repelled the Eastern Captives, it is because of the momentum, it is obviously too stupid to force it.

When the first batch of silver was transported out of the fort, the reserve troops and training troops of the cavalry battalion in Jinan also arrived one after another, just in time to escort the silver to Beijing and take care of these guards along the way.

During these few days, the big businessmen in Zhangjiakou lived in the Garrison Department.Mattresses were sent from each family, and more than a dozen people slept together on the floor in a room.There is neither ventilation nor water for bathing in this house, so one can imagine the heavy smell.Those merchants all came from the sidewalk selling, but no one complained, they just waited for the day when they turned around.

The whole Zhangjiakou has been operating under such circumstances for more than ten days. There is not a single idler in the whole city, and there is not a single vacant carriage.Even so, there was still an endless stream of vehicles transporting silver, which even alarmed the nearby horse bandits.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Zhu Cihong mobilized the Third Guard Division and asked Dan Ning to send a trilogy to guard along the way and suppress bandits by the way.

On May 19th, [-]th year of Chongzhen, Zhou Yuji got the amount of each family's property, which went smoothly unexpectedly.He didn't know what the purpose of these merchants was. He was afraid that there was too much silver left in other houses, so they would come to inform them every night, saying that there was still a silver cellar somewhere in a certain house.Later, an old accountant found out that it was because the businessman was worried that other people's capital would be kept enough, and they would embezzle their own market share in the future.

In this way, it is Zhou Yuji and the court behind him who will benefit in the end.

"I was ordered to move Zhangjiakou to the customs! Those who pass the review will bring legal assets to move in within three days, and those who violate the order will be killed!" Zhou Yuji issued an order as the commander of the newly arrived admiral Wanquan left and right guards.

Most of these people who have passed the review are retail investors gathered because of Zhangjiakou's commercial status, and there are also several generations of people who have made a living here.To put it bluntly, it is a downstream merchant serving the eight major merchants, and its assets are not much more than other places.This time, Zhou Yuji treated them as a true kindness and rebuilding. He just registered the population and assets and ordered them to move inland.

"It has been verified that there are 32 merchants who lied about their family assets and deceived the imperial court. The crimes before and after are interrelated, and the crime is unforgivable. I will use the general order of the imperial court to barter their families and use their family assets as a warning to future generations of merchants! "Zhou Yuji's second order was really scary.

The day after this order was issued, the 32 family heads and direct males were all escorted to the official road outside the south gate of Zhangjiakou.Every time a group of people passed by, they cut off a few heads, obviously "a warning for future generations of businessmen".

Thousands of people saw this day-long killing scene, and every time they thought of this scene for the rest of their lives, it was always black and white, without any bright colors.

However, that day was a rare sunny day.

……

"How much silver did Zhou Yuji dug out?" Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cihong nervously.

In the eyes of Chongzhen, such an act of using a large army to rob is simply "not done by a king".

If it weren't for Zhu Cihong's accumulated prestige, Chongzhen would have wished to abolish him as the crown prince!

——Back when Li Chuang was approaching the capital, he was about to be cornered, and I never thought about getting rich by robbing!

——This is simply a character problem!

—Education failed!

Chongzhen shouted in his heart until the crown prince said: "You can get a lot of silver."

—a lot of silver?

——How much more can the lower limit of being a human being be pulled down so low!

——Well, of course, if there are really many, many...then it is not unacceptable, anyway, the people are killed, and the money is on the way, there is no need to fight against the father and son because of collaborators.

"I haven't got the exact figures yet, but judging from the current figures, even if the whole country is exempted from tax for three years, the treasury is still enough." Zhu Cihong was cautious, for fear of scaring His Majesty the Emperor.

Zhu Cihong was psychologically prepared for the prosperity of Shanxi merchants, but Chongzhen was not.After hearing the words of the crown prince, Chongzhen held his breath for a full minute, and just now he spit it out. After taking a deep breath, Chongzhen tremblingly said: "Isn't there 1 million taels!"

With Chongzhen's experience in governing the country, an annual income of 400 million taels is enough.Three years is 200 million taels, tax exemption plus the national treasury is filled, isn't that exactly 400 million taels?

"The silver copied out now is about 500 million taels." Zhu Cihong said.

Chongzhen held back his breath again, until his face turned red, and then he spit out heavily, almost screaming: "How is it possible! How much money does my Daming have in total?"

Zhu Cihong nodded, and said: "Father, recently the ministers sent people to check the files in the palace, and ordered the border ministers to report the trade figures, so it happened to be able to answer."

"Report according to the facts." Chongzhen straightened his body, ready to take a good look at the country he governed.

"Father, can you not hold your breath?" (To be continued...)

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