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Chapter 491 Li Huan, the Most Corrupt Official in the World

After Li Huan finished his sentence, Huang Yu, who was the servant of the household department, said eagerly: "The champion's words are wrong. Such a distribution is very inappropriate."

When Huang Yu spoke, the rest of the people also looked at Li Huan.

It can be said that all the important ministers present at this time had the same interests, at least they were consistent in competing with the emperor for the right to distribute this batch of terrifying property. Even Wang Yangming instinctively wanted to win more property. It is assigned to the national treasury.

After all, once it enters the private treasury, it belongs to the royal private property, and it is unrealistic for the court to use it, unless the emperor himself takes the property out on his own initiative.

So when Li Huan spoke, it was most suitable for Huang Yu, who was the servant of the household department, to speak first. After all, the status of other people was higher than Huang Yulai, so it was somewhat inappropriate to take the initiative to speak.

As Huang Yu was the Minister of the Household Department, and his status was considered to be the lowest among the ministers, it was natural for him to speak.

Li Huan couldn't help but looked at Huang Yu with great interest and said, "Oh, I don't know what Huang Shilang thinks is wrong, or in Huang Shilang's opinion, how should this money be distributed?"

Huang Yu said almost reflexively, "Then it's natural to put all the property into the treasury..."

Huang Yu spoke out what was in his heart in a moment of impatience, but he didn't wait until he finished speaking, and immediately felt the strange gaze of the emperor looking at him.

Immediately, Huang Yu said: "Of course, there is no problem in assigning some of them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but such as gold and silver, grain, mines, fields, etc. should be included in the national treasury. Your Majesty only needs to take part of the gold and silver, as well as shops, gold, silver and jewelry. Just wait."

Zhu Houzhao just smiled lightly, but his eyes fell on Wang Yangming, Yang Ting and the others and said, "What do you think of the Qing family?"

Wang Yangming slowly took a step forward and saluted the emperor, "I would like to report to your majesty, I think what Huang Shilang said is somewhat reasonable, but this matter still needs your majesty's approval."

Obviously, it is impossible for officials to give up such a large amount of property. All fools know that if more than half of this property can be collected into the national treasury, then it can ensure that Daming's financial expenditure will be sufficient for at least ten years in the future. Many of the things they wanted to do in the past Things that cannot be done because of financial problems can be put on the agenda.

It is conceivable that their current cabinet will definitely be famous in history because of their abundant finances. After all, many things can be done freely as long as they have sufficient wealth, and they will also win a good reputation for future generations. .

For literati, the biggest goal they pursue is to leave a name in history. Now that there is such an opportunity, it would be strange if they don't fight.

Yang Tinghe and others also saluted the emperor together.

Zhu Houzhao saw the reaction of the crowd, pondered for a while, and suddenly smiled and said: "I will leave this matter to Li Qing. After all, these properties are all confiscated by Li Qing. As for how to deal with them?" , I think there is no one more suitable than Li Qing."

Speaking of which, Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan and said, "I don't know what Li Qing thinks?"

If it were someone else, they might think that the emperor was bringing disaster to the east, and handed over this hot potato to Li Huan to deal with.

But Li Huan is clear that Zhu Houzhao really has great trust in him, even if it involves the distribution of so many properties, he will deal with it.

What kind of trust is this, but Li Huan has never worried about offending all the civil and military officials above the court.

You must know that Li Huan himself is hostile to most of the officials, and he has offended many people by killing people in the south of the Yangtze River this time. Those officials in the court who should be hostile to him will continue to be hostile to him. What kind of favor does he have for him by raising his hands and putting more property into the treasury.

Li Huan bowed to the emperor calmly and said: "I will never let down your Majesty's expectations."

Seeing Li Huan's reaction in his eyes, Zhu Houzhao smiled at Wang Yangming, Yang Tinghe and the others, "If you have anything to say, feel free to discuss it with Li Qing."

As Zhu Houzhao got up and nodded to Qiu Ju, Qiu Ju immediately understood the meaning of the emperor, and immediately stepped forward to help the emperor to leave the hall.

With the departure of the emperor, without the existence of the emperor, the crowd naturally felt a lot more relaxed, and all eyes fell on Li Huan.

An official looked at Li Huan first and said: "Champion Marquis, Your Majesty has already accumulated a lot of property in the internal treasury. Most of the property that Champ Marquis brought back this time should be transferred to the national treasury. The people, the treasury has money and materials, so it can naturally benefit the people, what does the champion think?"

Li Huan just smiled lightly and said: "Although that is the case, the property is not a small amount. His Majesty entrusted it to Li for disposal. How could Li fail His Majesty."

For almost a whole morning, Li Huan was arguing with more than a dozen important officials in the hall. The ownership of that sum of property could be said to be a verbal quarrel.

What the two sides can say is that each insists on its own words, and the public says that the public is right and the woman says that the woman is right.

Near noon, the hall, which was originally full of quarrels, finally returned to silence. On the table in front of Li Huan, Wang Yangming and other officials, a cursive script about the rough division of the property was listed in detail.

First of all, the more than 1 million taels of silver and more than 800 million taels of gold, of which [-]% were filled into the emperor's private treasury, [-]% into the national treasury, and [-]% of them were deliberately reserved by Li Huan. As for the use, Li Huan But they didn't disclose it, which made Wang Yangming, Yang Tinghe and others think for a long time before agreeing.

Although the amount of gold and silver is terrifying, compared to the whole, it is only a part of the property obtained from the raid, and the value of the rest of the property is even far more than gold and silver.

Regarding jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., according to Li Huan's intention, some of the high-quality goods were selected and sent to the inner warehouse of the imperial city, and the rest that were not high-quality goods were handed over to the imperial court for sale and exchanged for gold, silver, grain and other items. Into the treasury.

As for mines and shops, the same method is used, some are allocated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and some are sold by the imperial court.

The most important thing is that there are millions of acres of fertile land.

You must know that these fertile fields are nearly ten million mu in total, and because these acres are all stolen from nobles, officials, tyrants, and gentry families, it is conceivable that the fields that can be occupied by these people are definitely the best quality in the area. the fertile land.

If we only calculate its value, the nearly ten million mu of fertile land, if converted into gold and silver, is probably no less than hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

Therefore, it is normal for the cabinet to focus on the nearly ten million mu of fertile land. This is the best fertile land. It can be said that the distribution of these fertile land is also the most intense dispute.

According to Li Huan's intention, these fertile fields were directly collected into the internal treasury, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs stepped forward to lease them to local people.

It can be imagined that if the nearly ten million mu of fertile land is leased to the common people, as long as the rent is slightly lowered, at least millions of poor people can be saved.

After all, according to the intention of the cabinet, these fertile lands are to be collected into the national treasury, and then sold for money.

It is conceivable that these fertile fields will be sold by the imperial court, and what kind of people will eventually fall into the hands of them.

Originally, Li Huan planned to deepen the influence of the court and the royal family on the south of the Yangtze River to a certain extent by controlling the tens of millions of acres of fertile land.

How could it be possible for Li Huan to watch the fertile land that he had not easily stolen from the hands of the local tyrants finally return to the hands of these people.

It's not that Li Huan doesn't trust the character of those local tyrants. Maybe there are some tyrants who won't exploit the people through the land, but such tyrants are definitely very few.

If the royal family holds tens of millions of acres of fertile land, it can definitely increase its control and influence over Jiangnan to a certain extent.

Therefore, Li Huan attaches great importance to the nearly ten million mu of fertile land. No matter what the cabinet and court officials say, Li Huan will not let go. Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the imperial study room, Zhu Hou, who had been hiding for a long time, looked at Li Huan and the elders of the cabinet, and when he walked in, he couldn't help showing a little smile: "It seems that the Qing family has negotiated to let everyone acceptable results."

Wang Yangming took a deep breath, and presented the memorial on the division of property to the Son of Heaven, saying: "Please read it, Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao took it and flipped through it with some curiosity.

After a while, after Zhu Hou took care of it, with a smile on his face, he nodded slightly and said: "That's very good, I don't have any opinions, so let's assign it according to this."

Wang Yangming and the others couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

a few days later
On the pier of the Grand Canal outside the capital, hundreds of large ships were densely packed and almost covered the surface of the Grand Canal, and at this time teams of elite soldiers had already blocked the entire pier.

Carts carrying large boxes unloaded from the big ships one by one headed for the treasury controlled by the household department, while some of them headed for the imperial city.

In order to ensure the safety of these belongings, Li Huan even mobilized a battalion of elite soldiers to escort them along the way.

Even with the escort of soldiers, there are still crowds of people along the way, and there are really too many people who have heard the news early and gathered to watch the excitement.

In fact, a few days earlier, that is, after the imperial court's distribution plan for that sum of property came out, it had already been circulated.

It can be said that in the huge capital city, tens of millions of people heard that Li Huan had brought back hundreds of millions of property this time, and everyone felt as if they were in a dream.

The number was really astonishing, even they dared not even dream that Li Huan could bring back so much property.

As the news spread and fermented, the rumors gradually became more and more exaggerated. In the rumors, Li Huan's confiscated income in Jiangnan was as much as one billion taels of gold and silver, such as jewellery, There are countless antique calligraphy and paintings.

Anyway, in the rumors, Li Huan seemed to have searched Jiangnan.

Such a big commotion on the pier is naturally impossible to hide from people, not to mention the teams of carts escorted by soldiers and horses carrying large boxes into the city one by one, fools can guess what is going on.

For two full days and two nights, Li Huan even dispatched a battalion of soldiers to help, and this was considered to have transferred the property loaded by hundreds of large ships to the national treasury and the emperor's internal treasury.

In the evening, a carriage slowly stopped in front of Li's residence.

Seeing this, several servants guarding the gate of the mansion couldn't help looking at the carriage curiously. After all, there was a huge box on top of the carriage.

The box was astonishingly big at first glance, and I don't know what it contained, but just looking at Li Hu beside the carriage, a dozen of Li Huan's personal guards, and Li Huan knew that the things in the box were probably It is not simple.

Squeak, squeak, there was an extremely heavy sound, the carriage stopped, Li Huan turned over and got off the horse, and with Li Huan's order, the door of the mansion opened, Li Hu and several others came forward and exerted their strength together to lift the horse together. Enter the mansion with the huge box.

Everyone in the Li Mansion who had been alarmed was also looking at the huge box in the hall curiously.

Li Fengshi, Zhu Lin, Zhang Jin and others looked at the box placed in the hall in amazement, and heard Li Fengshi say to Li Huan: "Huan'er, what are you bringing back!"

Just now when Li Hu and the others carried the box in, they could see the strenuous appearance. To be honest, Li Feng and the others were quite curious about what was in such a big box.

Even Zhu Lin, Zhang Jin and others looked at Li Huan.

Li Huan smiled a bit and said, "Open it and have a look!"

While speaking, Li Huan took a step forward, slapped the box casually, and immediately opened the box, jewels burst out, and he saw that the box was full of gold, silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc.

When Li Huan was in the south of the Yangtze River, he picked a box of belongings, and it was none other than Chen Ke and other Jin Yiwei's cronies who handled it.It is conceivable that the same box of jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings may have very different values, but Chen Ke and others personally selected them for Li Huan, so the value of this box of jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings can also be imagined. And know.

A box of jewellery, antique calligraphy and paintings, no matter what they are, is definitely a fine item selected from thousands of people, and many of them even exceed the value of some of the treasures selected and sent to the emperor's inner treasury.

Ordinarily, no matter whether it is Zhu Lin or Zhang Jin, they are all daughters who were born in the top family of the princes. They have never seen such rare treasures since they were young. They were moved by it.

But at this moment, when Zhu Lin and Zhang Jin saw the rare treasures in the box, they immediately stayed there, their faces full of astonishment and shock.

Even the two well-informed and extraordinary people reacted like this, not to mention the other people present. Everyone stayed there for a while, looking at the strange thing in the box stupidly. rare treasures.

Suddenly, Li Fengshi exclaimed, instead of showing any joy on his face, he looked at Li Huan with a bit of worry and said, "Huan'er, where did these things come from? Don't tell me you got them through corruption!"

Zhu Lin and Zhang Jin, who came back to their senses, couldn't help looking at Li Huan with worried expressions on their faces. With their knowledge, they could tell at a glance that the rare treasures in this box alone were probably worth at least several thousand dollars. One million taels, if this came from Tanmo, it would be too scary.

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