Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

"After entering, we must fight quickly. Your Majesty wants all the Zhang family's account books!"

"Yes!"

"The members of the Zhang family should be captured alive as much as possible!"

"Yes!"

"Anyone else who dares to resist will be killed without mercy..."

"Yes!"

"kill!"

Following Erhu's order, two thousand soldiers rushed directly to the Zhang family manor not far away.

And this time.

In the Zhang family manor.

The guards raised by the Zhang family suddenly felt some vibrations on the ground.

Immediately, there was a dense sound of horse hooves, the friction of armor, and the sound of footsteps, surrounding them from all sides.

One of the guards looked up and looked around, but found nothing.

Then, thinking of something, he carefully opened the door a crack and looked outside. Suddenly, a chill ran up his spine.

In front of him, he saw densely packed military horses, covered in armor, sharp knives, and some weird-shaped weapons!
These people, with their red eyes staring with murderous intent, are like wild beasts!

"No, some officers and soldiers are coming to kill us!"

After reacting, the guard screamed.

The whole manor suddenly became noisy like a spark thrown into the firewood.

"Are the officers and soldiers coming to kill you?"

"My master has always been kind and charitable, so why would the officers and soldiers come to kill him?"

"No, officers and soldiers have already entered the backyard!"

"The gate has been breached!"

"The courtyard wall was broken..."

"On the roof..."

Some people curiously looked at the roofs of some houses and saw that their eyes were tightened and their liver and gallbladder were split.

On the roof, I don’t know when there were already many figures. Some guards wearing fish suits squatted half-crouched on the ridge of the roof, holding strong bows.

One of the guards felt cruel, picked up a bow and arrow, and wanted to shoot at him.

Unfortunately, before he could draw the bow string, he screamed and had several arrows inserted into his body.

Countless steel armor soldiers rushed into the manor like a flood.

The whole manor was in chaos.

"Master, master, officers and soldiers are coming to kill you!"

In the back house of the manor, the old man of the Zhang family was leaning on the arms of a beautiful maid, quietly reading a book.

Suddenly, a noise was heard.

Immediately, a guard roughly opened the door and barged in with a look of fear on his face.

"Master, something big happened! Officers and soldiers are coming in!"

Elder Zhang looked startled, frowned and asked: "The officers and soldiers came in, where did the officers and soldiers come from?"

The guard hurriedly said: "Master, there are guards in royal robes and other generals!

Oops, it's too late, don't worry about so much, just run, it will be too late if you don't run! "

"run?"

Elder Zhang was obviously very confident, "Where are we running? We and Jinyiwei Qianhu..."

Before the old man Zhang could finish his words, the guard screamed, and a bloody steel knife suddenly appeared on his chest.

Elder Zhang's eyes widened and his whole body trembled.

"what……"

The maid behind Mr. Zhang screamed in horror.

As the guard fell to the ground, several murderous generals appeared in front of the old man and the maid.

Mr. Zhang had never encountered such a cruel thing in his life. After coming back to his senses, he tremblingly said: "Who are you?...Do you know that I..."

"Jiang Xixian?"

Erhu stared at Old Man Zhang closely and said coldly.

Zhang Xixian suddenly calmed down and said with a gentle face: "It's the old man. I wonder which of the Jin Yiwei the general is? The old man has friends with several generals in the Jin Yiwei!"

"Oh?"

Erhu's eyes flashed and he said coldly: "I didn't expect that the head of the Zhang family would be so powerful!
However, please ask the head of the Zhang family to explain this matter to His Majesty personally! "

"His Majesty?"

Zhang Xixian was startled.

"The old Zhang family has a reputation for benevolence, is willing to do charity, and is a great Ming Dynasty..."

Erhu smiled coldly, "We spent a lot of effort and finally found Dai Jiu's outer room!"

Zhang Xixian collapsed on the ground with a miserable expression on his face.

at the same time.

A group of Jinyi guards, the government army's vanguard, and the Yanshan Guards have killed all the resisting guards in the manor, and the remaining people have gathered in the courtyard.

As for the account books and letters in the entire manor, even pieces of paper with only two characters, were collected and locked into wooden boxes.

Then, Liang Hu led the Yanshan Guards and watched carefully.

Subsequently, boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, and treasure banknotes were looted.

then.

Erhu then escorted everyone from the Zhang family to the palace.

At this moment, it was completely dark, and the entire street was deserted without any pedestrians.

Except for the people near the Zhang family manor, no one in the entire capital knew that the Zhang family in Jiangning, which was always known for its kindness, had their home confiscated!

……

Inside Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Di was chatting with a group of cabinet ministers.

Nie Zushi asked with a surprised look on his face: "Your Majesty, are you saying that it was Marquis Dinghai who proposed the cabinet matters?"

Zhu Di said with a proud look on his face: "Don't you think that Guo Qing is just a distinguished person who can study craftsmanship and make money.

But in fact, Guo Qing has a great plan for governing the country..."

All the cabinet ministers could not help but be filled with surprise and doubt that His Majesty had such great trust in Marquis Dinghai.

Only Zhu Fu was filled with hatred!
Case solved!
He came all the way from Beiping Mansion to the capital, but he spent the whole day reviewing memorials, even more so than in Prince Yan's Mansion in Peiping!

And the person who worked him hard was indeed Guo Thief!At this time, Yi Shiha walked in from outside the palace, walked to Zhu Di, and reported softly: "Your Majesty, Commander Zhao and Commander Liang are asking for an audience outside the palace!"

Zhu Di looked happy and said quickly: "Call them in!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Yi Shiha walked out again.

soon.

When Yi Shiha came in, there were two burly generals following behind him.

"The humble minister Zhao Hu is here to see His Majesty!"

"The humble minister Liang Hu is here to see your majesty!"

"The two lovers are free!"

Zhu Di said: "Have the Zhang family been captured?"

Erhu said loudly: "Reporting to your majesty, all 22 members of the Zhang family, and more than a hundred servants to protect them, have been captured!"

Zhu Di asked again: "Have you found the account books?"

Erhu replied: "Your Majesty, all the Zhang family's account books and letters have been brought back!"

"Very good!"

Zhu Di's face lit up, "Bring them all to us!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Er Hu and Liang Hu responded and walked out quickly.

soon.

Behind them were a group of Han generals carrying more than a dozen boxes, and an old man walked in.

"Your Majesty, this person is Zhang Jiajia's advocate Xixian!"

Erhu said: "In addition, of these boxes, three boxes contain account books and letters, and the remaining wooden boxes contain gold, silver, jewelry, and treasure notes!"

"Three boxes of account books and letters?"

Zhu Di was startled, and then said to Yisheha: "Give us these account books and letters and distribute them to all the cabinet ministers!"

"The slaves obey the orders!"

Yi Shiha responded quickly.

As for Nie Zishi, Fang Xiaoru and other cabinet ministers, their faces were full of expectations.

They were also curious about what this Jiangning gentleman, who always pretended to be kind, had done in these years.

Below, Zhang Xixian, who had been waiting for Zhu Di to ask questions, was stunned.

If you don't ask him questions, why did you capture him?
but.

Zhu Di obviously believed more in Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu and other cabinet ministers.

At the same time, Zhu Di also took a few account books and slowly opened them.

Although Zhu Di has not looked at the account books for several years, it is clear that Zhu Di has not fallen behind on this skill.

exactly.

The more he looked, the more frightened and angry Zhu Di became.

What he got was a farm account book, which recorded the date and time, from whom the Zhang family purchased or paid off debts, and how many acres the Zhang family received!

Although there are only five or six acres of small fields above, there are thousands of acres scattered here and there...

This is just an account book!
Beside it, there are three large boxes.

How many evil things has this Zhang family done over the years?

After opening two more books, Zhu Di was so bored that he didn't want to read any more.

He straightened his face and stared closely at Zhang Xixian who was kneeling on the ground.

Zhang Xixian's whole body tensed up, and after waiting for a long time, he didn't hear any questions.

In this way, about half an hour passed.

Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu and others have already gone through the account books in front of them.

However, several people looked complicated at this moment, and none of them knew how to speak.

In the end, several people looked at each other and let Zhu Fu, who was most familiar with and trusted Zhu Di, speak first.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Wei Chen and others have read these account books!"

"Oh?"

Zhu Di glanced at His Highness Zhang Xixian and said coldly, "Tell me, how many years of evil has this family done in total?"

Zhu Fu hesitated for a moment, and then replied honestly: "Report to Your Majesty, there are countless of them, too numerous to write down!"

Zhu Di asked again: "How many people did the Zhang family harm?"

Zhu Fu still hesitated for a moment, and said with an ugly face: "Your Majesty, you are so heartbroken that you have countless promotions!"

Zhang Xixian's face turned a little pale again.

"Ok?"

Zhu Di noticed something was wrong and asked: "Is there other places besides the people of Jiangning County?"

Zhu Fu said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this thief not only exploited and harmed the people of Jiangning County, but also harmed some people in the surrounding areas even more severely.

In addition, the Zhang family should have a grain trading house that collects grain at high prices on weekdays. When a major disaster occurs somewhere in the Ming Dynasty, they will transport grain there, waiting for opportunities to harm the people and plunder their remaining wealth! "

"Are they still providing disaster relief?"

Zhu Di was taken aback.

Zhu Fu said: "Your Majesty, they are not providing disaster relief, but they are raising the price of food in the disaster area to make profits!"

"What a vicious Zhang family!"

Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said, "What else?"

Zhu Fu said: "Your Majesty, most of the money earned by the Zhang family will be used to make friends with officials, or to finance the imperial examination scholars...

For example, in the past few days, Zang Shiwen, the imperial censor, Wen Chang, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Lu Zhen, the minister of household affairs, all have close relations with the Zhang family! "

"Oh?"

Zhu Di's face returned to calmness and he said quietly: "Tell me, how much money did these people get in total?"

"This one……"

Zhu Fu pondered and said: "Your Majesty, according to the calculations by Wei Chen and others, Yushi Zang Shiwen, Minister of Justice Wen Chang, and officials such as Lu Zhen from the Ministry of Revenue received at least more than 5000 taels of silver.

However, Wei Chen felt that the records in these account books were not very comprehensive! "

"More than 5000 taels?"

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Xixian coldly, "Tell us, are these 5000 taels accurate?"

... (end of this chapter)