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Chapter 111 Huge amounts of stolen money (please subscribe)

Wang Wenyan was extremely intelligent and knew immediately that Ye Xianggao did not want to offend Wei Zhongxian, but he had expected this before he came.

So he took out a list from his sleeve.

"Sir, Wei Zhongxian has only been the admiral of Dongchang for two months, but he has used the three gates to commit corruption and the Beijing camp to plot treason, arrest and confiscate his family arbitrarily, and has already offended all the nobles and eunuchs in the palace.

Besides, His Majesty is also suffering from the fact that there are too few ceremonial supervisors, so he asked the prince to recommend some talents to him before leaving. If these people are used well, they will definitely be of benefit to the boss. "

Having said this, Ye Xianggao's hand that was polishing the seat paused slightly, and his eyes revealed some calculations.

"These are just lists. Whether they will be selected by the emperor is another matter. The prince has acted too hastily. I think we cannot act rashly now. It is not too late to wait until the dust settles before making plans."

Wang Wenyan saw that he was neither a rabbit nor an eagle, and he had no idea what to do.

"The prince has a close relationship with Donglin. I am afraid that the Dukes of Donglin will not allow Wei Zhongxian to become powerful. If the consequences are widespread, I am afraid that Mingzhe will not be able to protect myself."

Seeing that Wang Wenyan still said nothing, Ye Xianggao picked up the tea and started tasting it.

Seeing this, Wang Wenyan was helpless. He was about to serve tea to see off the guests, so he put the name list on the table, handed it over and resigned, then left the Ye Mansion and headed to Liu Yishen's Mansion.

After seeing Wang Wenyan leave, Ye Xianggao picked up the roster and looked at it. Looking at the people on the list, he knew that there was no one who could do better than Wei Zhongxian.

Although he was not in the court during this period, he has been paying attention to the trends in the court. Although the emperor is young, he is determined, which can be seen from the fact that he intervened in the Beijing camp and put himself in danger. He is not afraid of making things worse.

What such an arbitrary emperor needs is not aimless opposition, but someone who can give good suggestions and better implement his policies. Wei Zhongxian is such a good candidate.

But Wang An didn't see this. He still thought that he was doing good for the Ming Dynasty and for His Majesty's sake. He expected to use Donglin people to fight against Wei Zhongxian. This was really asking for death.

Ye Xianggao could even think that if the emperor hadn't cared about his old relationship, Wang An would have simply retired.

At this moment, the butler came in to report.

"Sir, a eunuch from the palace has come to report that His Majesty has asked you to come to the palace early tomorrow morning to have an audience."

"Okay, I understand. It's not easy for eunuchs from the palace to come to the house. Please be polite."

The housekeeper was experienced in his work. Hearing this, he smiled and said:
"Don't worry, sir, the etiquette in our family is definitely indispensable. The eunuch who announced the order is 20 taels of filial piety, and the eunuch is [-] taels of silver. Those three people smiled happily and said that our family is generous."

Ye Xianggao smiled slightly. He didn't care about this. His family started out as a loan shark in Fujian. After he became successful, he used all his money to buy land. His family owns a thousand acres, so he naturally has no shortage of money.
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Early the next morning, Nuan Pavilion in Qianqing Palace.

"The slaves raided the homes of more than 120 officials in the capital camp and confiscated 900 two and a half cents of silver, 83 farms, and 110 acres of land.

In accordance with your will, my slaves have treated these rebels as chaos and will be executed at Caishikou in the near future! "

Zhu Youxiao nodded expressionlessly as he listened, feeling that in his heart, these were just numbers, not like human lives.

He knew very well in his heart that an emperor must be ruthless to stand firm.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao nodding, Wei Zhongxian continued to speak, but what he was going to say next made him look embarrassed.

"Long live my Lord, common people Zhu Chunchen and Xu Xigao confessed to taking empty pay and obstructing the reform of the Beijing camp, but they did not admit that they intended to rebel. According to their admission, the former Chengguogong and Dingguogong prefectures occupied the vacancies in the Beijing camp. There are more than fourteen thousand.

According to the salary of soldiers in the Beijing camp, which is four qian plus one hu of rice per month, they embezzle 25 taels of silver and 9 shi of grain every year, which is converted into about [-] taels of silver.

You previously told them to spit out the hidden silver, but you don't know whether you want to confiscate the house or follow the example of Zheng Guotai handing over the hidden silver. "

After all, they were two princes. Even Wei Zhongxian did not dare to make his own decision and needed Zhu Youxiao to speak.

"The amount of embezzlement every year is as high as 34 taels. How much does it cost after so many years! Forget it, thinking of the great contributions of Duke Cheng and Duke Ding to the court, I will not confiscate the house and let them make up the money. Not much, just 15 years.”

Wei Zhongxian calculated in his mind that it would be 15 million taels in 510 years. With this amount of money, I am afraid that the government's family fortune will have to be scraped together for a century. If someone takes advantage of the situation, they may have to sell their farmland and family property to raise the money.

However, since Zhu Youxiao had spoken like this, he obeyed and quickly agreed.

"Is there any more? I remember seeing before that the vacancies in the Beijing camp were nearly half, 5 to [-] people.

Just now, it was decided that the Duke of Guo and Duke Cheng would occupy more than 3 vacant seats. There are still more than [-] vacant positions. Who has occupied them? "

Zhu Youxiao continued to listen to Wei Zhongxian's report. He had killed so many people and he must make these people spit out their money.

"Long live my Lord, the rest are some internal officials in the palace who have more than 2 free salaries. The earls, marquises, consorts and other nobles at all levels below the duke also have more than [-] free salaries.

However, His Majesty has a good nature and has long ago said that as long as he handed over the Tibetan silver, he could forget the past.Zhu Chunchen, Xu Xigao and the three battalion officers taught them a lesson. These people were very agile and turned over the stolen silver one after another. Now it has more than 200 million taels. "

"That's great. Just a fixed amount of 600 million taels will be enough. As long as you pay the money, forget about it."

Zhu Youxiao listened to the report and estimated in his mind that the total would be more than 1000 million taels. With this money, the court would probably be able to take some time off.

Just the cost?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but pick up the tea lid and draw it around the edge of the tea cup, feeling stunned.Wei Zhongxian didn't know why the emperor was suddenly so silent, and he didn't dare to make a mistake. He just kept silent and waited for the emperor's orders.

"Wei Zhongxian, you think these people should hate us to death."

Zhu Youxiao's sudden question made Wei Zhongxian feel happy and surprised. He was happy that the emperor said we, and it seemed that he regarded him as one of his own, but he was surprised that he didn't know how to answer.

His thoughts were racing and he immediately replied:
"They dared to start a rebellion and were suppressed. In the past, no matter how high the title was, everyone had to be executed.

Nowadays, Long Live Lord is kind and generous, only punishing the evil leader, and pardoning others after paying the dirty money. If they still resent Long Live Lord with this kind of forgiveness, they are not in the right way, and then the servant will not be able to forgive him in the first place. he! "

Zhu Youxiao also laughed when he heard this. He finally understood why Emperor Tianqi liked Wei Zhongxian so much in history.

"It's okay, just hate it as much as you want. I don't want to satisfy everyone, as long as I am worthy of myself."

Wei Zhongxian was confused when he heard it. What did he mean by being worthy of himself? However, he did not dare to make any assumptions and bowed his head in silence.

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he remained silent for a moment, and then suddenly asked again.

"You said that the British princes were also in charge of the Beijing camp. Didn't their family occupy the empty space of the Beijing camp?"

When asked this question, Wei Zhongxian was speechless. Of course, the British government had occupied it, and the number was quite large, with a full two thousand vacancies.

But he thought that the emperor trusted the British prince very much, so he did not dare to tell Zhu Youxiaoming. He also wanted to find some way to let them pay less fines.

Now when Zhu Youxiao asked, he didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he told the whole story. However, after Zhu Youxiao found out, he was not angry and continued to play with the tea cup.

"Don't pay the space occupied by the British government. Spread the news."

Zhang Weixian is a very smart person and supports him in everything he does, but it is only what he says and what he agrees with, but he never takes any substantive action.

Even when there was turmoil in the Beijing camp, he supported Chen Liangbi and watched the fire from the other side. He made it clear that he wanted to be a peacemaker and act like a centrist, thinking that neither he nor the nobles would be offended.

Since you don't choose a side and want to be the peacemaker, it doesn't matter, then I will choose for you, Zhu Youxiao thought with bad taste in his heart.

"Also, the more than 60 noble children who were selected in the school examination that day, except for those who are clearly required to pay all the stolen money, if the families of these noble children are involved in this matter, the stolen money paid will be halved."

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but remonstrate after hearing this:
"Your Majesty, this basically involves more than 50 nobles, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to fulfill the 600 million quota."

Zhu Youxiao seemed indifferent. Making money was important, but winning people's hearts was also important.

Now he wants to establish a new interest group that is loyal to him, and these noble disciples who will train with him in the future are the natural candidates.When they knew that because they were chosen by the emperor, their family could be fined half of the stolen money.

This sense of forgiveness and honor brought to them by the emperor will make them more grateful to themselves, and the families behind them will see new hope and become more loyal to themselves.

As for the other nobles who were fined in full, there is nothing they can do, and they are out of luck.

"It's okay, then you don't blame me. You can only blame them for being unlucky. There are no outstanding children in the family."

Wei Zhongxian also understood what Zhu Youxiao meant, and went to do his errands without saying much.

After Wei Zhongxian left, Zhu Youxiao began to feel relaxed and relaxed again, feeling that he was more and more able to plan the way forward.

The incident in Beijing was a major event that he had been worried about since he succeeded to the throne. Although many people died in this farce and many people coughed up stolen money, at least it was done.

This also made the tense nerves that had been tense since taking over the throne slightly relaxed. I felt tired and relaxed, and I thought about taking a good rest for a while, or playing something to relax.

But at this moment, He Ning came in and reported that Ye Xianggao was waiting for an audience outside the palace gate.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao heard this, he knew that his relaxation plan had failed, so he let him in.

"The humble minister Ye Xianggao pays homage to Your Majesty. I am late. Please forgive me for my sins."

As soon as Ye Xianggao came in, he immediately started to blame himself.

"He Ning, please give me a seat."

"Haha. You are indeed guilty, but the fault is not that you came late. You came just when I had some free time and wanted to be lazy and relax, making me lose interest. You are guilty and guilty."

When Zhu Youxiao saw Ye Xianggao like this, he couldn't help but tease him.

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