There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

"Master Marquis, won't we occupy Nanjing City this time?" Deng Hao asked curiously after hearing that Lin Feng had asked Zeng Jun to return to Jinyiwei to lurk.

"The time to capture Nanjing this time is not mature enough. Nanjing is the largest city in the Ming Dynasty. There are thirteen or four city gates alone, and not counting the imperial city, there are two gates. With our small number of people, we are not enough to guard the city gates alone. If you use the surrender rashly, you may not be able to sleep at night," Lin Feng explained simply.

"The Marquis's decision is very correct. The city of Nanjing is indeed too big. The forces inside are complicated, and we have no control over the surrounding areas. If the Ming army in Jiangnan is concentrated, there must be at least two to three hundred thousand. Although they have no combat effectiveness, they Relying on the crowd will kill us." Tan Ze also agreed with his understanding of the situation in Nanjing.

"I came to Nanjing this time for two main purposes. One is to kill the mastermind who dared to seize our Zhenming Group's properties and scare the rest of the world; the other is to plunder the money of Nanjing's noble families. These people are the worms of the country. , robbing their money is to do justice for heaven." Lin Feng made his purpose clear.

"Master Marquis, now that all the soldiers and horses of my personal guard division have arrived, it may be difficult to control the entire city of Nanjing. It is more than enough to attack the noble palaces. I suggest that we act quickly to avoid changes if it is too late." Huang Hongchang suggested.

"Okay, then take action immediately. Luo Kai, you are responsible for leading 2,000 troops to defend the two city gates. This is our retreat. We must ensure that everything is foolproof!" Lin Feng explained first.

"Understood, I am at the city gate, please rest assured, Lord Marquis!" Luo Kai replied firmly.

"Tan Ze, I will give you another 100 personal guards. You can take them to Yingtianfu Yamen Prison to rescue Shopkeeper Guo. There is also a prince named Gu Yanwu who will also be released." Lin Feng then ordered.

"Yes, the government prison is probably in chaos at this time. One hundred personal guards are enough." Tan Ze replied.

"Deng Hao, you take the remaining three thousand people with me to attack the areas where nobles are concentrated and seize their property." Lin Feng continued to order.

"You have the order!" Deng Hao responded and immediately went over to assemble his army and prepare to set off.

It was about ten miles from Qingliangmen to Dagongfang in the southwest of the imperial city where the nobles gathered. The personal guard division led by Lin Feng swept all the way and arrived at the place in about half an hour.

Entering from Dakongfang, you will see mansions of distinguished officials on both sides of the street. Every household has its courtyard walls set up to defend itself with servants, trying to resist the attack of the Zhenming Army.

However, these servants are usually good at scaring the common people, but they are completely useless in front of the Zhenming Army who are armed to the teeth.

The first target chosen by the Zhenming Army to attack was the residence of Zhu Guobi, Marquis of Baoguo. His house was the first one he entered in Dakongfang, so he was the one chosen in order.

Zhu Guobi was incompetent, greedy for life, afraid of death, and extremely greedy in history. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen's reign, the Ming Dynasty ordered him to supervise water transportation, guard Huai'an, and add Prince Shaobao to his post. When Beijing fell, he intercepted the two hundred thousand taels of silver escorted to the capital from Fujian without authorization.

After the establishment of the Hongguang regime in the Southern Ming Dynasty, due to his meritorious service, he was promoted to Duke Baoguo and ranked first among the ministers. The Qing army approached Nanjing and was pushed to stay behind. Finally, Zhao Zhilong and other officials led more than 200,000 horse and infantry troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty without any resistance.

For such goods, it would be a shame for Emperor Chongzhen not to raid his house.

"Stop the incoming troops. This is the residence of the Marquis Baoguo of the Ming Dynasty. Attacking here is tantamount to treason. Don't make the mistake of yourselves!" There was a burst of resistance from inside.

However, it was of no use. Lin Feng didn't even persuade them to surrender. The first family had to be captured with thunderous means in order to deter the other nobles.

He gave the order, and the five field steel cannons roared together, and a volley of fire blasted open the gate of Baoguo Hou Mansion. This door looks grand, but it was originally for decoration. Whenever it was bombarded by cannons, it immediately fell into pieces.

The city of Nanjing has been at peace for so many years, and the servants in the mansion have no experience in defending the city, and they don't even know how to block the most basic doors.

Deng Hao waved his hand, and a detachment of personal guards rushed in. They shot and stabbed in succession, killing all the servants in the house and fled in all directions, howling like ghosts.

In just a few minutes, Zhenming's personal guards killed all the servants who dared to resist, and the others lay on the ground.

After the personal guards took control of the entire Hou Mansion, Lin Feng walked in and ordered the personal guards to pay attention to military discipline and not insult the female family members. He went straight to the treasury.

The Ming Dynasty's nobles can be passed down to this time, and most of them have spent more than two hundred years, and the family's wealth is also extremely rich.

The Baoguo Hou Mansion alone has more than 1.3 million taels of silver, as well as countless properties, shops, and the like. Lin Feng unceremoniously loaded 500,000 taels into the space of the passenger plane, leaving 800,000 taels for the public.

The seizure of just one noble family made up for all the losses of the Zhenming Group in Nanjing.

Then the Zhenming Army divided its forces and turned to other noble houses. After seeing the miserable state of the Baoguo Hou Mansion, these nobles wisely chose to surrender.

Lin Feng ordered that only cash and valuables be searched, and no other items were required. The main reason was that they could not take them away. These nobles had too many items in their homes.

After a continuous search of more than a dozen distinguished families and senior officials in Nanjing near Dagongfang, Lin Feng collected more than two million taels of silver in the cabin space of the passenger plane. Fortunately, the ones he collected first were gold, otherwise he would not even have the upgraded cabin space. It's all a bit insufficient.

The Guards Division confiscated a total of more than 4 million taels of silver, weighing over 200 tons, and it took dozens of carriages and carts to carry it away.

Lin Feng couldn't help but smack his tongue when he saw so much money. It's not that Ming Dynasty didn't have money, but it was all in the homes of these moths.

After receiving the huge amount of money seized, the value of Nanjing City dropped significantly, and Lin Feng ordered that Qingliangmen be withdrawn immediately. As soon as the Guards Division was about to withdraw from the Dagongfang area, they encountered five thousand Ming troops.

At this time, the reinforcements sent from the imperial city were anxious when they heard that their hometown in the Dagongfang area had been raided, and forced Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong to immediately organize troops and horses to go to the rescue.

Zhao Zhilong's own property was all here, and he immediately didn't even want to take care of his only son. If his son was gone, he could still marry a concubine, but if the family property was gone, everything would be over.

So he immediately transferred 3,000 people from the 5,000 capital camps that had been withdrawn to the imperial city, gathered together some guardsmen, and personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses to Dagongfang.

By the time they arrived, the Zhenming Army had already completed the house search. Due to Lin Feng's order not to kill people or harass women's family members, most of them wisely chose to save their lives when it came to money and life, and the main loss this time was It's money and other floating wealth, but the real estate is still there, and there is still a chance to turn around.

Therefore, after attacking the Baoguo Hou Fuhou, the Guard Division encountered almost no decent resistance.

I originally wanted to take advantage of the Zhenming Army's attack on each house to attack from behind and defeat the Zhenming Army from both sides. Unexpectedly, it turned into a head-on collision.

Not surprisingly, the five thousand hastily gathered Ming army was quickly defeated, and even the commander Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong was captured.

At this time, except for the imperial city, all the main Ming army forces in the inner city of Nanjing were defeated.

Lin Feng was not in a hurry to return. He asked Deng Hao to take the money and return to the Zhenming Army's temporary camp between Qingliangmen and Jiangdongmen.

This is the camp that Lin Feng set up after Deng Hao arrived with the main force. It was stationed between the two city gates. The city gates were controlled by the personal guards. It was very safe and easy to evacuate at any time.

Lin Feng himself brought a battalion of Li Xiongxing's personal guards to Yingtian Mansion Office. All the officials in the government office had fled, leaving only an empty government office.

At this time, Tan Ze came over with Guo Tianyou and others who had been rescued. He greeted him from afar and said, "I have met Mr. Hou. Thank you Mr. Hou for your life-saving grace!"

Lin Feng helped him up and said: "Shopkeeper Guo, let alone an old man of our Zhenming Group, you are a new member. As long as you are arrested for the cause of the Zhenming Army, we will definitely find a way to rescue you. "

"I understand, so in prison, no matter how much they threatened and beat me, I never revealed any of the secrets of our Zhenming Army."

"Well done, you've suffered. Go down and rest first. I will avenge you early tomorrow morning." Lin Feng said.

"Yes, thank you Lord Marquis!"

Then Tan Ze led Gu Yanwu over and said, "Master Hou, this is Mr. Gu Yanwu who you specifically asked to rescue."

"Master Marquis?" Gu Yanwu was a little confused. He didn't know any Marquis in Nanjing.

"This is our Zhenming Marquis, Governor Lin of the Zhenming Army!" Tan Ze introduced.

"I've met Governor Lin!" Gu Yanwu was shocked. The commander of the Zhenming Army came to Nanjing in person.

"Mr. Gu, I have admired your name for a long time and admire your knowledge and integrity. Last night in Meixiang Tower, you were not afraid of power and rebuked Zhao Chengfu. It was admirable!" Lin Feng praised.

"Your Majesty the Governor, it's only after I was arrested last night that I realized that integrity without strength is the most incompetent." Gu Yanwu said with deep feeling.

"Then, sir, would you like to join our Zhenming Army? We will provide you with strong support, let you show what you have learned in your life, and jointly benefit the world's white surname." Lin Feng personally invited.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yanwu immediately held up his hands and said: "I have a thorough understanding of the Zhenming Army's governance strategy. It is true that they are dedicated to serving the people and have not taken too drastic measures to detain the wealthy gentry. As long as they operate in compliance with the law, they will be fine, so I agree with it very much.

In addition, my lord has been kind enough to rescue me this time. I am very willing to join the Zhenming Army and I beg Governor Lin to take him in! "

"Haha, with Mr. Gu joining us, our Zhenming Army has become even more powerful. I wonder if there are any available scholars in Nanjing and Jiangnan who advocate pragmatism?" Lin Feng then asked, preparing to recruit more talents.

"There are many outstanding people in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many famous scholars. Many scholars, especially Chen Zilong and Huang Zongxi, are all great talents."

"Then please ask Mr. Gu to contact us and invite them to join our Zhenming Army to drive away the Tartars and benefit the common people!"

"Young man must try your best!" Gu Yanwu replied.

(End of this chapter)