The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 141: Confiscation of property is unfavorable
As autumn gets colder, the capital is already filled with cold winds and snowflakes are already falling outside the Great Wall.

At this time of year every year, the Northern Tartars can hardly move.

This is mainly because the weather is too cold, and it is a bit unbearable for both people and horses to gallop in the wind and snow.

Therefore, unless there are special circumstances, the Northern Tartars will basically not attack when it is snowy and icy outside the Great Wall.

This year it is even less likely. The three Doyan guards and the Kharchin tribe to the north of Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town and Datong Town suffered heavy losses and moved more than 500 miles to the north. The Bayuete tribe and the Balin tribe were even forced to flee to the northwest.

More importantly, all the tribes of Ordos in the inner region were destroyed, and the Tumed and Dalat tribes in the outer region were driven out of the plains of the front region. The Northern Tartars no longer had the Hetao area to shelter from the severe cold, and if they attacked rashly in winter, they might freeze to death outside.

In other words, it is very unlikely that the Northern Tartars will invade this year.

Wanli also took this opportunity to make adjustments to border defenses.

It is impossible for him to grant fiefs to meritorious soldiers on a large scale this year, because after the fiefdoms, the meritorious soldiers will have to take the border troops to garrison in the fiefdom, and at the same time take care of the captives and raise cattle, sheep and horses.

At this moment, the number of border garrisons is not enough to fill the three major plains of the inner and outer plains. He has to recruit a large number of inland garrisons to fill the border garrisons, which requires a lot of money. He has not yet completed this year's house-confiscation task, and the money he confiscated last year was almost used as a military reward.

He has no money, so he cannot recruit a large number of inland garrisons to fill the border garrisons. Otherwise, there will be no food and wages, and not enough farmland for the garrisons, and the garrisons will be left with nothing.

More importantly, he was about to go on a killing spree, and it would be impossible without enough troops in the capital to control him.

The tens of thousands of Jinyiwei led by Duke Chengguo Zhu Yingzhen must be recalled, and some troops from the Beijing camp must also be recalled.

As for the hundreds of thousands of prisoners in the inner and outer layers, it is actually very easy to deal with.

At this time of year every year, the inner Ordos tribes and the outer Tumed tribe would actually migrate south in large numbers, because it was warmer in the south, and the cattle, sheep, and horses could survive the winter without building greenhouses.

He directly ordered the 20,000 troops of the Shenji Camp stationed in the river valley between the Qiantao Plain and the Houtao Plain to escort all the captives of the Ordos tribes in the Neitao, the Tumed tribe and the Dalat tribe to the Xitao Plain.

Wang Rulong led the Shenji Front Battalion to garrison Ningxia Town south of the Xitao Plain, Chen Dashou led the Shenji Left Battalion to garrison the southern exit of the Helan Mountains, Lou Nan led the Shenji Right Battalion to garrison the northern exit of the Helan Mountains, and Hu Shouren led the Shenji Rear Battalion to garrison the river valley north of the Xitao Plain.

In this way, all the captives from the Inner and Outer Zones, including the elderly, children, women, cattle, sheep, and horses, were surrounded in the West Zone Plain.

Then, he issued another order, ordering Qi Jiguang to send 20,000 troops from the Shenshu Camp to garrison the Houtao Plain, ordering Ma Gui to lead 10,000 cavalrymen from Datong Town to assist in defending the Qiantao Plain on the north bank of the Qingshui River, and ordering Xiao Ruxun to send 5,000 troops to Pianguan Town to assist in the defense.

In this way, he could recall the tens of thousands of Jinyiwei light cavalry under Chengguo Duke Zhu Yingzhen, the Shenwu Left Camp under Liu Jing, and the Shenwu Rear Camp under Du Song.

Du Song had already been promoted to the general of Pianguan Town, and he directly promoted You Shigong to the deputy general of the Shenwu Rear Camp.

After this adjustment, there were 30,000 more cavalrymen in the capital, which was enough to intimidate civil officials or support Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town and Datong Town.

Following the imperial edict, the Jinyiwei and Shenwuying soldiers rushed towards the capital like three long dragons. The prison cars carrying the three major wealthy families of Puzhou and several relatives of the governor were also loaded onto the navy's speedboats and rowed quickly towards the capital.

When both sides gather in the capital, they can start a massacre.

However, before starting the killing spree, the old rule is to search the house first.

Early in the morning at about 1 a.m. that day, the capital was covered with dark clouds. The dawn had not yet appeared in the sky and the Forbidden City was still hazy. Wanli summoned Duke Chengguo Zhu Yingzhen, Duke Yingguo Zhang Yuangong, Left Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate Gao Maocai, Deputy General of the Beijing Camp Liu Jing and You Shigong to the imperial study.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli solemnly announced, "From today on, we will begin the search and seizure of all the residences and shops of the three great families of Puzhou and their relatives in the capital.

The Imperial Guard sent 20,000 men to surround their mansions. The Imperial Guards went in to search, and the Supervisory Office sent censors to supervise the records. As usual, the gold and silver seized were sent directly to the palace, and the goods were given to the shops of the Duke of Ying to sell, and those shops were also given to the Duke of Ying.

Upon hearing this, Duke Yingguo Zhang Yuangong was overjoyed.

Your Majesty is essentially giving him money and shops for free.

Upon hearing this, Gao Maocai, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate, couldn't help but frown slightly.

He hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I dare to say that Yang Bo, Wang Chonggu, and Zhang Siwei were all important officials in the court. They have no crime at all, but you raided their homes, and raided all their relatives at once. Isn't that a good idea?"

You civil servants are starting to work together to fight against me, right?

No wonder Zhang Juzheng's old party was vulnerable in history. You guys also have problems.

You have been the governor of the three border areas of Shaanxi and Gansu Town. Don’t you know the situation in the Northwest?
Don’t you know what kind of people the three great families of Puzhou are?
If I hadn't saved you, you would have been dismissed and investigated long ago!
Humph, you want to go against me, right? Fine, just wait.

You are far worse than those treacherous ministers. If I don't help you, you will be nothing but a pile of mud that can't be supported!

Now you are helping the villain to fight against me. When you are framed by the villain, don’t blame me for not saving you.

These guys are just like the Donglin Party in history, a hopeless case of being unable to support oneself.

During the Tianqi reign, the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang factions used Wei Zhongxian to kill all the Donglin Party members. The Donglin Party members were forced to withdraw from the court and hide.

Later, Chongzhen wanted to use the eunuch party's case of treason to implicate the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties. The Donglin Party was just like Zhang Juzheng's old party today. When they saw that Chongzhen wanted to use them to regain imperial power, they refused to implicate the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties.

Chongzhen sent back the list of eunuchs' treason cases three times, intending to implicate the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang factions. They then added a few insignificant people to the list to appease the situation. As a result, the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang factions escaped the disaster, but they were unable to defeat them later.

Chongzhen hated forming factions for personal gain, so they could only stay behind the scenes and push their own agents to power.

Wen Tihen, a member of the Zhejiang Party, served as prime minister for nearly nine years, while Zhou Yanru, who was in control of the Fushe Society, the successor of Donglin, only served as prime minister for three years and was even executed by Chongzhen.

This is what will happen to you in the future.

Humph, how dare you go against me!
Wanli snorted inwardly and asked instead, "Don't you know that the three great families of Puzhou are collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?"

This one.

Gao Maocai was stunned for a moment, but still said with a hint of partiality, "Your Majesty, it's okay for others, but Han Ji has been serving in the capital and has no significant connection with the three great families of Puzhou. It's unlikely that he would be collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, right?"

Korean album?

This guy really has nothing to do with treason.

The three great families in Puzhou had their eyes on his son Han Yu.

Han Yu ranked first in the local examination and had a bright future. He was also from Puzhou, so the three major wealthy families in Puzhou married Zhang Siwei's daughter and Yang Bo's granddaughter to Han Yu.

This guy was trained by the three major families in Puzhou to take over.

Wanli thought about it carefully after hearing this, and then said decisively: "Ying Jian, let Lu Yi release Han Ji and his family, and don't raid Han Ji's house this time."

Can this person who was arrested and imprisoned be released?
Upon hearing this, Duke Chengguo Zhu Yingzhen was stunned for a moment before he bowed and said, "I obey your command."

Wanli then said to Gao Maocai, "I will reinstate Han Ji to his original post. Is that all right?"

Gao Maocai was stunned when he heard this.

He really didn't expect that Wanli would shut him up like this.

Han Ji has been reinstated, what else can he say?
Wanli actually didn't want to use Han Ji to shut Gao Maocai up, he wanted to keep Han Yu to take over the three major families in Puzhou!

Now, except for those in official circles, all other relatives of the three major families in Puzhou have gone into hiding.

These guys probably even changed their place of origin and names. Moreover, after he killed so many people, they would definitely be extra careful, so it would be difficult for him to track them down.

However, he had to kill all these guys because they were the eight imperial merchants in history!

He killed the sons and relatives of the three major wealthy families in Puzhou. These guys would probably be crazier than the eight imperial merchants in history.

If he doesn't kill all these guys, there will definitely be endless troubles.

Regarding the issue, Wang Chonggu again acted as if he would never tell anyone.

Since this key figure didn't speak, he had no choice but to leave Han Yu to take over the three major families in Puzhou in order to lure out the relatives of the three major families in Puzhou who were hiding.

After everyone ran to search the house, he ordered his men to call Luo Sigong over and gave him detailed instructions, "Sigong, send your capable men to keep an eye on Han Ji and Han Yu, father and son.

This time, you have to let your subordinates find a way to gain their trust, sneak into their homes, and become their confidants.

However, there is no need to rush this matter. You can order someone to keep an eye on them first, observe carefully, and then sneak in when you get the chance.

It is very likely that this father and son will not be watching for one or two years, but ten or twenty years, or even longer.

We must keep an eye on Han Yu until his name is on the imperial examination list and he is gradually promoted to the position of minister of six ministries or even cabinet minister.

This way, the relatives of the three great families in Puzhou who have been hiding will relax their vigilance and secretly contact Han Yu. That will be the time for us to take action."

Uh, staring for so long?

Luo Sigong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then he bowed and said, "Your humble servant understands."

If Han Yu stayed, the relatives of the three major families in Puzhou who were hiding should be able to be lured out.

Wanli also felt relieved.

However, the result of this house search was somewhat unexpected.

The children and in-laws of the three great families in Puzhou didn't have much money. On the first day, several of their houses were raided, and the one with the most money only had a few hundred thousand taels, and the one with the least money only had a few tens of thousands taels!
Originally, he thought he could make a fortune by raiding these three wealthy families that were as wealthy as a country. Who knew that after raiding several families in one day, he could only seize a few hundred thousand taels of gold and silver!
It was obvious that Wang Chonggu had been on guard against this move of his.

This old bitch!
(End of this chapter)