After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 53 I came to the capital for only two things

"master!"

Jia Lian hurried over to report to Jia Zheng, "The relatives have all gone to the old lady's room. While they were chatting, she sent someone to ask me what to do with them."

After the Shi and Wang families were raided, Wang Ziteng, Shi Nai and Shi Ding were demoted to commoners and given a few hundred taels of silver for their families to live on, leaving them at their disposal.

There are hundreds of people in each family. Even if most of the maids and servants are removed, there are still dozens of people. It is difficult to buy a good house with a few hundred taels.

So, the female members of the family came to Rongguo Mansion without any prior arrangement, while Wang Ziteng and other male members found another place to live.

Although the Jia family was also surrounded, they were the only ones whose property had not yet been ransacked.

Jia Zheng sighed and said, "There are now seven or eight hundred people in the palace, and the East Palace is in trouble. There is no room for all the relatives in the house at the moment."

Jia Lian thought for a moment and said, "Master, even if there are many people in the palace, only the girls can live in the garden... Whether Prince Qian is willing to show mercy depends entirely on whether the girls can serve well when they enter the palace!"

"what do you mean……"

"Please ask all the servants who are staying in the garden to go outside the second gate. Only the girls live in the garden!"

Jia Zheng thought it made sense and quickly sent someone to report to the old lady.

Jia Lian continued, "Master, the fact that Prince Qian spared our family is a great act of grace. Even if we can't leave, shouldn't we thank Prince Qian for this?"

Jia Zheng had just thought of this and hurriedly stood up, ordering, "You are right! Quick, have the incense table set up and invite the old ladies and others to come and thank King Qian for his grace!"

Jia Lian hurried to convey the message.

For a moment, the Jia family became busy and chaotic again.

First, the servants who were staying in the garden were driven out of the second gate and made to sleep on the floor.

An incense table was set up again, facing south. Lady Jia, Jia Zheng, Jia She, Mrs. Wang and others, led a large group of people, including Wang Xifeng, Li Wan, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Baoqin and Xiuyan, to kowtow to thank King Qian for his grace.

Even Jia Baoyu was forced to kowtow three times towards the south.

The Shi, Wang, and Xue families also took turns to kowtow. After they finally finished, Jia Lian sent a letter to Dai Wei, the personal guard of Prince Qian, to deliver it to the palace.

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Just as the Jia family was kowtowing and expressing their gratitude, in the imperial palace, at the Linjing Hall.

"Your Highness, please take a look!"

The chief commander of this house-confiscation operation, Chu Ming, the deputy commander Xu Zhiyi, and the chief officer of the house-confiscation march, Li Changjin, together carried a thick stack of accounts to the Linjing Palace.

The three of them are the most trusted and powerful subordinates in Prince Qian's palace. Having them take charge of this task is basically equivalent to Chu Yan personally confiscating the property, which is equivalent to this Northern Expedition.

The reason why it is so important is that the house search involves two major issues.

"Oh? Let me take a look."

Chu Yan had been dealing with official business for a whole day and finally had time to rest.

He leaned back in his chair, took a sip of the teacup, and casually flipped through the account book. The account book was full of all kinds of rare antiques, farm deeds, etc.

He laughed and said, "Why are you so anxious to give it to me instead of checking and comparing it clearly?"

Chu Ming smiled and said, "Your Highness will ascend the throne in three days. If we want to reward the soldiers before the ascension, we have to speed up."

"When did I say I would reward you before I ascend the throne?"

"Your Highness!"

After Chu Ming saluted, he explained, "After ascending the throne, you will be the ruler of the world and the master of the nine states. Your every word and action will be filled with the might of heaven!"

Both Xu Zhiyi and Li Changjin agreed.

Chu Yan understood their thoughts.

Before attacking the city, he said that he would personally reward the three armies. Now that he is about to ascend the throne, if he does not go out of the city to reward and have fun with the soldiers, when he becomes emperor in the future and then goes out of the city to drink with the soldiers of the three armies, it will attract the attention of the world.

Not to mention the opposition of Chu Ming and the other two, even the civil and military officials of Prince Qian's Palace, as well as the officials of all ranks in Jinling, would submit memorials to the emperor about this matter and urge him to put state affairs first.

"Alright."

Chu Yan nodded and pointed to the account book and said, "You can keep it. I can't see so much. Just tell me, how much land and money were confiscated today?"

He saw through the intentions of Chu Ming and the other two at a glance.

The sooner the account books are brought over, the more it can prove that they and their subordinates have no possibility of falsifying the accounts.

First, seal up the gold, silver, and jewelry in the palaces of princes, dukes, and high-ranking officials, and then take out the account books and compare them one by one.

These account books were kept in the palace and would be brought back when needed for comparison. Xu Zhiyi reported, "There are approximately 23 million mu of farmland, and another 3 million mu of land in the capital region. The gold and silver seized directly are approximately 15 million taels. The remaining gems, jade, jade articles, calligraphy and paintings, silk, shops, houses, etc., are worth approximately 25 million taels."

Chu Yan frowned. "That's a little too little. I estimate that their family assets, not counting the land, are equivalent to three or four years of Shun Dynasty tax revenue. It's only been a little over a year now. Are all the officials in the capital honest officials?"

The confiscation of property was related to two major issues: one was to fill the national treasury, and the other was to reward the army.

Needless to say, the national treasury is in trouble. He is about to ascend the throne, and if the national treasury has no money, it means that he has no money, and nothing can be done.

Shun Dynasty had just finished a war with him, and the treasury was extremely poor. Fortunately, there was a lot of grain in stock, so when it could not pay the officials' salaries, it used the grain to make up for it.

Rewarding the three armies is also an important matter. From senior generals to ordinary soldiers, they are all waiting for rewards after breaking the city. Today's house search is the most exciting moment for them.

Chu Ming smiled and said, "Not counting the seventeen palaces, there are about ten million acres of farmland, nine million in gold and silver, and the rest of the things converted into about twenty million taels."

Chu Yan laughed, "So you guys left something for me!"

All three of them laughed.

Chu Yan knew that the emperor's private property had not been confiscated. He also did not ask the eunuchs how much money was in the inner treasury. Anyway, the imperial guards surrounded the palace, so nothing could be lost.

But it is estimated to be not less.

The wealth of the seventeen royal palaces is almost comparable to the combined wealth of princes, dukes, and officials above the third rank. It is true that the ancient times were a family-run empire.

"Your Highness, you should keep the palace!" Before Chu Yan could say anything, Xu Zhiyi took the initiative to persuade him: "Your Highness is about to ascend the throne. In addition to governing the country and pacifying the people, the most important thing is to have children to inherit the throne. These palaces will be left to your future sons."

Chu Yan is 25 years old this year. Because he has a system that allows him to regenerate even broken limbs, he is confident that he can survive on the battlefield.

In addition, he was full of energy and did not want to have children for the time being in order to avoid having hundreds of children. So he told his subordinates that he would have his first daughter after he ascended the throne.

The various supernatural powers he possessed overwhelmed the generals' doubts.

But they were all looking forward to this event, and the closer it got to the throne, the more they looked forward to it.

"Your Majesty!" Chu Ming changed his address and said with a smile, "Today, we searched the homes of the powerful and wealthy in Shun Dynasty and got to see what the daughters of dukes and marquises look like. There are many beauties among them. After they enter the Ye Ting Palace, I will have the maids in the palace select some to fill out the harem."

Xu Zhiyi and Li Changjin both agreed quickly, saying, "Your Highness looks down on the daughters of nobles, so why not pick some of the most beautiful daughters of Shun Dynasty officials and make them empresses!"

This shows that the problem of Prince Qian's offspring has forced them to take the initiative to propose sending the daughters of the old dynasty's ministers into the palace, just in the hope that the prince will be born as soon as possible.

Prince Qian will not let their families go just because he makes them his concubines.

"Let's talk again."

Chu Yan didn't say it clearly.

The people who fought with him to conquer the world all had poor backgrounds, and the appearance of their daughters was hard to describe. He decided not to make things difficult for his younger brother.

Anyway, the wealth and honor that the heroes deserve will not be reduced in any way.

After thinking for a moment, he said to the three people, "Take out the wealth from the seven palaces and include it in the loot from this raid. Once you've counted the remaining ten palaces, report back to me."

He needed the money to reward his guards once more, and keep the rest for future use.

As for the money in the palace treasury, it was used to maintain the daily operation of the palace and then be reformed later.

Seeing the three people agreed, Chu Yan said, "Go and draw up a list of rewards, and we will discuss it at the court tomorrow morning."

He had a premonition that there would be an open and secret struggle tomorrow morning.

Because this reward is related to the future title of nobility, a lower level of reward may result in a lower title in the future.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Chu Ming and the other two took their leave and signaled the eunuch to take the account books away and keep them in the palace.

Chu Yan trusted them because the system showed that the loyalty values ​​of the civil and military officials he trained were all 100.

Half of his subordinates were trained in this way, and their loyalty is guaranteed.

"Go and ask someone to bring food." Chu Yan instructed Xia Shouzhong, who hurried out to tell Prince Qian's personal guards.

The meals Chu Yan ate were still prepared by the chef he brought from Jinling, and he would not eat the dishes made in the palace for the time being.

After finishing his meal, Chu Yan was about to take a break when Xia Shouzhong came to report, "Your Majesty, General Dai Wei, who is guarding the Jia family, wants to see you!"

"Call him."

Chu Yan guessed something. Sure enough, after Dai Wei presented him the letter written by Jia Lian, he unfolded it and read it. On the list of girls who could enter the palace given by the Jia family, he found Lin Daiyu's name!

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