nanming man

Chapter 358 Grandson is Rich
Before noon, the battle in Jingzhou City came to an end. A large number of soldiers from the Wei army rushed into the city, and groups of prisoners from the Western Army were released from the city. The refugees who rushed into the city to burn, kill and loot were also driven out. .

Teams of Wei soldiers in the city patrolled the streets, searched house to house, and wiped out the remaining enemies in the city.

Jingzhou will become an important stronghold of the Wei Wu army in the future. Gao Yihuan hopes to accept a relatively intact Jingzhou city, so he issued a stricter military order, but all defeated troops who commit crimes such as robbery, arson, and rape in the city will be executed on the spot. Wei Jun and Yun The people of Yang committed the same crime, and they will show no mercy.

Surrounded by hundreds of cavalry, Gao Yihuan entered Jingzhou City, and the soldiers were cleaning up the corpses in the city.

At this time, Zhao Zhuzi led a group of soldiers and escorted several Daxi officials, came over to salute Gao Yihuan and said, "Marshal, let Ma Weixin run away, but the Jingzhou officials of the Western Thieves were taken over by the lowly position."

Li Zicheng's Dashun, Gao Yihuan can still understand, the Eight Great Kingdoms are called "Daxi" and they are not level.

Gao Yihuan looked at the officials of the Western Army, who were bound behind the back by Wei Jun and were about to be escorted out of the city, with a straight face, "Be polite to the gentlemen, don't be so rude, untie them quickly and find a house to settle down."

"The humble official was negligent for a while!" Zhao Zhuzi hurriedly saluted, then turned his head and said fiercely: "Didn't you hear the commander's order? Don't untie the gentlemen yet."

Gao Yihuan looked at a few panicked officials of Daxi Kingdom, and smiled kindly, "Mr. Ji, please stay at ease. I am very concerned about the situation in Jingzhou. The situation, and the policies that Sun Kewang will implement in Jingzhou. If anyone writes it first, I will give you a big reward."

Before trying to seize Jingzhou, Gao Yihuan had learned about the situation in Jingzhou, and found that the policies Sun Kewang implemented in Jingzhou were very similar to those he implemented in southern Henan. pressure from the people.

Gao Yihuan ran manors and forts, and Sun Kewang ran camps. Guisun collected higher taxes than him, but the people did not resist.

Therefore, Gao Yihuan was more interested in Sun Kewang's work and wanted to know more about it.

After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, he rode his horse and continued to move forward without waiting for a few people to reply. Zhao Zhuzi ordered his subordinates to go down and settle down, and he himself followed closely.

At this time Gao Yihuan was walking, and he said to Chen Mingxia who was on the side: "Sir, please draft a notice to calm the people and inform the people of Jingzhou that after Wei Wujun became the lord of Jingzhou, I will not plunder, increase taxes, and invade the people." Land property, the policy of maintaining Jingzhou as one place within this year will not change, so that the common people can settle down to their duties and pay grain as usual."

Chen Mingxia frowned slightly, and followed Gao Yihuan on his horse, "Commander, Jingzhou's land tax is official four, gentry one, and civilian five, which are far higher than our official two, gentry one, and civilian seven. Since the commander is the lord of Jingzhou, is it lower? Some taxes, to win the hearts of the people?"

Gao Yihuan shook his head, "It's almost June now, and the summer grain is about to mature. Let me first collect this season's grain to relieve the urgent need. As for the tax reduction, we can let the wind go, but there is no rush right now. I’ll talk about it later. The land in Huguang is different from that in southern Henan, with the same acre of land, the grain output here is much higher than that in the north, and the tax can be relatively heavier.”

Gao Yihuan had already promised the refugees in Yunyang that he wanted to resettle them, and he also needed to organize and train troops. When he needed money and food, if Gao Yihuan hadn't been afraid of losing his reputation, he would have wanted to extort money and collect "training salaries" and "Liao salaries." "Are.

This is also his own fault. At the beginning, he had no experience, bragging, talking about abolishing the three salaries, and never increasing the tax. He didn't expect that his own territory and taxes would not be able to support him to fight against the Qing Dynasty, which made him very struggling now. .

Hearing what he said, Chen Mingxia pondered for a while before nodding, "I will write the notice later."

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly, and the group had already reached the Yamen of Jingzhou Mansion. Gao Yihuan suddenly reined in his horse, turned his head and asked, "Zhuzi, where are the silver depots and grain depots in Jingzhou City?"

Jingzhou City is the most important stronghold of the Western Army in Huguang, so there must be a lot of money and food.

"Marshal, the grain depot is in the north of the city, and there is a lot of grain. Wang Guangtai has been guarded and is waiting to be counted, but the silver is not in the treasury. There are only a few thousand copper coins in it." Zhao Zhuzi replied depressedly.

Gao Yihuan couldn't help frowning slightly, "It shouldn't be! The Western Army has robbed many vassal kings in Huguang, like the Chu Fan in Wuchang, and the Jing Fan in Qizhou have been passed down for many years, so there must be some left. How can there be no money for the policy of payment?"

"Could it be Zhang Xianzhong who took him away when he entered Sichuan?" Zhao Zhuzi guessed.

Gao Yihuan thought it was impossible, Zhang Xianzhong went to Yiling to enter Sichuan, the road was rough, and the Western Army didn't pay them, so Zhang Xianzhong didn't need to bring so much money, he should bring more food.

Chen Mingxia listened for a while, and couldn't help reminding: "Have you checked Sun Kewang's mansion?"

At this time Li Hu happened to send someone to report to the yamen. Seeing Gao Yihuan stationed in front of the yamen, the visitor hurried over to report, "Commander, Li Duwei found a large amount of money in Sun Kewang's mansion, so the humble officer came here to report!"

Gao Yihuan's face was filled with joy, and he refused to enter the Yamen. As soon as he pulled out the rein, he ordered: "Go, take me to have a look."

Not long after, Gao Yihuan came to a big house covering an area of ​​several hundred acres, but it was a palace of the Liao Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, which was taken by Sun Kewang for himself.

Gao Yihuan got off his horse in front of the gate of the mansion, and saw a gold-plated plaque falling on the steps, with the four characters "Pingdong Wangfu" written on it, he couldn't help snorting coldly, feeling a little upset, and deliberately stepped on the plaque.

Entering Sun Kewang's mansion, Gao Yihuan and his party went through the hall and entered the courtyard. After walking for a quarter of an hour, they entered the backyard.

As soon as everyone entered the yard, they couldn't help seeing the silver, piles of jewelry and silk satin scattered all over the ground. Gao Yihuan and others' eyes lit up immediately, and the corners of their mouths cracked to the back of their heads.

At this time, Li Hu led the soldiers and carried several boxes of silver and piled them in the yard.

Seeing Gao Yihuan's arrival, he quickly greeted him, and excitedly clasped his fists, "Commander, let's send it out this time. There are several cellars full of silver, probably at least nearly a million taels."

When Gao Yihuan heard this, he immediately frowned, and couldn't help admiring in his heart, "Old Sun, a rich man, a good man!"

This can't help but remind Gao Yihuan of Shen Jiang's treasure when Zhang Xianzhong failed, and Li Zicheng, as the leader of the bandits who is more powerful than Zhang Xianzhong, must have a lot of money, and should be richer than the Western Army.

It is said that Li Zicheng got 7000 million taels in Beijing, plus the income from copying Shanxi merchants, it is estimated to be more than Zhang Xianzhong's silver, but when he lost from Beijing, he probably lost more than half of it, but there should be some, but these Gao Yihuan But I can't get it, I can only think about it~
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