"Your Highness, this is the account obtained from the house raid. Please see what you need. This subordinate will take it out of it."

Shen Yi looked at Lu Wenzhao, not knowing what to say.

What do you like, row away, and how long you want to row, how can there be so much time delay.

"Don't look at it, take 100% from it and give it to the father, we will keep [-]% and half, and you will take another [-] million taels and distribute it to your brothers. Don't let the people under you feel cold, so that they can do things for you in the future."

Lu Wenzhao looked at Shen Yi incredulously, is he so cruel? He thought he just took some things away and handed over the rest to the treasury, but he didn't expect half of it to disappear before anything happened.

Shen Yi didn't care about Lu Wenzhao's thoughts, thought for a while and said, "By the way, don't hand it in directly, give the rest to Wei Zhongxian, he knows what to do."

Lu Wenzhao seems to understand, is this to let Wei Zhongxian also intercept a part?
Looking at Lu Wenzhao's eyes, Shen Yi was a little helpless. Lu Wenzhao was not bad in all aspects, but his political sensitivity was not enough.

"Wei Zhongxian also has people who don't like it in the court. At that time, Wei Zhongxian will not only not take these things, but also add some things to them. Do you understand?"

Lu Wenzhao could not have imagined that there are so many twists and turns, and said, "Your Highness, what good will this do for us?"

Shen Yi sighed, and said: "When Wei Zhongxian adds some people's information into it, it is estimated that you will be the one who ransacked the house, and you will understand when the time comes."

early morning.

Wanli slapped the memorial on the table fiercely, and roared at Manchao Wenwu, venting his dissatisfaction in his heart.

"Only these merchants ransacked their homes and confiscated tens of millions of taels of silver, as well as antique calligraphy and paintings, and countless agate jewelry. These are still existing, and there are some shops and the like. It's just Houjin's debts. , as high as tens of millions of taels, this is not what a national thief is."

"The ministers are convicted"

"You know what, Wei Zhongxian."

Wei Zhongxian stepped forward, prostrated himself on the ground, "The minister is here."

Wanli breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Send officials who are related to the court to prison, and ransack their homes."

After finishing speaking, Wanli got up directly and walked towards the palace.

Wei Zhongxian faced the ministers and said with a sneer: "Master Qi, Lord Liu, and Lord Wang, what are you waiting for? Follow me to the prison."

"Wei Zhongxian, you bastard, framed Zhongliang, you will die badly."

"Wei Zhongxian, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go."

"Master Wei, Lord Wei, I was confused for a while, please forgive me, Lord Wei."

Sure enough, as Shen Yi expected, the heavy responsibility of confiscating the house fell on Lu Wenzhao again.

This time, Shen Yi didn't intend to just stay like this. Instead, he talked to Lu Wenzhao, changed into Jinyiwei's clothes, and followed Lu Wenzhao, intending to see if Daming still had honest officials.

However, Shen Yi has no hope for this, because the officials of the Ming Dynasty also have unspoken rules. They must pay enough silver taels to their superiors every quarter. The amount of payment varies according to the official position.

In addition to the quarterly fee, there are three festivals and two lives.

What are three festivals and two longevity? They are the three major festivals of Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival.

The two birthdays are the two birthdays of Shangguan and his wife, both of which require gifts. If you don't give gifts, you will be dismissed tomorrow.

Because the gift you send to the boss, the boss has to send it to the higher level, and send it up layer by layer. If the gift is cut off on your side, it is equivalent to the entire supply chain being cut off. How can there be no problems.

Can these be changed?

In Shen Yi's view, it was a bit unrealistic.

You must know that in the Qing Dynasty, this kind of rule still existed. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a severe drought in Shaanxi one year. The court exempted Shaanxi from the military ration collection in order to show compassion for the people, but no one exempted Zhang Jixin, the grain governor of Shaanxi. , the one he respected was the well-known organizer of the cigarette sales in Humen, whose name will not be mentioned here.

This is the unspoken rule of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, a rule that no one can escape.

So Shen Yi knew that the root of the Ming Dynasty was rotten, and it was impossible to save it. Since it couldn't be saved, let's establish another one.

Following Lu Wenzhao, they came to the first house.

The gate was locked from the inside, and there were more than a dozen Jinyi guards guarding the gate.

As soon as Lu Wenzhao glanced at it, Jin Yiwei brought up the siege equipment and smashed open the gate.

Afterwards, there was a sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping. Lu Wenzhao finally entered, looked at the family members of the officials kneeling in the courtyard, and said, "Register the register, and then put you in prison."

Shen Yi turned a deaf ear to the cries coming from his ears. Now it is the family members of these officials who are crying. You must know that after Hou Jin entered the customs, Yangzhou ten days, Jiading three massacres, basically all the men in the city who were taller than the table were killed. This is the real purgatory on earth.

Walking leisurely through the entire building, it took a quarter of an hour to complete the walk, Shen Yi couldn't help being a little speechless, you know, this is the smallest official among this group of officials, what about the others?
Others saw that Shen Yi was following Lu Wenzhao, and they didn't know its origin, but it was obviously not simple. They had never seen Lu Wenzhao give Shen Yi an order, so who would dare to offend him.

After going around in a circle, I finally counted the belongings and converted it to about 500 million taels.

A Beijing official is worthy of being a Beijing official.

"Let's go, the next one."

After three in a row, there are more than one family.

Then came to the next house. This house looked like a dilapidated house, and it couldn't be said to be dilapidated. It was obviously a few years old, giving people a feeling of disrepair.

Lu Wenzhao said in a low voice: "Your Highness, this must not be an upright official."

Shen Yi looked at the building without saying much, and said, "Go in and take a look."

After entering, the courtyard will be much smaller than the previous ones, but there are also many maids and servants in the mansion, Shen Yi understands a little bit, this is obviously not a clean official.

The hundreds of maids and servants I raised cost tens of thousands of taels a month. This person is no less than myself, so how could he not be a corrupt official.

Lu Wenzhao ordered: "This house, give me a serious search. It has so many people and lives in such a dilapidated place. There is obviously a problem."

All Jin Yiwei made a promise and scattered away.

It wasn't until after half the payment that someone came to report: "My lord, I found the basement."

"Okay, take me there."

Shen Yi is also interested, this person can actually repair the basement, how much money does this have, can it not fit in the house?

In this person's study room, behind the bookshelf, there is a secret door. At this time, there are many Jinyi guards coming in and out, carrying big boxes.

After Shen Yi went down inside, he was also taken aback. There were hundreds of large boxes like this in the basement. When he opened a box close to him, all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry inside made Shen Yi dizzy.

In the end, it was found that this person's wealth was quite rich, with a huge amount of 2000 million taels.

Shen Yi no longer had any hope at this time. After this trip, it is estimated that these officials can copy hundreds of millions of taels.

When the time comes, how much should I retain?

Don't get me wrong, Shen Yi is not greedy for money, but he is afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will know that these officials are so greedy, and he will get angry, it is completely filial piety.

In a blink of an eye, it was the last one, and this one was even more dilapidated, with creaking noises when the door was opened.

There were only 4,5 or [-] people in the courtyard. When they saw Jin Yiwei coming in, they didn't panic at all. The leading man said, "Jin Yiwei, bah, a bunch of lackeys."

Ding Xian was about to step forward when he was stopped by Shen Yi.

When Shen Yi came in, he noticed that the clothes on the man's body didn't look like those of a wealthy family.

There are also calluses on the hands, which obviously have suffered.

Shen Yi gave Lu Wenzhao a look, and Lu Wenzhao understood instantly, turned around and said, "I'll search this house myself, you guys should press the things back first."

After everyone left, only Shen Yi, Lu Wenzhao, Ding Xian, Ding Xiu, and Shen Lian were left in the courtyard.

At this time, Lu Wenzhao said: "Your Highness, this is Shen Lian, who saved my life on the battlefield back then."

Turning around to Shen Lian, he said, "This is the eldest son of His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, please come and see him."

Shen Lian looked at Shen Yi in surprise. He just thought that Shen Yi was related to someone, but he didn't expect that he was the descendant of a dragon.

"Meet Your Highness."

"Get up, don't be too polite, you saved Wen Zhao's life, we are also our own family, so there is no need to be polite."

A few people didn't rush to ask about the situation of the few people in the courtyard, and they couldn't escape even if they were here.

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