Chongzhen Undergraduates

Of course, the entire city of Nanjing now knows this word, and all the people present today will promote this word.

Zhao Zhilong and Chen Hongfan were already so frightened that they lost control of their feces and urine. If the cage hadn't trapped the hands and heads of the two thieves, they would have been paralyzed in the prison car.

The bullock cart is very slow, walking slowly towards the execution ground, which is a kind of mental torture for the prisoner, step by step, and very slowly towards the final end.

Sanshan Street was already crowded with people. On the high platform built for the execution of the execution, several models shouted and stood around holding ghost knives. Two thin executioners were finely grinding various shiny props.

There was already a long table filled with these pocket knives, and the variety was astounding.Except for a small and exquisite axe, there was no larger knife to be found.Rather than saying that these are killing tools, they are more like carving knives used by carpenters to carve patterns.

When the prison van arrived at the stage, two big men opened the chains and dragged the fainted Zhao Zhilong and Chen Hongfan to the two large chopping boards above the stage like dead dogs.

"Wash away the sundries!" The executioner shouted, and a man stepped forward and took off the upper body of the second thief in two or three strokes.

"Crack!" A large bucket of cold well water was poured on the two of them, and the fainted people were immediately awakened by the cold water.

"Pour soup and medicine!" The executioner sang loudly again, and two large bowls of water of unknown medicine were forcibly poured down.

"Knife..."

Li Xiangjun, who was hiding in the crowd, couldn't stand it any longer. She ran out of the crowd and vomited into the Qinhuai River on the spot.

Although there was no definite news that Hou Fangyu had invested in the later gold, she knew that her man had nowhere to go, and the fact that she helped Zuo Menggeng rebel against the court was conclusive evidence.

However, the emperor didn't seem to have checked the affairs of Zuo Liangyu's department. Although she received a cold reception in front of Li Xiangjun's door, she was still quiet and there was no official search and arrest.

On the contrary, the nobles in Nanjing city had their homes checked and ransacked every household.Even Duke Wei and Duke Ding, who have flourished for hundreds of years, have been imprisoned by the nine clans.

This incident of surrendering troops in Bozhou caused almost half of the Xungui Group in Jiangnan to fall.There are only a dozen or so households left among the nobles in Nanjing.

Moreover, it was not the Ministry of Punishment or the clan that dared to raid the house directly, but the team of officials led by the emperor himself. The leader of the group of officials who were specially recruited in Jiangbei to rectify military affairs was Chen Zilong.

Why did Zhu Youjian dare to take action against these nobles?

It's very simple, because these people have already lost their military power, and the entire Ming army has already been defeated. The army currently in Zhu Youjian's hands basically has nothing to do with these people.

Except for a few areas in the south and some local troops involved, these people have already become lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

"Everyone who loves you, take a look. These are the people's fat and people's anointing that the traitors have absorbed for many years."

In the court hall, there are more than a dozen large boxes of various land title deeds, real estate and various property rights documents.Zhu Youjian picked up a copy casually, flipped through it, and threw it into the box again.

"When I made an order to donate the military salary, I only donated a total of 20 taels of silver. Do you know how much wealth they have accumulated? Chen Zilong, please report the number."

"Report to Your Majesty, this time the minister seized a total of 700 million taels of dirty money, equivalent to [-] million taels of silver. There are also various calligraphy, painting and jewelry." Chen Zilong has no worries about doing this. He has always disliked these people. , the entire gentry class, and He Xungui are not to be seen.The gentry feel that Xungui's ability to take advantage is too straightforward, almost effortless, and the gentry thinks that they get it more or less by their own ability.

"Listen, it's more than 2000 million. How many more soldiers can I raise with this money? If I had such a large amount of money before, let alone Li Zicheng, I'm afraid I can regain Shenyang."

All the ministers lowered their heads. No one knew what was going on here, but no one thought that things in Haozhou would turn out like this.

"Shi Aiqing, the dirty silver will be handed over to the Ministry of War first. This time, I will not reward those who have made meritorious deeds. I will find all the silver. After all the real estate title deeds are sold, they will be distributed to the refugees from the north and the south along with the acres of land. Bar."

The land in hand, expect Zhu Youjian to hand it over?Then there is a ghost.Zhu Youjian had already planned in his heart that in the future, military merits would not be distributed in the field, but would be distributed directly in silver, so as not to form a big honor.

"Your Majesty, how should the land deeds be calculated for the acres of land given to the refugees?" Lu Daqi came out, representing the gentry, and of course the gentry was most concerned about the ownership of the land deeds.

Confucianism has always advocated farming and reading heirlooms!

"Of course the land deeds are owned by the household department. Refugees can rent directly from the household department. The annual rent is calculated according to half of the previous lease of these acres."

"Coax!" There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and some people immediately started to make crooked ideas. If I rent it from the Ministry of Households first, and then rent it to refugees at a high price, I will just lie down and make money.

"I know what some people think. The household department must rent according to the number of refugee households, and each household has a maximum of [-] mu. If you find someone renting more, or a household renting more, investigate and deal with it immediately."

Calculated by the head, that's nonsense. Daming's household registration, many families are composed of large households living together. It is normal for a large family to have hundreds of members in this era.

It can only be calculated by household. Only the refugees who go south, most of them are from small families.

"Qi Zou the emperor, my servant, what should I do with those prisoners who are sitting together?"

"I believe that traitors should be killed, and those who deliberately collaborate with the enemy are traitors. The rest of the felons, according to the crimes committed, should be punished with hard labor and handed over to mines. Disburse severance money on a per-account basis."

"My merciful majesty!" Several old ministers immediately stood up and knelt in the hall and kowtowed.The nobles have involved too much, and it would be a lie to say that someone's family didn't bring out one or two relatives.

Zhu Youjian did this too hard, many people are actually very worried, and may not show it when he is in the limelight.Once the gust of wind passed, many people secretly resisted Baobuqi.

In fact, speaking from the real situation, among the nobles, the ones who benefit the most will always be the so-called main houses.

Over the past 300 years, each family has produced an unknown number of offspring.How many people actually live unsatisfactorily.If Zhu Youjian beat everyone to death with this gang, it would be a sea of ​​resentment.

Relegation to common people is to allow these people to break away from their original families. For one thing, many people bear the name of honorable family background, but they don't actually reap much benefit.Secondly, it also gave capable people a new way out.

The imperial court finally settled down, and all the ministries had their work to do. The Ministry of Households was busy dealing with the fields, the Ministry of Punishment was dealing with cases, the Ministry of War got a lot of money and became the God of Wealth. Even Qian Qianyi, the Ministry of Rites, was busy starting to work immediately The official examination is about to begin.The city of Nanjing is full of work of dividing families and setting up households. All kinds of large courtyards have been turned into small houses, and the number of household registrations in Nanjing has tripled at once.Not only the dismantled nobles, but also many refugees who went south.

After Zhu Youjian finished his work, he came to the Ministry of War. The directors of the Weapons Bureau here are all ready to get the reward.I heard that there will be rewards for meritorious deeds, and these people feel that they can deduct hundreds of taels of silver no matter what.

Chapter 1 Ninety: One small step towards enterprise

A small unit of the Ministry of War - the Weapons Bureau.

Several officials are sitting in a pile discussing how many rewards will be given out this time.

"My lords, when it comes to the biggest hero in this battle, even the emperor appointed Mrs. Xing. This shows the importance of our logistics work. If we hadn't sent so many firearms and luggage, how could there be such a big one?" Results."

"My lord Wang is so right. I think that even if the emperor doesn't give you and me a title, he should at least send tens of thousands of taels of silver to our weapons department."

"Master Li, the construction of the firecrackers that you are in charge of is something that the emperor values. I don't know if the rewards will be distributed, but how much do you plan to give to the best craftsmen?"

"For the sake of their hard work, I think it's appropriate to give them a tael of silver anyway!"

"Master Li, how can we survive if you give us one or two eight dollars? We have a lot of gunpowder staff, but we can't give that much."

"The emperor is here!" Several people were chatting excitedly, when they heard loud singing outside the door.

In a panic, several people hurriedly knelt down, and even those who were working in the yard knelt down in unison, because everyone basically knew the inside information, saying that the emperor wanted to reward meritorious deeds, and this time it was discovered silver.

"Are you all there? Just in time, let me introduce to you: this is Mrs. Gao Xing, the new supervisor of the Weapons Bureau. What are the lovers talking about? I listened to the excitement in the room outside the door, come Let's talk together."

Zhu Youjian sat down with a smile, flipped the lid of the tea bowl casually, and found that it was actually this year's new tea inside, and it still smelled like "tea before the rain".Everyone drinks Yuqian Longjing here, but if they go home, why not drink Mingqian Longjing?

This Longjing began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty.The tea picked before the Qingming Festival is called "Mingqian tea", and the tea picked before the Grain Rain is called "Yuqian tea".There has always been a saying that "before the rain is a top grade, and before tomorrow is a treasure", and there is also a saying that "a day picked early is a treasure, and a day picked late is a grass".When brewing Longjing tea, you can see the buds standing upright, the soup color is clear, and the fragrance is overflowing, especially the one with one bud and one leaf, commonly known as "one flag, one gun" is the best.

It's only the beginning of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, and this group of people is already drinking before the rain. They are very rich!

"Your Majesty, the ministers are preparing a booklet, and please report for meritorious service. My weapon bureau has been working day and night to build it. Some people should be rewarded so that the ministers can have a chance to experience the mighty grace of the emperor."

"That's a good point, Mr. Li. I also think that rewards should be based on merit. Let's take you, Mr. Li, for supervising the manufacture of so many firecrackers. It is really hard work."

"Your Majesty's praise is ridiculous, I'm ashamed to accept it!" Lord Li was very happy, seeing the emperor's face, I'm afraid that this time it might really not be rewarded.