I'm really not the carpenter emperor

It is precisely because of these loyal coats that Huang Taiji learned of the great changes in Guannei during the five years of Tianqi, so he decided to intervene.

But there is not much room left for him. One is that he is not the big Khan who has the final say in Houjin, and the other is that the entire territory of Liaodong has returned to the Ming Dynasty. If he wants to send troops, he can only take over Eastern Mongolia.

Despite the opposition from considerable forces in the country, Huang Taiji still used various means to draw the cowardly Daishan into his camp.

Thanks to Daishan's support, Huang Taiji's idea was realized.

But right now the country is not very stable after all, and the two yellow flags cannot go to war. In the end, it was Amin who took the two blue flags to Tainingwei.

I thought that with just those melon skins, Amin would win a big victory no matter what, and raise his authority to a higher level, but he didn't expect that there would be such news.

"Great Khan, Amin didn't even intend to send troops." Turge knelt on the ground, "I saw Weng Niute's troops and the coalition forces open up that day, and even the left-wing troops were almost defeated by Yier Deng."

"At that time, if my two blue flags attacked immediately, I must have returned triumphantly by this time, and brought Tainingwei into the territory of Dajin!"

Speaking of Amin, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth angrily.

Fan Wencheng also sighed aside, "Oh! It's a pity, if Erbeile fights bravely, my Dajin will be able to severely damage the two major groups of Saibei Duoyan and Uziyet with this battle. gone."

"If that's the case, even Xiong Tingbi has nothing to do with us..."

"Don't say any more, Amin, this bastard who has more than failed to succeed, I swear to kill him when Ben Khan comes to power!" Huang Taiji slammed his fist on the table and said:

"Amin is too impulsive, he is not on good terms with me, but he doesn't know why the young emperor of Ming sent troops to Taining Guard."

Turge and Fan Wencheng looked at each other, and the latter said:

"The Weng Niu Te Department has now collapsed and fled. Yier Deng is nowhere to be found. I'm afraid it's too bad. Taining Guards are all returned to Daming. If you want to get there, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."

"Khan, this is the case, the most important thing right now is to gather the fleeing troops of Weng Niute to come to Dajin and use them for me!"

Huang Taiji nodded, that's all he had to do.

He thought in his heart that the current domestic situation is complicated, and if the four major Baylors are not in power together as soon as possible, then what he thinks in his mind will never become a reality!

Mang Gurtai is in charge of the two white flags, and the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo are not small, not to mention they are at odds with Mang Gurtai.

Then why not hand over the two white flags to Dorgon, and let the two brothers fight Mang Gurtai to the death, Ben Khan sits up high and reaps the benefits!

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji ordered:

"Ben Khan's words were passed on, saying that Manggurtai was seriously injured in the last battle, and he was unable to move and could no longer go to the battlefield. The two brothers Dorgon and Duoduo were few and courageous. white flag."

Fan Wencheng's eyes lit up, and he said with a flattering smile:

"The Great Khan, if Mangurtai is unwilling to hand over power, Dorgon and Duoduo will definitely not be willing, and they will definitely fight to the death."

"Even if the two white flags are left in the end, they have no money to compete with the two yellow flags."

……

Shanxi, Datong.

The border areas have always been strictly controlled, but now it is no longer only the frontier army that controls the pass. Dongchang can be described as two steps, one post, and five steps, one sentry.

But wherever they can leave the customs, the East Factory must set up cards to block them, in order to prevent Shanxi merchants from taking risks and transporting a large amount of assets out of the customs.

No, Dongchang recently confiscated a large amount of assets of [-] wealthy businessmen including the Hou family, Kang family, and Zhao family at the Datong border, and the receipts were not small.

So Tian Ergeng acted according to the plan, and announced in public that the fourteen rich merchants in Jinzhong, the Hou family, the Kang family, and the Zhao family, had twelve major crimes each.

The "Beijing News" also published it at the same time, saying that the fourteen Shanxi merchants deceived the monarch and betrayed the country, and they should have been sentenced to death for treason.

It is said to be idle, but it is actually supervised.

These [-] rich merchants and their families will be under house arrest in Nanjing Xiaoling from now on, guarded by the Xiaoling Guards after the rectification, and must be buried near Xiaoling after death.

The properties of the fourteen families were all confiscated, and there is nothing to say.

Regardless of whether Shanxi merchants committed crimes or not, the emperor owned everything in the world, and the reason why private individuals were able to own property was due to the emperor's grace and rewards.

Confiscating the property of fourteen families across the country is Zhu Youxiao's withdrawal of the royal grace from them, rather than simply punishing crimes.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao did not give much explanation for this large-scale house raid, and the resistance of Shanxi merchants was even more negligible.

For this inspection operation, Zhu Youxiao prepared for a long time.

At present, the so-called backers of Shanxi merchants in the court have either been dismissed, or have been intimidated by the emperor himself, and dare not act rashly.

Their biggest "partner" outside the Great Wall, the Wengniute tribe, was beaten to pieces by the coalition forces. Now the tribe is scattered, and even the Yierdeng people can't be found.

With these foundations, domestic inspections will naturally come naturally and smoothly.

As for the confiscation of the property obtained by these [-] families and other Shanxi merchants, although it is not as shocking as others have said, it is also extremely impressive.

For the Qu family in Taiyuan alone, Dongchang confiscated more than 2000 million taels of cash and more than 1 land deeds from its houses in Shanxi.

This is not over yet, the Qu family has more than 200 branch shops in various places, and the amount of grain and rice hoarded in them is hundreds of thousands of shi.

These grains and rice are being transported to Jining by Dongchang for disaster relief.

If you don't check, you don't know. After checking, you will be shocked. A mere businessman can own so many assets of unknown origin. This just shows how profitable it is to make money with black hearts in this era of cannibalism.

Chapter 615 Suzhou 20 taels

Regarding the treatment of these fourteen Shanxi merchants and their survivors, Dongchang had already made corresponding arrangements before August five years of Tianqi, and after Zhu Youxue's approval, it was issued for implementation.

First, if any of the children of these fourteen families is an official in the court, Dongchang will deprive him of his official position, and if any of them are engaged in business in local or other places, they will be deprived of the right to do business and politics for generations.

Second, confiscate any form of assets of these [-] companies across the country, including farmland, shops, and farm houses, and all of them are state-owned.

Third, all the children of the fourteen families will be dispatched to Xiaoling Mausoleum in Nanjing to guard the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu, guarded by the guards of Xiaoling Mausoleum, and they will never leave Xiaoling Mausoleum.

The search operation quickly proceeded to the next step. According to the custom of this dynasty, the property confiscated should be all the property of the fourteen Shanxi merchants.

This also includes materials and money spent and transferred by family members in these years. No matter where they go, Dongchang must recover all of them, which is the so-called "stolen recovery".

And even for Dongchang, the amount that should be supplemented this time is huge, and there is no definite basis for it, so it can only be estimated based on "reasonable".

The fourteen Shanxi merchants had many children, and they had no reputation for frugality during their lifetime. And every new year, they would bribe large amounts of silver taels to officials at all levels of the imperial court.

Of course, the higher the estimate, the happier the higher-ups will be.

Soon, Liu Yangrong, the former Minister of the Nanjing Household Department who had frequent contacts with the Fourteen Zhongkang family, was detained by Dongchang in his hometown of Jiangling.

Dongchang found out that the Minister of the Household Department had accepted bribes from the Kang family four times before the reform in Nanjing, so he came to the family and asked him to "lose the stolen goods".

Liu Yangrong was also dumbfounded when he looked at the Dongchang Fanzi who broke into the door.

He really didn't expect that after so many years, even if he was no longer an official at the time of the restructuring in Nanjing, and he was seventy or eighty this year, Dongchang could still trace him.

Standing in the lobby of the Li Mansion at the Dongchang stall, he saved some face at first, looked at the notebook in his hand, and said seriously:

"Liu Yangrong, from the 27th to the 36th year of Wanli, you were Minister of the Nanjing Household Department and received bribes from Shanxi Kang family four times. You don't deny that?"

Looking at Liu Yangrong, seeing that he hadn't moved, the head continued: "Kang's acquisition of money is illegal, and everyone knows it! Now the imperial court is confiscating all of Kang's assets, and Dongchang is ordered to recover the stolen goods!"

"I would like to advise you, hand over all the bribe money as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble!"

"What, what, more than 200 million taels...?" Liu Yangrong was shocked, kneeling on the ground, weeping:

"I really don't have such a lot of money. I have already spent all those bribes. Besides, after so many years, how can I remember the actual number..."

The implication is that I can't even remember how much money I received back then, isn't it just as much as your Dongchang said?

The frontman heard the sarcasm in these words, and said with a sneer:

"Even after many years, our Dongchang will still have the means to find the bills from that year. Let's not talk nonsense. If there is no money, we will use the family property to pay off the debt!"

He looked around and said:

"All the family property of the Liu Mansion will be verified by our East Factory, and all of it will be collected and handed over, and the excess will be returned to you, but I advise you, don't even think about it."

Hearing this, Liu Yangrong and his wife and daughter stood on the spot like a bolt from the blue.

"I'll give you one night to move out with your family, otherwise, tomorrow we'll come to your door and forcibly confiscate it!"

"go!"

After saying that, he led out with more than ten fans in a file.

Naturally, Liu Yangrong couldn't come up with so much money. The next day, he really brought the Dongchang Fanzi to the door again, and directly sealed up Liu's residence.

In Liu's mansion, the various items approved to be collected are worth more than 10 taels of silver. Even if some land deeds are added, this figure is far from the estimate.

The head of the Dongchang stall naturally didn't believe that the Liu family only had such a little surplus money. Liu Yangrong toasted and refused to eat fine wine, playing tricks so that he could not deal with business smoothly.

That's nothing to think about, just hit hard.

He went to a house where everyone in the Liu family lived temporarily and took away Liu Yangrong's eldest daughter. Now 24-year-old Liu Jingxiu returned to the supervisory office to torture her.

Not to mention women, even most men in the world can't stand Dongchang's torture.

Liu Jingxiu was terrified by the vicious fan, and quickly confessed that after they left that day, Liu Yangrong had indeed hidden a lot of private property in the basement of the mansion.

Follow-up Dongchang continued to investigate. In addition to the 40 taels of cash in the basement of Liu's mansion, there were 30 taels deposited in relatives' homes.

On the night of the confession, Liu Jingxiu hanged himself in the supervising prison and died a few days later, Liu Yangrong's wife, Zhang Shi, couldn't bear the shock of losing her daughter, and committed suicide.

Although what happened is a bit embarrassing, it still can't stop Dongchang from continuing to investigate.

Dongchang immediately went to the relatives of Liu Yangrong, who had hidden 30 taels, and managed to recover the remaining 30 taels.

However, it is said that the 30 taels of stolen money was sent to the internal funds, causing many families to be ruined, dying, and crazy.

When Dongchang was doing things, it almost only cared about the emperor's request, ruthless, and never paid attention to the sufferings of folk families.

Even if the recovery of these negligible stolen money will lead to the death of a family, this is not within the scope of their control.

To put it bluntly, Dongchang is only responsible to the emperor.

……

Sitting on the throne of Xinuange, Zhu Youxiao sighed as he watched the Dongchang in his hand, one of the many memorials.

30 taels, I can't do much by myself, and Dongchang is doing the same thing, it's so capable of checking, Zhu Youxiao didn't expect them to be so capable of checking.

This 30 taels can be sent to chase every place that passes by.

The Jiaoshi Mansion has also been following this matter, and the Jiaoshi Mansion's secret report on the 20 taels handed over by the Suzhou Mansion particularly touched Zhu Youxiao's heart.

These 20 taels were donated by a relative of Liu Yangrong to a certain family to help them survive. In Zhu Youxiao's view, what can these 20 taels be given to them, there is really no need to chase after them.

But Dongchang doesn't care how much you have, even if it's 20 taels, they still send people to Suzhou to visit the door, and they chased them back by force.

The people in that family lived frugally on the 20 Liang provinces for many years, but naturally there was not much left, and they couldn't get it out for a while.

Dongchang sealed off their house to pay off the debt.

As a result, the people in this family had no money to eat, and no place to live. The family of three fell to the streets, begging for food.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao has secretly ordered the Jiaoshifu to help them, but you can help one family, but you can't help the whole world.

In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, we can only stop here.

Zhu Youxiao understands that the only one who can control the two swords of Dongchang and Jinyiwei is himself, the emperor.

The matter of the Liu family is just one of the many things related to the investigation and handling of Shanxi merchants that have been involved in the Fan family's surrogate death case in the past two months.

In this case, the recent reports from Nikkei East Factory and Jinyiwei can be found everywhere.

This is not a good thing about Dongchang's work. Once something happens, he can find out all the bad things about Chen Zhima and rotten millet 50 years ago, and then settle the account.

After further investigation, the more involved, the more it is really unnecessary.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao thought twice, and with a gloomy face, said: "Go and call Wei Zhongxian and Xu Xianchun to me."

Seeing the emperor's expression, Wang Chaofu felt bad, and hurriedly bowed his head and left.

Chapter 616 Silver is indeed fragrant

"You said, what is your Majesty going to say?" A palace lady stood in the corridor and whispered.

Several other people also chatted with each other.

"I heard that Dongchang was too strict when he was chasing stolen goods outside, causing complaints. This time, he called the factory owner and envoy into the palace. Maybe it was for this?"

"I can't." Someone quickly retorted:

"Those fanciers have always done things like this. Your Majesty has never said anything. How could he suddenly become emotional today?"

At this time, Wang Chaofu walked by and severely reprimanded the gang of maids.

"Is everything okay? If you have something to do, go to your own business! If it's all right, go back and lie down!"