Daming: At the beginning, the big snow dragon rides to create a martial arts court

The guards in the south of the Yangtze River are already rotten. Letting them go to fight is not much better than ordinary people, but it is still possible to maintain order.

One of the important reasons why so many people are attracted today is that the emperor personally supervised and beheaded the criminals, and the mortals who were beheaded turned out to be dignitaries they could only look up to in the past.

More than [-] criminals including Yang Xuanyu, Yang Chuanxiong, and Gao Tianliang were escorted to the execution ground, and even the executioner prepared hundreds of people.

Except for Zhu Qiyu's supervision, all the officials from Jinling came. Among them, Liu Xi, the eunuch of the defense, Wang Guan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Xu Yongning, the Duke of Ding, was the leader of the officials.

Because of the Battle of Jingnan, the Xungui Group in the Ming Dynasty was divided into two factions, the North and the South.The core of the northern faction is the hero Jing Nan, who mainly concentrated in the capital after Zhu Di moved the capital to the capital.

The core of the Southern School is of course the surviving Jianwen ex-officials who stayed in Jinling after Zhu Di moved north. This group of people, headed by Dingguo Gong Xu's family, guarded the southeast territory to live their small lives.

Of course, the so-called noble group is a very large group, not just a group of nobles with titles.

It is relatively difficult to confer titles in Daming, and it is basically impossible to confer titles with different surnames, and even if they are conferred, they will be granted posthumously.

The titles are Duke of the State, Marquis of 130, and Uncle. Within the third class, there are hereditary and hereditary - hereditary means no replacement, and hereditary means downgrading.The former is granted to meritorious officials, while the latter is granted to relatives.

A group of officials, Xungui looked at the mortals on the execution ground with pale faces, feeling sorry for them.

You must know that there are not only gentry and big businessmen among them, but also nobles and officials who have been deeply involved. Among them, the highest-ranking official is the official of the Ministry of Rites. The confiscated family property exceeds one million and the highest-ranking official.

Noon is approaching.

"His Majesty is here!"

A chariot slowly approached in the distance, and Jin Yiwei cleared the way.

All the officials and nobles in Jinling stood up to supply.

"My ministers welcome His Majesty's holy peace!"

Zhu Qiyu got up from Luanjia, his eyes swept slowly, and he raised his hand slightly: "Everyone's family is flat!"

Liu Xi stepped forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the execution ground is a place of blood and evil spirits, and your Majesty's body is a saint..."

"Since you are the body of a halloween, you will not be afraid of this bloody evil spirit."

Zhu Qiyu interrupted him directly, and said coldly: "I want to see these people without kings and fathers being punished!"

Hundred (cgcb) Guan Xungui felt the evil spirit in Zhu Qiyu's words, and couldn't help feeling cold all over his body. Suddenly, he seemed to see the resurrection of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

Walking to the high platform, Zhu Qiyu took his seat, his eyes swept over the officials and said: "All the gentlemen should also take their seats, and supervise and kill together with me. I also hope that all the gentlemen can learn from it, and don't make mistakes. He lost his life in vain."

Although there are more than [-] mortals this time, they have actually restrained a lot. According to Yang Yuxuan and some of Yang Chuanxiong's actions, it is not an exaggeration to punish the Jiu Clan. up.

In the end, Zhu Qiyu just asked Yuhuatian to arrest their three clans. According to the nine clans, they would definitely be implicated. It was a bloody case involving tens of thousands of people.

"My ministers, please follow His Majesty's teachings!"

Noon has come, the sun is in the middle of the sky, and the yang is heavy.

The voices of the people's discussion gradually disappeared, and some people were even a little excited. After all, it is rare to cut off more than 2000 heads at once.

Yu Huatian bowed to Zhu Qiyu, and shouted in a cold voice: "Take the criminal and verify your integrity!"

Yang Yuxuan, Yang Chuanxiong and more than [-] people were escorted up in the first batch.

After taking off their hoods and checking their bodies, the executioners stood behind them with ghost knives in their hands, waiting for an order before they could swing the knives.

"Forgive me!!"

"Help!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me, the guilty minister will never dare again!"

"Walk around me this time!"

"Fun Lord! Eunuchs! You will die!"

"Taizu Taizong, you have spirits in the sky, open your eyes and see! Great Ming Dynasty is dead!"

After taking off the headgear, seeing the big knife gleaming in the executioner's hand, few of them could keep calm when they were about to die. Most of them collapsed directly and begged for mercy bitterly.

But there were also a few who knew that they would die, and cursed loudly, before they died.

Yang Yuxuan knelt there, his gray hair drooping, his face trembling, obviously not as calm as he looked.

"Your Majesty, please order!"

Yu Huatian turned around and bowed.

Zhu Qiyu shouted loudly: "Cut!"

As the tokens fell to the ground, all the executioners held up the ghost-head knives and chopped them down fiercely. The crying stopped abruptly, and more than thirty heads fell to the ground, and the headless corpses fell to the ground, and blood spurted out.

Baiguan looked at the heads that fell to the ground, many of them were sweating and pale in horror, and a few of them peed their pants in fright.

"Cut again!"

There was another wave of hundreds of people being escorted up, all the executioners shot together, the big knife fell to the ground, and it took an hour to cut half. Many people couldn't stand this hellish scene and left.

And the executioners almost all changed the ghost head knives, and their knives were almost cut off.

Many gentry and big businessmen are not qualified to sit on it, and they mingled with the common people to watch. They saw a criminal being beheaded, and some days ago they drank tea and wine together. that day.

Stronger than Yang Chuanxiong, with a network of connections all over the south of the Yangtze River, but how many people dare to show up when the court attacks him?

The former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the disciples and officials are all over the court, but so what?Is the arrest the same?After saving for 20 years, more than 2000 million taels of family property were directly confiscated.

Thinking of this, many people who are unwilling to pay taxes immediately decide to go back and pay taxes on their own initiative.

Don't talk about paying last year's tax, even if the court wants to collect the previous year's tax, the previous year's tax will be paid.

Anyway, it's only a few thousand taels, and I earn a few hundred thousand taels a year, that's all.

Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem like a lot?

Why did I find it difficult to pay taxes before, like cutting meat?

People who have this idea just prostituted themselves for too long, and suddenly one day the court told him not to prostitute themselves, so naturally they were extremely resistant.

Until the sun went down, all the more than 2000 people were killed, and all the criminals were brought to justice.

At this time the sun has not yet set, but the bright sunshine can not give people warmth, looking at the corpses on the execution ground and the opposite side stained red, no matter how determined the heart is, the hands and feet are cold at this moment.

Chapter 164

Looking at that His Majesty, he was watching the whole process, but his face was indifferent, as if what he saw was not more than 2000 people being beheaded, but [-] mosquitoes being killed.

After a massacre, Nuoda's Jinling City seemed to have fallen into dead silence. This bloody massacre shocked too many people. Many people have realized that there is no good end to confronting the imperial court.

His Majesty doesn't flirt with you at all, unless you are really a white lotus, you have never violated any laws, and your whole body is spotless, but how many people like Yu Qian are there?

In just a few days, tens of millions of taels of tax were received.

You know, this is only the area around Jinling, but the area around Jinling in the Ming Dynasty is the most prosperous in business, accounting for a large proportion of the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty.

This trip to Jinling, what surprised Zhu Qiyu the most was that the minister of the Ministry of War, the garrison eunuch, and the Jinling garrison noble Xu's family were not involved.

Of course, they are not white lotus.

For example, Liu Xi, the guarding eunuch, accepted bribes. Unexpectedly, he accepted far less bribes than Cao Zhengchun, who was far away from the emperor.

It turns out that Liu Xi, compared to money, actually likes martial arts cheats the most~.

As for the Xu family, they naturally have white gloves for doing business, and they also do not pay taxes, but they will take the initiative to pay taxes as soon as the order of the imperial court is issued.

As for Wang Guan, after Xichang's investigation, he turned out to be a rare honest person who never accepted bribes. The reason why he came forward to prevent Yuhuatian from taking Gao Tianliang away was because of favor.

It is precisely because the top three people in Jinling who jointly manage Jinling affairs still sit on the side of the court, that Yuhuatian's wanton house raids did not cause any trouble.

Of course, the main reason is the one thousand Daxue Dragon Riders sitting in Jinling.

Power grows out of the barrel of a gun, Zhu Qiyu believes in this saying very much.

With the force in hand, no matter how big the chaos is, it can be suppressed.

Although Wang Guan was not deeply involved, Zhu Qiyu did not remove him from his position as Shangshu of the Jinling Ministry of War, but fined him a year's salary, which was a slight punishment.

The matter of levying commercial taxes came to an end, and the next step was to transport more than 6000 million taels of gold and silver.

Wealth moves people's hearts.

More than 6000 million taels, if the news spreads, too many people will be tempted.

The wages of avarice is death.

There's always someone who thinks he's the lucky one.

It was also Yuhuatian who was in charge of the escort, otherwise Zhu Qiyu would always be thinking about it.

It was Yuan Zuozong who was in charge of escorting the belongings of Gengzhou to Beijing, and they were all loyal to Zhu Qiyu.

All the belongings filled more than a dozen big boats, watching Zhu Qiyu and Yuhuatian get on the boat and leave, countless people in Jinling celebrated with each other.

It took this pair of monarchs and ministers only one visit to Jinling to chop off more than 2000 heads, and every extra day they stayed, they would be in fear for a day.

Someone looked up to the sky and sighed: "This tyrant, this butcher, has finally left Jinling, and I can finally sleep peacefully."

"Hahahaha, invite them all here, the old man is going to get really drunk today!"

"Everyone, it's a very happy event. Why don't you get drunk? Qin Huaihe, my treat, anyone who doesn't come will not give me face!"

At this moment, the entire Jinling City revealed an atmosphere of joy.

Yuhuatian looked at Jinling City from a distance and couldn't stop sneering. As Zhu Qiyu's confidant, he knew His Majesty's thoughts about opening the sea. This time, the increase of business tax has killed a group of people. Next time, he will probably kill more people. It may be a bloody massacre not inferior to Taizu's four major cases.

They were too happy!

He also understood why His Majesty didn't take both approaches and solve them together.

Because of that, Daming would only get a dilapidated Jiangnan.

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The Grand Canal runs directly from Jinling to the capital, but after leaving Jinling City, Zhu Qiyu disembarked again.

However, the Thousand Snow Dragon Rider, Six Sword Slaves, Zhou Huaian and Zhe Ri Zhu Qiyu stayed on the boat.

It took nearly 20 days from Jinling to the capital, such a long time, Zhu Qiyu has no doubt that there will be a steady stream of people who are interested in him.

Watching the big ship go away, thinking of the gold, silver and jewels loaded on it, Wang Yuyan was still a little shocked. She had never seen even 6000 million taels of gold and silver in this life, let alone 160 million taels of gold and silver.

Before that, she thought that she was a person who regarded money as dung, but after seeing the mountains of gold and silver with her own eyes, she only felt dizzy, and her vision was filled with the glittering light of gold and silver,

"Is smuggling sea trade really that profitable? It is said in the books that the Central Plains has a vast land and rich resources, rich resources and natural treasures. Overseas is the wilderness among the wildernesses." Wang Yuyan murmured to herself.

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Zhu Qiyu patted her little head and said with a smile: "Who told you that overseas is a barren land? You should know about Dongying. There are hundreds of millions of silver mines on the island that is less than one state of Ming Dynasty. !"

"what?"

Wang Yuyan's big clear eyes widened, her face was full of disbelief, she almost thought that Zhu Qiyu was joking with her.

Shocked, Wu Yan was also shocked when he heard the words.

"There is such a big silver mine in that small area?"

Wu Yan was a little ready to move: "Your Majesty, my concubine thinks that we can send troops to occupy the Dongying trail as soon as possible."

Zhu Qiyu is well aware of the astonishing silver content of the Iwami Silver Mountain in Dongying, but the Iwami Silver Mountain has not been discovered yet.

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Iwami Silver Mine was discovered. This silver mine alone produces millions of taels of silver every year, not including the associated gold mine.

In history, its output was as high as about one-third of the world at that time.

There have been very few silver mines in China since ancient times, so silver was not the mainstream currency at the beginning. It was not until the influx of overseas silver that silver became the mainstream currency.

In the late Ming Dynasty, hundreds of millions of silver flowed into Daming continuously, and in the late Ming Dynasty, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Chenggong and his son, who dominated the coastal areas of Daming, were able to collect millions of taels of tolls every year. During this period, how much silver flowed into Daming from overseas.

Of course, a large inflow of overseas silver also means that silver depreciates.

But if Zhu Qiyu occupies Dongying, a large amount of silver will not flow into the market, and he will mainly use it on the e-commerce platform.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "The time has not come yet, anyway, the silver mine has not yet been discovered, besides, Dongying is separated from Daming by a sea, the distance is too far, and it is still out of reach."

Wu Yan was a little disappointed, but he was thinking about Dongying in his heart. When he thought of the hundreds of millions of silver waiting to be excavated on that small island, he felt itchy.

Whoa!

The electric pigeon falls.