The people in Dongchang hurriedly opened the secret room behind the Ye family ancestral hall according to what Ye Qixian said, and then they found a room full of gold and silver, all of which were big ingots as big as grapefruit.Zhu Youxiao asked people to carry out all the gold and silver and put them in the Ye Garden, and the eunuchs who learned arithmetic from the inner study hall brought by him were counted.In the end, three million taels of silver and five hundred thousand taels of gold were counted."
Sure enough, it's a rich country."
After Zhu Youxiao saw so much silver, he looked directly at Ye Qixian: "Ye Qixian, you dare to deceive me!"
Are you guilty?
”Ye Qixian was already speechless in pain at this time, and his clothes were all wet, and now he could only reply in pain: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty forgives your sins!"
Minister, the minister deserves death!
”"Then use gold and silver to meet your fate, seal all this gold and silver in the treasury of the Yandao Yamen, and transport all of them back to Beijing except for two million taels of silver!"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Thank you." ”That's right, Zhu Youxiao is obviously going to continue on the road of tyrants now, taking all the gold and silver from others, and asking others to thank him.But Zhu Youxiao felt that he should take it, because if it weren't for the fact that Ye Qixian's ancestor restructured the Kaizhong Law when he was the head of the household department, which led to the profits of salt merchants and the increase in the military burden of the imperial court, the Ye family would not have saved so much gold and silver, which can be said to belong to the imperial court."
Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Ye Qixian replied with extreme pain, he wanted to scold Zhu Youxiao for being a tyrant, but he didn't dare to scold.And the guards and border soldiers who came with Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing.After all, they didn't expect the emperor to really cash in these two million taels of silver, without discounting.Then, Zhu Youxiao continued to check other salt merchants.Zhu Youxiao first pointed to Yao Sunju: "Next, let's start with you." ”Yao Sunju hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The emperor is graceful, grass people, grass people are not big salt merchants, grass people don't have much money!"
The grass people don't even have 100,000 taels of silver!
”"Another one who wants money and doesn't want to die!
Clip!
”Zhu Youxiao said."
AhhYao Sunju screamed.In the end, Zhu Youxiao copied gold and silver with a total value of no less than five million taels of silver from Yao's family.Then, the other salt merchants were also liquidated one by one.There are those who are knowledgeable and honest, and there are those who are clever and want to hide and get through and are found out and beaten ruthlessly.In the end, Zhu Youxiao directly forcibly requisitioned more than 20 million taels of gold and silver worth of silver in Yangzhou.This is an amount that Zhu Youxiao himself did not expect.Because if there is a hundred thousand silver circulating in the market, it is considered very large.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had to admit that the rich businessmen and tycoons of this era really don't know how to play with capital, and would rather hide so much silver than let it become more advanced technology, stronger weapons, and more territory.However, Zhu Youxiao didn't intend to blackmail the salt merchant like this at first.It was mainly the salt merchants who him off.He just wants these salt merchants to remember, don't think about stopping yourself, the emperor, from asking for silver, as long as the emperor doesn't take all your silver, just be honest and grateful to Dade.If you have the ability, you will rebel and overthrow this emperor."
The tyrant has arrived in Yangzhou!""
This tyrannical king actually extorted salt merchants in Yangzhou and used torture, his cruelty is outrageous!""
This tyrant and his army are like robbers!
The businessmen are not resentful!
”And Zhu Youxiao's arrival in Yangzhou and what he did in Yangzhou soon spread to Yingtianfu.The rebellious gentry in the Tianfu area soon posted anonymous posts about Zhu Youxiao's southward movement in the outer city of Nanjing.And these exposés are nothing good, because they are in the territory controlled by the rebels, so these exposés directly call Zhu Youxiao a tyrant, and they don't have to scold in their hearts like the salt merchants in Yangzhou at this moment, and even these people directly say that what Zhu Youxiao did in Yangzhou is no different from a robber.Zhu Youxiao also saw these revelations quickly, but he just smiled faintly and did not make any comments.Historically, Duoduo went south by relying on a "Yangzhou Ten Days" to deter the people of Jiangnan, so that most of the people of Jiangnan took the initiative to submit.And Zhu Youxiao was naturally unwilling to be a butcher like Duoduo, so cruel to the Han people, and even instigated the elite of the empire, who were also Han people, to slaughter the Han people.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao could only use this cruel way of salt merchants to deter the Jiangnan gentry."
Tell all parts of the south of the Yangtze River not to be disloyal to me like some salt merchants in Yangzhou, although I am a benevolent king, I don't want to kill too many people in the world, but if I am really disloyal to me, don't blame me for raiding his house and taking his wealth!
The silver to atone for sin!
”Zhu Youxiao gave Han Yi instructions at this time.Han Yi was busy so he made an order.And then, the officials and gentry in Gaoyou, Zhenjiang and other places did not dare to take chances anymore, and they also knew that Yangzhou could not stop the emperor, and they themselves could not stop it, so they all honestly greeted Zhu Youxiao ten miles away when he arrived."
Zhu Youxiao went to Gaoyou, and all the officials and gentry of Gaoyou came out to greet him, and Gaoyou Zhishi Zeng Butang actually invited the best fifteen opera troupes in Jiangnan to flatter him!
It really has the name of Confucianism!
”As soon as Zhu Youxiao left Yangzhou and went to Gaoyou Prefecture, the post in the rebel-controlled area of Yingtianfu also updated Zhu Youxiao's dynamics in a timely manner.Moreover, not long after Zhu Youxiao arrived in Zhenjiang on the front foot, and the Zhenjiang gentry took the initiative to lock up Cui Chengyuan, the prefect who had defected to the rebels, to meet him outside the city, the Yingtianfu rebel-controlled area updated the announcement of Zhu Youxiao's arrival in Zhenjiang."
The emperor has arrived in Zhenjiang!"
At this time, such a post was posted outside the Zhengyang Gate in Nanjing, the content was very simple, but it revealed a lot of helpless content.And because of this, before Zhu Youxiao arrived at Yingtianfu, the rebels in Yingtianfu began to collapse.Because Xiao Jingao and Xu Shaoliang and other rebel leaders of Yingtianfu had already gone south to attack the city and plunder the land, most of the rebels who remained in Yingtianfu took the initiative to disband.After Zhu Youxiao crossed Zhenjiang, he was about to arrive on the eve of Nanjing.The content of the unveiling post in the outer city of Nanjing has changed again."
The Holy Monarch has come to the Southern Capital, and the people of Jiangnan are also lucky!""
Long live our emperor!
The virtue of the Holy Monarch can show the sun and the moon!
As soon as the Holy Monarch arrives, the rebels and thieves can be destroyed, and the people of Jiangnan can be at peace!
”"Woohoo!
Jiangnan Shimin looks forward to the saint to the Ganlin!
”Zhu Youxiao looked at the unveiling post that was still on the city wall and welcomed him, and for a while, he couldn't believe that a rebellion had just taken place here.It wasn't until the Guards Lu Xiangsheng went to Lanchun Garden to learn about the siege of Zhou Yuji, and after arresting Huang Zunyi and the Xu family, and after listening to Zhou Yuji's report on what happened before, Zhu Youxiao had some specific feelings about the rebellion."
Xiong Aiqing!
You go and pass the decree, and all the departments of the border army will exterminate all the gentry who took the initiative to participate in the rebellion!
”"Han Aiqing!
You go to appease the victims for me, and all the famous ones are registered, and those who can be called loyal martyrs are reported to be given generous burials!
”Zhu Youxiao immediately issued the corresponding order, for those who took the initiative to participate in the rebellion, he naturally would not let it go easily, even if he was obedient at this time, he would rather be killed than participate in the rebellion, he naturally had to commend him, after all, he needed this spirit."
Put Huang Zunyi immediately!
Ling Chi 3,600 knives!
Don't wait any longer!
In addition, Xu Shaoliang's nine clans are all destroyed to comfort the sacrificial Yu Linwei!
”Then, Zhu Youxiao made a will, and patted Zhou Yuji's shoulder: "Go for revenge!"
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”"Yes!"
Zhou Yuji gave Zhu Youxiao a big salute with tears in his eyes, and then, he pulled out his knife and walked to Lanchun Garden with the remaining officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion again.