Tuoba Lie almost fainted and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, this is too much..."
Zhuge Hui frowned and said: "Master Tuoba, do you have to wait until your Tuoba clan is liquidated, or even your family is exterminated, and the court counts your family assets, before you are satisfied? Let's not talk about your disciples and former officials, but just talk about your clan. There are hundreds of people serving as important officials in various places, right? Your Majesty, she is giving your entire Tuoba clan a glimmer of hope."
Tuoba Lie almost suffocated on the spot.
Duanmujie and others couldn't help but feel frightened.
Among their families, Tuoba's assets were at the bottom.
Four million taels of silver is enough for Tuoba to break his muscles and bones!
"If I hadn't expressed my gratitude to you, Tuoba, for your service to the imperial court from the founding of the country to the present, I only need to handle official business, and I would still be able to give an explanation to the world. Everyone knows that you, Tuoba, are from Beihu, and even if I have the heart to trust you, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty Can the soldiers and civilians trust him?" Duan Yunyi rebuked in a rare and sharp voice.
Tuoba Lie was speechless.
Of course ordinary people don't know that the Tuoba family came from Beihu.
Thanks to the big Sunday papers for the recent hype!
Moreover, it was Liang Xiao’s men who captured Tuobajie!
Now that a disaster is imminent, even if the Tuoba family hates Liang Xiao, they can only seek to protect themselves.
"Turn over four million taels of silver within a month, not even a penny less. I just ask you, Tuoba, if you can do it!"
Duan Yunyi's question was so loud that the officials of the aristocratic family were trembling and did not dare to respond.
Everyone knew that this was the best result that the Tuoba clan could get. If they bargained for more, Duan Yunyi might be so angry that he could directly raise the price to five million taels of silver.
After all, Duan Yunyi has done this many times before.
Now that the state treasury's revenue has increased significantly due to official salt, Duan Yunyi is even more confident.
Even if Tuoba Lie and others were unwilling to give in, they could only admit their defeat and kowtow one after another: "I will definitely raise money when I get back. Thank you, the emperor, for your forgiveness!!"
"I have given you the Tuoba clan a chance, and I will never allow it to happen again! From now on, all officials of the Tuoba clan across the country will be supervised by special officials from the imperial court. They are not allowed to leave their posts without permission, and are not allowed to go out without permission. ! If everyone in the Tuoba family in the capital wants to leave the capital, they must obtain the consent of the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
"As for Tuobajie himself, after being convicted, he was beheaded and abandoned in the market! The rest of the Tuoba clan must report all their assets to the court and cannot transfer them at will. If they dare to conceal or transfer, they will be severely fined! The four million taels of silver handed over, It will be used for disaster relief in various places, distributing military pay, and improving people's livelihood. From now on, the Prime Minister's Office will handle all the responsibilities of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the personnel arrangements will be left to Prime Minister Zhuge."
As Duan Yunyi's verdict came down, Tuoba Lie fainted to the sound of "My Emperor's Holy Ming" from all the civil and military officials.
Duanmujie and others were unwilling to accept it, so they could only follow the ministers to call for the Holy Spirit.
Taking refuge in the cult rebels was an unquestionable felony. If they said a few more words, they would have to consider whether the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of War would be taken back by Duan Yunyi.
Including Tuoba's four million taels, the current surplus on the treasury's books is eight million taels.
The edict spread, and the people in the whole city clapped their hands and cheered.
According to the content of the edict, part of the four million taels of silver handed over by the Tuoba family will be used to build various facilities, recruit more craftsmen, and provide more employment opportunities for the people of the capital.
Lin Duan, the Superintendent of Rites, was responsible for drafting the edict for Duan Yunyi, emphasizing that the Tuoba family was "turning over" the treasury rather than "donating" it, which made everyone in the Tuoba family extremely angry.
The nature of the two words is worlds apart!
The four million taels donated are equivalent to free money.
Duan Yunyi returned to the West Palace Villa, and the two sisters celebrated happily and were filled with emotion.
Sure enough, the quickest way to get money is to confiscate the house and confiscate it!
Of course, military power cannot be used to confiscate homes at will. Seizing homes without justification will only cause chaos in the world.
But this time, it was really fun!
The officials of the Tuoba clan will be replaced by others. Even if they are transferred to other big families, it will just be the left hand instead of the right hand. There is not much difference. Of course, Duan Yunyi is already working hard to arrange personnel transfers.
Without these aristocratic families, Great Zhou would still be short of talents.
"Brother Xiao is really a wise man!" Duan Yunxiu blushed because he was too happy.
Duan Yunyi smiled and said: "It's great to have him here..."
Hearing this, Duan Yunxiu glanced at her thoughtfully.
As Liang Xiao's subordinate, Lei Hong's original eighteen members have been expelled from the military and will never be hired.
This time, the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun achieved great success. Even though the officials blocked it, Zhuge Hui still went to the emperor to ask for a heavy reward.
Duan Yunyi immediately gave instructions to reward Leihong with 5,000 taels of silver, and the remaining 17 people with 3,000 taels of silver. He also restored the military status of 18 people and transferred them to the Liang Family Army, continuing to accept the command of Liang Xiao.
Lei Hong was awarded the title of school captain, and the remaining seventeen people were granted the title of captain, so that they could take charge of the Liang family army for Liang Xiao in the future.
Eighteen people were given elite armors, which also allowed Pu Yuanzhuan to forge weapons.
As the head of Leihong's family, Liang Xiao was also rewarded with thousands of taels of silver, and was allowed to participate in the affairs of the Arms Supervisory Committee, and was given armor to the general.
Such a reward is reasonable, and even seems to be insufficient. Duanmujie and others have nothing to say.
But only Duan Yunyi understood the significance of discussing military weapons supervision matters to Liang Xiao.
This paves the way for Liang Xiao to develop weapons in Yanzhou in the future.
Tuoba handed over a total of five hundred thousand taels of silver notes and gold and silver that day to show his sincerity.
After the news spread, all the soldiers in the capital envied Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry.
Most generals who work in the school will never have three thousand taels of silver in their lifetime. Lei Hong and others are equivalent to getting rich overnight.
Of course, the bravery of Yanyun's Eighteen Riders was widely known through newspaper publicity.
Later, officers and soldiers went to the scene to seize more than 200 pieces of rebel armor, indicating that at least half of the rebels had the combat effectiveness of the regular army!
Not many people can guarantee that they can defeat a thousand people with seventeen cavalry.
That night, Zhuge Hui was in a good mood and woke up smiling from his dream.
With four million taels of silver, there are too many things that can be done. First of all, the Prime Minister's Office also has the confidence to improve people's livelihood.
The Tuoba family's mortgaged assets must be calculated based on the lowest price, so the actual price should be at least 4.5 million taels of silver.
Of course, this kind of good thing may only happen once.
The next day.
After Liang Xiao and Mu Qinxue inspected various places in Lanling, they began to arrange the layout of various industries.
According to their estimates, more and more people and businessmen will come to Lanling in the future to promote Lanling's economic development.
When Liang Xiao's father died in the battle, he took the blame for Shizu and other generals who died in the battle, and Lanling was reclaimed as a food fief.
The ministers of the aristocratic family were quite disgusted with the Lanling people's gratitude to the Lanling Marquis. They also secretly instigated local officials to exploit them at all levels, and even reduced the subsidies and relief grains issued by the court.
When the disaster comes, many people are forced to sell their fields, houses and cattle and go to other places to make a living.
Compared with the war-torn areas of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Lanling was not yet in a state of poverty, but the people could only live a muddle-headed existence, and the Tuoba family lived and worked in peace and contentment.
Liang Xiao's tax reduction and investment in Lanling were equivalent to timely rain.
As for Gongsun Yue, because she was jealous of Mu Qinxue, she also increased her investment in Lanling in order to win the favor of Liang Xiao and Jiang Fuxue.
But what Liang Xiao cares most about during this trip is the exploration of iron ore.
Lanling originally had an iron mine, but it has been almost completely mined. Now it is in urgent need of new mines to support smelting.
