"Hundreds of millions." Emperor Chongzhen looked at his son with disbelief, "Brother Chun, you can really copy so many."
Zhu Cixiang smiled, "That's natural. They are all nobles and ministers for more than two hundred years. There are so many generations, so many branches, and generations of greed. How could there not be hundreds of millions in cash? Of course there won't be any." There are so many, but including land, real estate and various transactions, there must be hundreds of millions. Therefore, the top priority of the imperial court is to search every home, and search as many as possible, without allowing those noble families to participate in the transactions. It’s not easy to go bankrupt due to plagiarism.”
Emperor Chongzhen really admired his son for being such a learned man after robbing a family. He had been emperor for 17 years and ordered many people's homes to be confiscated, but the money he received was not much. The confiscated land and real estate were all misplaced, and I didn’t know what to do with them in the end.
If there could be such meticulous means of confiscating the house as the traitor Zhu Cixiang, the treasury would not be so empty.
Zhu Cixi then said to Chongzhen: "While confiscating the house, we must also give rewards to the heroes who have followed us all the way south. We must give a good reward. These hundreds of millions are just a pass, and most of them have to be released. But why? The reward must be carefully calculated."
While he was talking to Chongzhen, Chen Rui, Wei Zaode, Hou Xun, Qian Qianyi, Wu Xiang and Cao Youyi had already come in happily to see him.
They all had families, and Zhu Cihong allocated a garden under Wei Guofu for them to stay temporarily. Now that they have arranged their family members, they have come to discuss the aftermath with Zhu Cixiang at night.
If entering Beijing was Li Zicheng's "big test", then entering Nanjing was Zhu Cihong's "big test"
Of course, his conditions are better than Li Zicheng. After all, Li Zicheng was a rogue bandit. The old brothers below him had nothing to say about fighting and robbing, but they still lacked experience in how to ransack homes or take over countless wealth.
Therefore, Li Zicheng's salary only requires cash and no fixed assets. So in the end, we only got about 30 to 40 million taels, and everyone was dissatisfied. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the old camp also dropped a lot.
The backbone of Zhu Cihong's men are all bureaucratic landlords. They have eyes not only on money, but also on various fixed assets. Their quick minds can also see all kinds of transactions. With this group of people, Zhu Cixiang certainly doesn't worry about how much cash he can have if he can't find anything from his house. These days, it's precious metal currency, and the quantity is only a small amount. How much can he get? It's still fixed assets.
However, these guys are quite greedy, and most of them have lost their family fortunes and went into exile. They are all like hungry wolves. If they are not controlled, Zhu Cixiang will not be able to lose a few dollars.
"Have you all sat down to eat?" Zhu Cixiang was as approachable as ever. His majesty was not on his face. He smiled happily with everyone and rarely looked at others.
"Master Chitose, I haven't eaten yet."
"I came here in a hurry, so I bought two buns to cushion me on the way."
Zhu Cixi's confidant, who had been with him for a while, seemed more casual now and answered his questions with a smile.
Zhu Cixiang didn't eat or drink too much, so he smiled and ordered: "Xiaobao, Xiaobao, go and pass the meal, let's all eat together. Feng Sizhong, you follow and watch the Xu family's cook."
Prince Zhu did not run away with the imperial kitchen. Now of course he had to recruit the cooks of Wei Guofu. However, he was still vigilant. He had to ask his head guard Feng Sizhong to keep an eye on it. Don't let the Xu family's "Loyal Chef" was poisoned and killed
Now that the meal has not been served, Zhu Cixiang seizes the time to talk about business.
"Everyone, let's talk about something now." He raised a finger. "First, the Jin Yiwei is responsible for ransacking the house. He is not responsible for searching, but responsible for watching the people who search the house."
"Then who will copy it?" Wu Xiang asked with a smile.
Zhu Cixiang glanced at him: Of course I can't let you go and ransack the house. It's so hard. You'd better rest.
"Xu Yunjue will be responsible for the confiscation of Wei Guofu's side," Zhu Cixiang replied with a smile.
Wu Xiang was stunned for a moment, "Ah, I'm raiding my own home."
"Yes, he knows best how much money his family has." Zhu Cixiang nodded, "After copying it, I will spare his life and leave him some money so that his family can live in Jinling."
If he doesn't copy well, he will be exiled to Officer's Island, and I will also ask other men from the first room of Wei Guofu to supervise him. As long as whoever can find the mistakes or omissions, he can take Xu Yunjue's place and stay in Jinling to live a comfortable life."
Ah, so sinister
Several of Zhu Cixi's confidants were stunned.
Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne as a puppet, looked a little gloating: You treacherous officials, now you know how powerful the treacherous son is, right? He is even more treacherous than you treacherous officials. In the future, if your corruption and perversion of the law comes out, you will be the same as Wei. It’s the same as the official’s house
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "As for the rest of the Xu family and the Jinling relatives who were involved in the rebellion, the same method was used, so a lot of property can definitely be obtained.
All the meritorious officials can rest assured that I will definitely reward you based on your merits."
He paused and said, "Of the gardens and mansions copied this time, I only left the Dagongfang and Xipu. The rest will be used to reward you for your merits. You are all great contributors, and you can all get a share of the garden."
As for the copied silver and gold, most of it was used to give out rewards. I and the Holy Emperor would not take a tael of silver, silver or gold, and they would not take a penny from the coin. After deducting the five million yuan from the Ministry of Finance to pay for the daily expenses of the court, they would all be divided.
There are still shops that Huang Jiang and Yun Shangqian can take over first. We can't let the business fail. As for how to deal with it, we will talk about it later.
Then there is the land. All military camps must be nationalized and distributed as job fields. All private and hidden fields were also confiscated and used to reward meritorious officials and soldiers.
There are also some calligraphy and paintings, antiques, jewelry, silks and satins, etc., so I will keep them first. What do you think?"
Zhu Cihong was much more powerful than Li Zicheng. Even if the heroes who followed him were dissatisfied, they were embarrassed to say it.
However, anyone who thinks that he has divided all the benefits that were not copied is completely wrong, because Zhu Cixi also left behind two categories of extremely valuable assets, one is stores; the other is debts, which are the easiest The lost assets are also the most valuable assets. The nobles and ministers in Nanjing are very good at business. Of course, they will not let the money mold in the cellar, so they will lend money and collect interest. The targets of their loans are mainly businessmen who need capital turnover.
Zhu Cixiang planned to package and transfer these claims to Yantang Bank and Maritime Bank. The claims would become bank deposits, which was equivalent to realizing the claims, and at the same time, he would not cause a large number of businessmen to go bankrupt due to forced debt collection. In addition, the two major banks can also obtain interest rate income. It can be said that everyone is happy
Zhu Cihong used the same method when disposing of the properties of the four old West Salt General Managers in Yangzhou. Not only did he put four salt managers and shopkeepers in charge of ransacking the property, but he also invested all the stolen debts into the Salt Merchant Bank. The debts copied in Yangzhou and Nanjing alone are estimated to be more than 30 million taels. The bank interest alone is 1.5 million taels per year.
As for the store, it is also extremely valuable. If you can collect rent and run it in one sitting, it is not a big problem to just hold 1.5 million taels a year.
At the same time, some of the stewards, shopkeepers, and accountants of Shanshan Salt General were also integrated, and they were all managed by Yun Shangqian, Huang Jiang, and Su Sheng. These people were all in charge of money and business. With them, Zhu Many business activities of the eldest prince can be carried out slowly.
The management of the assets obtained from the confiscation this time also requires the use of this management team.
Zhu Cixiang went on to say: "Rewards must be given in order. I mean, the houses and silver coins of you great meritorious officials will be given to you later based on your merits. However, the land will have to be given later. First, give it to the soldiers below and the middle and lower levels." The military attaches give rewards to allocate the fields, and they must be appeased before we can be safe. Each person is given 10 taels of silver first, and then according to the official rank, starting from the strongman, 5 taels of silver are added to the first level, and then the fields are divided. The silver is just to make them happy Hehe, the land is the big one. The land I promised them will definitely be given to them. Not only will they be given land, but they will also be given wives to soldiers who have achieved military merit but have no family members to follow them, and who are not servants at the same time."
The soldiers who followed Zhu Cihong to overcome difficulties really had money, land, and wives.
Such a reward is much greater than the rewards Li Zicheng gave to the veteran soldiers in Beijing.
