After eliminating the last resistance that the chieftains could accumulate, Zhu Youxiao had no worries and started to act boldly.
He convicted all the arrested officials and sentenced them to beheading, beheading, and killing the entire family in accordance with the Ming Dynasty Law, and all of them were executed.
You don’t know if you don’t confiscate, but you will be shocked if you do. These officials in remote areas are not much worse off than the courtiers who confiscated their homes before.
But the top level among the ministers and ministers is naturally incomparable.
It is well known that the southwest is barren. Sichuan may be a little better, but Yunnan and Guizhou are really poor.
He thought that at most he would be able to spend hundreds of thousands of taels of military expenditure to finance the counter-insurgency and post-war reconstruction.
Unexpectedly, more than two million taels were confiscated, which really surprised him.
It seems that I am still too low and their methods are really ruthless in plundering the common people, leaving no way to survive.
No wonder the local people were so easily incited to rebel by She Chongming and An Bangyan.
Zhu Youxiao did not intend to invest these more than two million taels into his own internal funds. The people in the southwest were really suffering and the people's grievances were too heavy. He needed to use the money to appease the local people.
Moreover, the money originally belonged to them, and now it should be returned to the original owner, so as to increase his reputation and leave a good name.
A large number of officials were killed, but the work could not stop. Zhu Youxiao planned to let those trolls who came from the capital and were lucky enough to save their lives to take over their positions.
Zhu Youxiao also transferred nearly 20 civil servants from surrounding provinces who were under the age of thirty-five and who still had ideas and wanted to do something to come to Sichuan.
Most of these are censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and only with them, Zhu Youxiao can feel a little more at ease.
As the saying goes, no official is corrupt. Although this sentence kills everyone with one blow, it still makes sense. It at least reflects the unknown darkness in the officialdom.
Many people know that most of the officials in the late Ming Dynasty were useless people who did not do practical things and only scolded others and insulted the emperor, fought for power and profit, and fought among themselves.
But the kind of corruption that reached the extreme was during the Chongzhen period. If you compare the current officialdom and court with the Chongzhen period, it can be said to be a breath of fresh air.
Although the censors do not have great talents, Zhu Youxiao believes that as long as he drafts the rules and regulations, implements the policies to the end, communicates them to everyone, and follows the template he has established, he believes that he will not be too bad.
Because they are all guilty, all official positions and positions are held on behalf of others, and they can be replaced at any time or directly punished according to the crime.
Therefore, in order to stimulate their fighting spirit and perform a little better, Zhu Youxiao specially summoned them and made the promise in front of everyone.
As long as the job is done well, he can reduce their crimes as appropriate and continue to serve as officials.
If there are those who have outstanding performance and are able to over-fulfill the tasks, they can be reinstated or transferred to other departments to hold appropriate official positions.
These officials suffered all kinds of hardships along the way. The Yulin army who "escorted" them didn't care about their life or death at all. They provided them with three meals a day according to the time every day, and nothing else.
And we must not fall behind. We must keep up with their marching speed, otherwise we will not have food for the day, and we will have so many blisters on the soles of our feet.
The most important thing is that their food is completely different from that of ordinary people. They have dried meat and rice to eat.
But they can only drink porridge and eat steamed buns, and the porridge and steamed buns are still limited. There is only so much for one person, regardless of whether you can eat enough.
After nearly two months of gruel and steamed buns, coupled with the thousands of miles of trekking, these civil servants, who have delicate skin and tender flesh, are now hungry and have sallow complexions, severe malnutrition, and even want to die.
They all felt extremely regretful. Why did they have to go against the emperor? It was really better to be dragged directly to Caishikou to be beheaded. It was really too painful and painful.
If they were given a chance to choose again, they would definitely remain silent in court that day.
But they didn't expect that they would really have a chance to come back. They were so moved that tears and runny noses flowed out. They knelt down and shouted to His Majesty that he was wise and that I would never let down the emperor's kindness.
Zhu Youxiao has made all arrangements for the appointment of officials, as well as the plans, purposes and requirements of the policy.
Now we are waiting for them to officially implement it after getting familiar with the local situation.
There were also these chieftains who came to steal the camp. After Zhu Youxiao found out their identities, all their relatives were executed.
Ever since he entered Sichuan and sent troops to pacify She Chongming, Zhu Youxiao has been making a fortune. Although these chieftains are not extremely rich, they have some wealth.
The total value of the seized materials, money and food reached tens of millions of taels.
Among them, the most scarce food is more than one million dan, which can be said to be a life-saving straw for Zhu Youxiao, who is now suffering from an empty treasury and poor pockets.
Although they only have more than six million taels of silver, the copper coins and currency treasures they have accumulated can be exchanged for millions of taels of silver.
The gold was pitiful. The total amount of toast from so many families was only a little over 10,000 taels. Zhu Youxiao even suspected that it had been embezzled.
But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with it.
Although the main currency of the Ming Dynasty is silver and gold, at least half of this scarce trading currency is in the hands of powerful merchants and gentry on the southeast coast and in the south.
The other 20% is controlled by the government and gentry groups. Through corruption and bribery, they have collected huge amounts of gold and silver from all walks of life.
A dignified household treasury, an orthodox and legitimate government, the main social resources that can be controlled, and the key hard currency are less than 30% of the actual amount. How can the country have money, and how can fiscal revenue increase?
As for Sichuan and Guizhou, whether it is commerce or agriculture, the economic development and conditions are several levels behind.
In addition, these chieftains only fight in their own circles, and their influence has not extended to other places at all, as if they are isolated from the world.
There has never been any economic cooperation or even contact with the official and gentry families who control the main resources. Naturally, gold and silver cannot be circulated to them. It is normal that there is so little.
But the fertile land and houses and residences recovered from them are not comparable to millions of taels of silver.
You know, the combined area of Yongning Xuanwei Division and Guizhou Xuanwei Division is larger than half of Guizhou Province.
Although most of them are in steep mountainous areas, it is better than nothing. At least for now, it can solve the serious problem of land annexation very effectively and quickly.
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