The first assistant, Xue Guoguan, had quick eyesight and quick hands. He immediately spoke sparingly and sent a new flattery: "Your Highness is fair and strict, and has a kind heart. He is truly a model for the Ming Dynasty and a blessing to all people!"
At this moment, flattering the prince would be of great benefit but without any harm. When someone strikes first and he follows up, it will become the icing on the cake and insignificant.
Yaoji acted as if he hadn't heard anything and turned to ask his factory boss: "How's the situation with Marquis Yangwu?"
Don't tell me, after lunch, if you guys haven't beaten down the losers, then just follow Xiaobai back to your hometown.
Fang Zhenghua did not dare to delay and immediately stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen's subordinates have fulfilled their mission and have captured Yangwuhou's mansion! Wei Chen was worried that it would affect the meal of Her Royal Highness the Queen and His Highness the Prince, so he did not dare to report it and now he is on his own. Please forgive me!"
Although the factory owner is brave, he has been in the palace for so many years and he knows how to seize the opportunity. As long as you are not a fool, you should know that you cannot go over and report about "killing people to heaven" while others are eating. This is not a military camp.
"Say it, it doesn't matter!"
"Your Majesty, after counting, Dongchang and Jinyiwei killed 117 armed men in the mansion, captured 282, and no one escaped. Fifty-eight thousand, seven hundred and fifty taels were seized. Silver, one thousand six hundred and twenty taels of gold, four boxes of jewelry, nine boxes of famous calligraphy and paintings, thirty-two boxes of antiques, and land deeds covering 15,200 acres and eight private residences in the capital."
"Are there any casualties in our unit?"
"Your Highness, together with the previous ones, twenty people from the two groups died in the battle and sixty-one were injured."
"Each person who died in the war will be given a pension of two hundred taels of silver. If there is an adult male in the family and he has not committed any crime, he can be included in the pension on a vacancy basis, but it must start from the bottom. Every injured person will be given a pension of two hundred taels. A person will be rewarded fifty taels of silver. Those who are seriously injured and cannot recover can be assigned to non-service positions after recovery. If they want to return to their hometown, an additional one hundred taels of travel expenses will be paid, and the rest of the personnel can receive a reward of twenty taels of silver. All silver must be paid. It will be distributed to people, either personally or to immediate family members, and no cents will be deducted during the process. Anyone who disobeys the order will be punished for the crime of disobeying the order!"
"I would like to express my gratitude to His Highness for participating in the war. From now on, I will go through fire and water for Your Highness without any hesitation!"
The prince did a very good job. No matter whether it was Fang Zhenghua or Luo Yangxing, there was no fault at all.
In this battle, there were 663 Dongchang and Jinyiwei soldiers participating in the battle, including cavalry, infantry, and artillery. The amount of silver for death and injury compensation was as high as 7,050 taels, and the rest of the silver for rewards reached 1. If there are as many as 1,640 taels, the total supply will be spread out to 18,690 taels.
If Marquis Yangwu is a poor man with less than 10,000 taels of property, then this transaction will be a total loss.
Because the loss of muskets and artillery, plus ammunition, must also be taken into account, and this does not include bows, arrows, and armor!
So if you don’t have a lot of money, you can’t even do anything. The only way to make money is to raid homes!
Yaoji took a rough look at the "Ranking of Honored Family Property" based on the summary of the current house raids.
Currently, the British Duke Zhang Shize is temporarily leading with more than 360,000 taels of silver (including gold).
Followed closely by Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, whose family's "surplus grain" was as high as 280,000 taels.
The famous "Huangdou Gong", Xu Yunzhen, Dingguo Gong, was not a poor man, and he had already had 250,000 taels copied.
If all the jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and real estate found in their mansion were liquidated, it would probably approach the million or two mark.
Oh, by the way, there is also his own cheap grandfather-Guozhan Zhou Kui.
The amount of money spent moving into the Forbidden City alone exceeded 30,000 taels.
For Queen Zhou, this is definitely a big "surprise"!
Tian Guifei's father Tian Hongyu also made a lot of money. Twenty thousand taels of silver was enough for him to go there and eat cornbread for a lifetime.
Whether they are begging for food on the street or sitting in jail, these two old weirdos will always have a companion. They must never forget each other even if they are rich or noble.
"...I would like to ask my mother to take a look at it!"
Yaoji handed the booklet over. The beautiful biological mother was not presbyopic, so she could naturally see the most important line in it.
Queen Zhou took it and browsed it briefly, and finally her eyes obviously stopped at a certain place.
A pair of curious black starry eyes, from surprise at first, slowly turned into anger.
If Fang Zhenghua didn't deceive the emperor, then it was obvious that someone was deliberately deceiving him.
What made Queen Zhou most angry was that that person turned out to be her father, whom she had always trusted in Youjia!
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes today, Queen Zhou would never have believed that her father would do such a heinous thing.
He lied openly in public, deceiving the prince that his family was poor and could only afford a hundred taels of silver.
Such a despicable method was actually told by my father as if it were true. Even Empress Zhou was ashamed of her.
But he didn't dare to show it, so he could only be secretly angry, and regretted his plea to Brother Hong before lunch.
If this booklet is circulated among the ministers, I am afraid that it will stir up thousands of waves while being greatly surprised.
But it would be even more inappropriate to withhold it and not publish it. The cabinet and the six ministers would ask for permission to read it.
Queen Zhou was really in a dilemma. After thinking about it, she had no choice but to seek help from her son.
"Let the emperor decide this matter, as long as I support you!"
The teeth that were originally biting her lips were slightly released, and the empress of the mother world returned to her previous dignified and beautiful state.
Relying on the family relationship that blood is thicker than water, Queen Zhou believed that Brother Hong would not do anything to kill relatives out of justice.
Besides, Concubine Tian's father is also involved. Considering the pros and cons, Brother Hong will probably show mercy.
Yaoji wanted to ask around first and seek the opinions of the cabinet, the Sixth Ministry, and the Three Law Departments, and then take the initiative himself.
But then I thought again, if I was frozen by these guys first, wouldn't I be passive?
There is also my own cheap grandfather here, so it is better to strike first, and you have to go out to pick after saving the land.
Yaoji looked around and saw that the ministers below were all listening attentively. They were clearly watching a good show secretly, so he said loudly: "Today is the beginning of my supervision of the country. I can't bear to use swords against my honorable ministers, causing blood to splash in the capital. However, the law of the country It is clear that without punishment, it is difficult to quell public anger. In view of the crimes committed by the honorable ministers outside the palace, I believe that, except for Marquis Yangwu and the three princes, the rest of them, regardless of their title, will be demoted to common people forever. No duplication. The family members were dismissed, the mansion was sealed, and the confiscated family property was distributed by the East Palace. The Marquis of Yangwu and his family openly resisted the decree and committed a heinous crime that cannot be pardoned. The whole family was beheaded. Duke Ying, Duke Ding and Duke Cheng deceived the king. "Your Majesty, the guilty party will be sentenced to death and his family members will be sent to the army. I wonder what you all, my beloved ministers, think?"
No imprisonment, no beheading, no imprisonment, just taking off all titles and becoming an ordinary citizen is the lightest punishment for this group of guys who dare to openly deceive me.
For these misers, taking away their money means killing them. Life without money is probably worse than death. Letting you enjoy the life of the poor is the most severe punishment.
Of course, they will not be completely poor. They can still get a living of a hundred or ten taels a month, but it is very different from the luxurious life they had before, and they have to beat their chests.
With Marquis Yangwu holding the vat in front, there was more room for maneuver in the back. The three Dukes' family members also escaped death penalty and could survive. The cheap grandpa was classified as the group with the least culpability. It was a great favor from the emperor that he was not demoted to beg for food.
The ministers were all carefully considering their words, so as not to make the prince angry and end up serving. This was just a matter of a word from the prince, and they had already done so.
Nowadays, the north is in chaos and bandits are raging. Jifu officials whose hometowns are in various places in the north naturally think that it is better to stay in the capital and eat the royal food than to go home and work hard.
Even if you remain silent, it is safer than saying that you are wrong. So as long as the prince doesn't call his name and just wait and see what happens, maybe some smart guy will ask for trouble.
When Yaoji saw this scene, he couldn't help but want to laugh. These guys were really scared of themselves, and they all showed expressions of fear and trying to protect themselves.
I am not a foolish king, but you seem to be a bit of a mediocre person...
In this case, I can only name them.
"Does the Metropolitan Procuratorate have any objection to this ruling of the Palace?"
If the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as the inspection agency, has no objection to this, then the Ministry of Punishment can sharpen its sword.
Now there are millions of taels of silver piled in the open space in the yard. This is irrefutable evidence and the defendant has no possibility of quibble.
Zuo Du Censor Zhong Qian came out and bowed in return: "To report to His Highness the Crown Prince, all that is required is for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to send someone to verify and file the matter. I have no objection to His Highness's ruling."
If there is, then the punishment is too light. According to the law, everyone should be dragged out and chopped off. Marquis Yangwu must be punished by Ling Chi.
Considering that there was a national warrior Zhou Kui inside, who was the grandfather of the current prince, Zhong Yan didn't make a fuss about it.
As the two top leaders of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shang Zhouzuo, the censor of the right capital, later commented: "I will reconsider it. The Metropolitan Procuratorate will report it as soon as possible today and tomorrow, so His Highness will not be kept waiting for a long time."
The young prince has a short temper. If he delays for many days, he will be angry with the ministers if he is not protected. If he is scolded by a child with a bad mouth, it will be scolded, and everyone will not feel good.
What's more, the evidence in this case is conclusive. Those three self-righteous princes bullied the young prince and actually left evidence in the court. They were extremely stupid. It was impossible to overturn the case now.
All the ministers present are witnesses, and there are proofs written in black and white. In addition to the pile of gold and silver outside, the Metropolitan Procuratorate can just go through the process, and the rest is a matter between the Crown Prince and the Ministry of Punishment.
"Well, that's good. What about the Criminal Department?"
As long as the Metropolitan Procuratorate is dealt with, the Criminal Department will be responsible for execution and distribution. It seems that today can be regarded as retribution for "Huangdou Gong".
Too poor to eat soybeans...
