Shops in various places are worth 300,000 yuan, and residences are probably worth between 400,000 and 450,000 yuan. Although land assets such as farms and forests are concentrated in the eight prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, based on the current land prices, if they are all based on the middle land If you calculate it, four or five thousand acres of land is less than one hundred thousand taels of silver, which is not very valuable.
Calculated in this way, the total of these three items is around 800,000, but the equity of Taihe Bank is estimated to be worth more than one million. It is difficult for Feng Ziying to judge the specific details, but even if it is calculated in millions, it is astonishing. , the two items add up to nearly two million.
There are also cash silver, red gold and the 300,000 yuan saved in Haitong Bank. This is even more scary. Not counting various business assets that are not easy to calculate, there are as many as 3 million.
Feng Ziying felt that she still underestimated the Zhen family's wealth. Even if the business assets were not included, the assets handed over accounted for 70% of the Zhen family's total assets, so the total assets of the Zhen family exceeded four million. If business assets were added, Feng Ziying estimated that the total assets of the Zhen family should be around 6 million.
Thinking about it, it's shocking and sad. The assets of the Zhen family accounted for about a quarter of the official fiscal revenue of the Zhou Dynasty. It's no wonder that emperors of all dynasties liked this method of fattening up.
Once you gain weight and find an excuse to have surgery, money will roll in. It’s really great.
Feng Ziying had no intention of doing so, but she also knew that it would be impossible to squeeze out all the assets of the Zhen family. That would be unrealistic.
The Zhen family was very cooperative in this way. Even if Long Jinwei, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Criminal Department were used to search the house, it would be difficult to exceed this number, and it might even be much less.
It was nothing more than holding the Zhen family in their hands and torturing them as a means of blackmail.
But if core personnel like Zhen Yingjia and Zhen Yingyu hadn't spoken out, how much details about the Zhen family's wealth would Zhen Baochen or others in the Zhen family know? Feng Ziying feels that this sentence is correct.
The Zhen family handed over such a list of family property, which initially showed their sincerity, but Feng Ziying didn't care much about it.
His focus was not on the Zhen family's property, because these things would have to be cleared sooner or later. The four families had long been under the court's sight, and it was only a matter of time before they took action against them.
Wang Wenyan, Wu Yaoqing and others have been collecting intelligence around these companies for a long time.
The Zhen family can hide some, but not much. They themselves know this very well, otherwise they would not be so honest with each other.
Feng Ziying's target is to target vassal or related powerful families such as the Tang family and the Ding family.
In particular, those powerful families involved in selling illegal salt or smuggling at sea are his targets.
After Zhen Baochen handed the list to Feng Ziying, she carefully observed the changes in Feng Ziying's expression, trying to find out Feng Ziying's true attitude.
This list was also made by my father after repeated discussions with him, and he should have communicated with his second uncle before.
If you have no choice but to sacrifice money to avoid disaster, then do this, and it is considered very powerful.
However, according to Zhen Baochen's observation, Feng Ziying seemed too careless and dismissive.
Such a list, no matter who hands it, will cause huge shock and even uproar.
But this one seemed very indifferent, or too indifferent.
This is a list worth several million, and it can also be regarded as a certificate of submission that the Zhen family is preparing to hand over to the court.
But in Feng Ziying's view, a certificate of nomination must be handed in, but not this.
The imperial court would have taken this by itself.
You have to come up with something that the court has not mastered, or even something unexpected, so that the court can gain something extra. This is considered a certificate of submission.
"Girl, I've probably read this list, it's a sign of your Zhen family's sincerity, but if I'm looking for flaws, or things that the Zhen family has hidden, well, I can also find some,..."
Seeing Zhen Baochen's face turning pale again and wanting to explain something, Feng Ziying waved her hand to stop him.
"No need to explain. I believe that Lieutenant Long, the Ministry of Punishment, and my people will have this piece of information during their investigation of the Zhen family.
"There are things missing from the list, but that's not important. I can even cross out two places on this list for you and leave them to your Zhen family. It's not a problem..."
Zhen Baochen and Zhen Baoyu both looked at each other, so generous?
But the two daughters of the Zhen family immediately understood that there must be higher requirements behind this.
"You know what I want. I want to use this to convince the court, Mr. Sun and the upcoming Mr. Gu Ge. This alone is not enough, because these are basically under the control of Long Jinwei, the Ministry of Punishment and even the Metropolitan Procuratorate. On the list, I want things that Long Jinwei and Xingbu do not have, or they are not in complete order, but you, the Zhen family, can get them."
Feng Zi's English was slow but unmistakable.
Zhen Baochen and Zhen Baoyu exchanged glances, and finally Zhen Baochen said sadly: "I understand, it's just..."
"Girl, I have already made a promise. If you don't believe Feng's promise, I believe that no one will dare to help you in the greater Zhou Dynasty." Feng Ziying became impatient.
Besides, the lives of your whole family are at stake, but if I am a knife and you are a fish, if you try too hard, it will appear that you don't love yourself.
Zhen Baochen could only nod, biting his lips and said, "What specific thing do you want, Mr. Feng? The Tang family or the Ding family?"
"This looks like cooperation." Feng Ziying nodded with satisfaction: "The situation of the Tang family is very complicated. We have some knowledge. The Zhen family is related to him by marriage and has known each other for twenty years. There must be more things that we have not grasped. As for the Ding family, we know more about the Ding family in Yangzhou, but the Ding family in Huizhou requires you to provide some."
Zhen Baochen sighed in his heart.
I had only talked with my father before coming here. If we didn’t reveal some, no, not reveal enough secrets about the Tang family, the Ding family and even other powerful families that cooperated in the private salt business, it would be difficult for the court, or for Feng Keng, to let him know. satisfy.
The Zhen family, or the four great families, have been targeted for a long time. Therefore, the court thinks that it has enough control and does not need to spend much effort. However, for Tang, Ding and other powerful families, the court may not be able to I understand that a family like the Zhen family has been deeply involved in Jiangnan for decades, especially since the Zhen family has a cooperative relationship with these families.
Lowering his eyelids and thinking for a moment, Zhen Baochen raised his head and lightly opened his red lips: "Okay, I hope Mr. Feng will remember your promise. Let's talk about the Tang family first. The Tang family has a close relationship with Jinshan Guard. I'm afraid you may know about it. In addition, the Tang family used to They have something to do with Japanese pirates, and I guess the Ministry of Punishment also knows about it, but what we know is that the Tang family has actually been in contact with Japanese pirates for all these years, but the whereabouts of this Japanese pirates are mysterious and erratic, and even the Navy may not be able to grasp them. ..."
Feng Ziying became interested immediately.
Japanese pirates have basically stopped in the past twenty years. This is the general trend after the Tokugawa shogunate strengthened its control in Japan, but it does not mean that all Japanese pirates will disappear automatically.
There are still several groups of Japanese pirates along the coast who are fierce, bold and secretive. They are known as the Seven Bandits, two in the south, four in the north and one in the north.
The South Fourth refers to the four groups of Japanese pirates running rampant in Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong to the south of Jinshanwei. In the north, there are two groups north of Liaojiaozui at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The Middle One refers to the area from Liaojiaozui to Jinshanwei. A group of Japanese pirates reached all the way to the river in Nanjing and the large sea area including Chenqian Mountain, Daqu Mountain, Tanhu Mountain, Donghuo Mountain, and Daishan, which were later called Shengsi Islands and Zhoushan Islands.
The Tengcai Navy also chased two Japanese pirates in the north, but these Japanese pirates were not large in scale, and there were hidden stakes along the coast. Once the Navy made a move, they would immediately hide or escape far away, making it difficult to catch them.
Sometimes Shen Yourong and the others are not sure whether they are Japanese pirates or local pirates, or simply local pirates under the banner of Japanese pirates. However, this group of people also has connections with Japan, and sometimes they even dare to go to North Korea to plunder. .
"Are the Tang family colluding with the Jinshan Guards and Zhongyi group of Japanese pirates?" Feng Ziying's eyebrows tightened.
"It should be so. Many merchant ships along the coast of Songjiang were looted, and they should all be related to this group of pirates. But whether they were Japanese pirates or not is unclear, but there should be Japanese among them, but as far as my father knows, the leaders should still be Han Chinese. ,
........." Zhen Baochen paused, and then continued: "As far as my father knows, part of the proceeds from the pirates' looting at sea were sold through a pawnshop and a jewelry shop owned by the Tang family in the capital city, and some of the stolen goods were sold in large quantities. The goods are transferred through Yangzhou,..."
If the situation mentioned above is important, then what is said later is very critical.
If we want to take over the Tang family, we will definitely face strong opposition from the Lu and Dong families and even the entire Songjiang scholars. This force is not small.
Without sufficient evidence, it would be difficult to bring down the Tang family, let alone uproot them.
The Tang family's stake in Taihe Bank is not small, and many people are envious of it. However, if you can't overthrow the Tang family, it will all be empty talk.
"Pawn shops and jewelry shops in the capital city?" Feng Ziying is very keen.
He had been a prime minister in Shuntian Mansion. He knew about all the pawnshops and jewelry shops with the right names and surnames, but of course he didn't know about the ordinary ones.
Zhen Baochen swallowed with some difficulty, and then said in a solemn voice: "The Kui Dou Ji of Yongfang in the Great Time, and the Tianshun Treasure Shop of Fucaifang."
Feng Ziying almost took a breath.
Kui Dou Ji is not simple. He is one of the eight major pawnshops in the capital. Although he ranks at the bottom among the eight major pawnshops, there are more than a hundred pawnshops in the capital city? To be ranked in the top eight, you can imagine its scale.
Tianshun Treasure Shop is even more shocking. It is located at the entrance of Baihat Hutong in front of the Three Law Departments - the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It is also a very famous jewelry and antique store in Beijing.
It has three floors. The first floor is a jewelry store, the second floor is an antique store, and the third floor is where big customers or VIPs negotiate business. It is the largest in Beijing.
It can be said that sitting around and looking around, even Shen Xue Lin and the others have gone shopping for jewelry, and ordinary people would not even dare to step through the door.
