Since using the trick of issuing notices, He Chou and the others have significantly increased their speed in checking the fields.
At the end of May, He Chou returned with his people.
Because he had a clear goal in checking the fields this time and only targeted the Wen family, the local governments still cooperated. After all, He Chou still had a warrant from the General Manager's Office.
Although Yang Ming did not have the power to appoint or remove governors and county guards within his jurisdiction, he did have the power of county magistrates. He could change county magistrates at will, and he only needed to report to the Ministry of Personnel.
The files that He Chou brought back filled a large box. The Wen family's four houses were located in the Jiangling area, with a total of 760 acres of land, which was more than 76,000 acres of land.
According to news from other states and counties, the total number of acres should be 5,300, making him almost the largest landowner in the entire Jingzhou area.
Where did a small literary family come from so much land? Without a strong enough backer, how could they be so fat?
Yang Ming was almost certain that the Wen family farmed the land for the Han Palace.
Five thousand three hundred pounds, this is half a million acres of land, which is what the prince can eat.
These acres, except for the Jiangling area where He Chou personally led people to conduct an inventory, which is absolutely true, other places only reported an approximate number, which means that there is still water.
A prince ate so much. How much did the governors and magistrates from various places eat?
No wonder Yang Yu is excited, this half is 250,000 acres.
At first, when Yuan Wendu estimated the number to be four thousand, Yang Ming didn't think so, thinking that there couldn't be that many. Now that he thought about it, the real number was probably even more astonishing.
This is from top to bottom, treating the people as fish and meat. It was only twenty years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty...
When Yang Yue inspected Liu Chang's family property, the total amount of land allocated to Yang Ming was 2,300 acres. How does this compare with the other people's 500,000 acres?
No wonder in history, after Dad took office, he would eliminate the position of the Four General Managers, because this position had too wide jurisdiction and too much power.
Such a thick file was placed in front of Yang Ming. Even if he was as brave as him, he didn't know how to start.
Once someone is sent to investigate, it will definitely be a shocking crime, and Datian will definitely hear about it. How will Yang Liang be left out then?
If Yang Liang is not removed, there will be no way to investigate this matter, because it will damage the image of the royal family and make people in the world think that the old Yang family is so greedy.
Did the King of Jin also occupy so many fields in Yangzhou? Are there so many Shu kings in Yizhou? Everyone will think in this direction.
"Call Yang Yu and let him see these files."
Yang Ming ordered people to move all the files to the inner courtyard and wait for Yang Yu.
Yang Yu came happily. He thought there would be good news, because his people had inquired and found that the people sent by the General Manager's Office to check the fields had returned.
But as soon as he entered the house and saw Yang Ming with an angry face, he felt that something was wrong.
"What's wrong with Mingdi? Why are you feeling unhappy?"
Yang Ming pointed to the open box and said in a deep voice, "See for yourself."
Yang Yu was stunned for a moment, then he moved a chair over and sat down, picking up the file and reading it slowly.
As time passed, Yang Yu's face became increasingly ugly.
Five thousand...three hundred...qing?
These bastards actually occupied so much land? And what they pay to the Han Palace every year is less than a thousand pounds of rent?
Father actually naively thought that he took 70%, while the Wen family only kept 30%.
This is my father's money!
You take four thousand pounds and give us one thousand pounds. How do you expect us to protect you?
With a "pop" sound, Yang Yu threw the file back into the box and paced back and forth in the room angrily.
"Both! They're all bugs. They're all dogs that eat people without spitting out bones!"
"Kill! We can't keep them, these people must be killed!"
Pretend, why are you pretending again? Yang Ming sneered: "How to kill? Come on, come on, teach me how to kill?"
Yang Yu's face turned red with anger
, after sitting down, he gasped:
"We are a family, and I won't hide it from you. From beginning to end, my father only knew that the Wen family had 1,400 to 5,000 acres of land. He had no idea that they had taken advantage of my father's influence to occupy such a large amount of land over the years. many."
As he spoke, Yang Yu was afraid that Yang Ming would not believe it, so he patted his chest and said, "The conscience of heaven and earth, if I deceive you, I will not be able to return to Jinyang and drown in the Han River."
Seeing that the other party didn't seem to be faking it, Yang Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Then, how do you solve this matter?"
"My father must be removed!" Yang Yu said quickly.
Yang Ming broke out and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense? The key is how to pick it? Who gives them such courage to occupy so much land for a small literary family? Who is their backer? Is it you or me?"
"This...this..." Yang Yu also panicked.
Without a backer, how could the Wen family occupy so much land? This is 500,000 acres. If this matter is brought up, if only one Wen family is killed, will the superiors recognize it? The Second Saint and the big bosses in the court are not easy to deal with.
Especially since all the prefectures and counties in Jingzhou are involved, officials from all over the country will inevitably be implicated. Looking at it this way, this matter really cannot be investigated any further.
So Yang Yu came close to Yang Ming and whispered:
"Big things have been reduced to trivial matters. The Wen family can only deal with it behind the scenes without making it public. This matter involves too much. If it involves too much, the resistance will be great. Brother Ming, please slow down for a while and let us brothers discuss a countermeasure. .”
Yang Yu no longer cares about whether he can get half of the land, he only cares about how to get out of the Han Dynasty Palace. Although Yang Ming and he are cousins, they belong to two families after all, and his father is now the prince, which suppresses him. Father's head.
And this kid has never given himself face. Even if you can sit down and talk with him now, he can turn around and fall out with you.
He was also afraid that Yang Ming would use this incident to throw shit in his father's face.
Yang Ming also agreed with the other party's view that this matter really shouldn't be a big deal.
Five thousand qing. If it were 1,000 qing, he could make the decision himself. If he killed, he would kill him. The governors of various states and counties would not be implicated.
But the amount of five thousand yuan was too large, and he had to report it. Once he reported it, more people would be involved, and the matter would not be done.
After thinking about it, Yang Ming said, "Let's do this. I'll send someone to get the land deed, and you can handle the rest by yourself."
"Understood!" Yang Yu was immediately overjoyed: "But when I came to Jiangling this time, I only brought 200 people with me, and I have no one under me."
Yang Ming said: "I will give you a transfer order from the General Manager's Palace. You can go to Jiangxia Hussar Palace to borrow troops."
"I can do it. I'll go today." Yang Yu really couldn't wait any longer. He wanted to resolve this matter as soon as possible.
Three days later, at midnight.
The five hundred soldiers of the General Manager's Office were all armed. Under the leadership of Pang Niu, they broke into all the four houses of the Wen family. With the search warrant from the General Manager's Office in their hands, they took away all the land deeds of the Wen family. No one was hurt in the whole process. .
Wen Hui was completely confused...
King Xuancheng of the Han Dynasty is here, why hasn’t the matter been resolved yet? Why were all the land deeds taken away?
No, I have to go see King Xuancheng.
As soon as he walked out of the gate, Wen Hui was stunned. His mansion was surrounded by guards from the General Manager's Palace holding torches, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
So he shouted: "I am the captain of Jiangling County, and I have official business to report to the King of Hedong."
The guard at the door sneered: "You step up with your left foot, and I'll chop off your left foot. If you step up with your right foot, I'll chop off your right foot. Give it a try."
Wen Hui was stunned, quickly changed his face, and said with a smile: "May I ask this military master, when can I go out?"
"Come on, just wait," the guard was obviously impatient and waved his hand to signal the other party to go back.
The situation of other Wen families was basically the same. Their land deeds were taken away and they were not allowed to go in or out.
Next, the south gate of Jiangling suddenly opened, and more than two thousand masked men in black swarmed in. These people were led by Yang Yu's men to each room of the Wen family.
Yang Ming had told him that women and children were not allowed to be touched.
but it is not the truth.
Yang Yu was determined to eradicate the problem and did not take Yang Ming's words to heart. In his opinion, killing some women and children was not a big deal.
After these men in black arrive, the guards of the General Manager's Mansion will withdraw, and the rest will be Yang Yu's business.
That night, Gangneung County was in flames.
The county government office urgently dispatched water trucks to put out the fire, and the entire county was in chaos.
The soldiers from Jiangxia Huqi Mansion also left the city and returned to their base overnight.
This fire could not be extinguished. It burned for a whole night. Thick smoke clouds were still floating in the sky above Jiangling County.
General Manager's Office,
There was only a crisp sound of "pop", and Yang Ming slapped Yang Yu hard on the face.
"You turned a deaf ear to what I said?"
Murong Sanzang, the governor of Jiangling County, had arrived just now. There was no one alive in the Wen family's four houses, and the number of dead should be four thousand.
Four thousand people died in one night, half of whom were women, children, and children.
It’s not the Madonna of Yang Ming. This is the Sui Dynasty, a feudal dynasty that only allows women and children to live without causing any trouble.
They can neither commit suicide nor think about revenge, they can only think about how to live their lives in the future.
In the early years of the founding of the emperor, Yang Jian ruled the world with benevolence and revised the laws. The common people committed crimes and the sentences were much lighter than those in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Northern Qi and Southern Chen, just to win the hearts of the people.
He also didn't expect that Yang Yu would do such a good job that he would be killed directly.
Yang Yu was stunned after receiving such a harsh slap. Didn't you ask me to finish it off?
Isn't my ending pretty enough?
The wood is done, and Yang Ming has nothing more to say:
"Go away, go back to your Jinyang."
Yang Yu gritted his teeth, scolded Yang Ming and his family in his heart, and then left with an unconvinced expression.
He didn't dare to fight back because Yang Ming's status was much higher than his.
The fire was ultimately attributed to the lack of rain in January, dry weather, and improper use of fire by the Wen family.
What a coincidence. In the entire Jiangling County, only the Wen family used fire improperly.
Although not many people would believe such an excuse, the common people did not know that the yamen was just using this excuse as an excuse and would not explain to the common people what was going on.
The people can follow it, but they cannot know it.
So these days, rumors are spreading, and there are all kinds of rumors. Some people say that they saw a fire dragon that night, breathing fire at the Wen family.
And Yang Ming is also reflecting on himself and must use the power in his hands carefully in the future.
Because his words and actions can lead to the death of many families.
If you don't respect life, life won't respect you.
If Comrade Yang Guang knew this truth, the Sui Dynasty would not be destroyed.
