"Your Majesty, Li Ruolian, is here to see you!"
"Get up and talk!"
Chongzhen put down the memorials, looked at the dozens of memorials on the dragon case, and secretly let out a long breath.
He finally understood why Chongzhen was called a model worker by later generations, and he had to approve nearly a hundred memorials a day.
"Your Majesty, I have three things to report."
"First, the details of Hakka's property seizure have been released."
Li Ruolian said, presenting a fold with both hands, and Wang Chengen quickly presented it to Chongzhen.
"Your Majesty, we have found 357,000 taels of silver, four houses, eight shops and manors of various types, 80 hectares of farmland, 68 gifts from the late emperor, and more than 300 items of royal use in the palace...I have found People from three parties estimated it and converted it into more than one million taels of silver."
Chongzhen looks calm and calm on the surface, but in fact he is pleasantly surprised on the inside.
It can be said that the guest fell down and was full of money.
He remembered that there were unofficial historical records that Chongzhen had to pay 300,000 yuan as a reward to the frontier troops for his ascension to the imperial palace. However, he had no internal funds, so he asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate the money from the Taikoo.
But two months later, another 1.3 million taels were suddenly allocated from internal funds.
In the past two months, Wei Zhongxian and Hakka were executed successively. From this, later generations inferred that they should have been copied from their homes.
Looking at the data copied now, it seems that some of it must have been embezzled by Jin Yiwei and the responsible officials when they were inspected back then.
Chongzhen sighed in his heart, in terms of making money, it is faster to confiscate homes. In the two cases of Hakka and Chen Derun, they obtained 1.3 million taels of silver.
With this one million and three hundred thousand taels of silver, we have enough money to build the Tengxiang Four Guards and train the new army.
At this moment, he really wanted to confiscate the homes of Qian Qianyi and the other five people, and forget about the other four. Qian Qianyi's Qian family was one of the three most famous families in Jiangzuo, and he was the richest man in the area. If the Qian family was confiscated, it would be estimated that the entire Bank of China would be the same. There have to be millions.
Liaodong's military expenditure for the year is finally settled.
It's a pity that he can't do this at this stage. If he tells the truth, his family will be confiscated and his family will be exterminated. All the ministers in the court are in danger. Who will work for him?
Although this group of people is not doing well now, at least they are still operating in an orderly manner.
"I only want money, you can handle the rest!"
"Also, take care of your people!"
"I understand, if you dare to reach out randomly, I will chop off their claws!"
After Li Ruolian responded, he continued: "Hakka's son Hou Guoxing, brother's son Ke Guangxian and other 169 people have been arrested and can be executed at any time. Please give me your Majesty's instructions."
"Torture them severely, record all their crimes, and wait for my decree!"
Chongzhen put the list on the dragon case and continued: "Let's talk about other things."
"Your Majesty, the second matter is about Qian Qianyi and the other five people."
"What? Are you having trouble?"
"Your Majesty, I have received information that there is a mansion in the capital called Jiangnan Guild Hall, which is a gathering place for Jiangnan students. After the news that five people from Qian Qianyi were executed in the Xia Dynasty today came out, dozens of people entered the Jiangnan Guild Hall. What we talked about specifically is unknown to me because of the tight security."
"The person whose identity has been confirmed so far is Qian Yuanxi, the director of the Ministry of War..."
Chongzhen tapped his fingers on the table regularly. After a long time, he said, "Let them go."
Listening to Chongzhen's words, Li Ruolian was a little confused.
This is obviously the Donglin Party who is causing trouble. What do you mean by letting them go?
But the emperor had spoken, and he did not dare to ask any more questions.
"Your Majesty, the third thing is the head of state, Mr. Zhou Kui. This is the result of the investigation."
When Li Ruolian said this, his voice involuntarily became softer. The results of the investigation were really too shocking. He was really afraid that his Majesty would order Zhou Kui to be beheaded in anger.
As soon as His Majesty ascended the throne, he killed his father-in-law. When word spread, I don’t know what the scholars said.
After reading the list, Chongzhen also admired Zhou Kui's methods and speed of making money. It had only been a year and a half since Queen Zhou joined Prince Xin's Mansion, and the family property was equivalent to more than 600,000 taels of silver.
The amount of cash found alone was 330,000 taels, of which 280,000 taels were collected during his ascension to the throne.
Later history records that Zhou Kui was tortured and handed over his family property equivalent to three million taels of silver, which seems to be true.
After placing the incriminating evidence on the Long case, he said calmly: "I understand, you don't have to worry about this matter."
"Li Ruolian, you will go back later and pick a larger shop in the capital, find some printing and engraving craftsmen, find some scholars with clean foundations, and prepare more four-foot-long sheets of bamboo paper. Wait for my order, and go down! "
"I understand, I'm resigning!"
Li Ruolian is good at this. If he has doubts, he won't ask. He will do whatever His Majesty says and just do it.
"My companion, I will go to the queen's side for dinner and add two more dishes!"
"My slave obeys the order!"
A quarter of an hour later, Chongzhen entered the Kunning Palace, and Queen Zhou immediately greeted him: "If I had known that Your Majesty would come to my concubine's place for dinner, I would have cooked the meal myself."
Listening to Queen Zhou's soft voice, the fierceness in Chongzhen's heart softened a little.
The two of them ate their meal slowly, and at this moment Chongzhen felt that he was much calmer.
As soon as he entered the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace and looked at the papers piled up on the Dragon Table and the ministers at the court meeting, he wished he could transform into a butcher and slaughter those people.
After eating, the two chatted first, and Chongzhen said: "Feng'er, I killed the Hakka family today. Have you been to the emperor's wife?"
"I've been there. When the emperor's wife heard the news, she cried so hard that she fainted. I stayed with the concubine in Ciqing Palace until the time of Shen Zheng."
"Well, the emperor's sister-in-law is also a hard-working person. It's not convenient for me to go to her place. You can go for a walk when you have time."
"I know that your Majesty can handle state affairs with peace of mind. I will definitely take care of this in the harem."
After chatting for a while, Chongzhen suddenly said: "Feng'er, I have something to tell you!"
"Big companion, send it in!"
Queen Zhou was a little surprised and took the paper handed over by Wang Chengen. After a moment, her face suddenly changed and she was filled with disbelief, and she knelt down on the ground in panic.
"Your Majesty, my father..."
Zhou Yufeng didn't defend her father. Either Chongzhen didn't send it, or if he did, it would be irrefutable evidence. To argue at this moment would anger His Majesty.
"Feng'er, get up!"
Chongzhen helped Empress Zhou up: "This matter was found out by the Jinyi Guards. If it weren't for the status of the head of the state, he would have been taken to the imperial prison at this moment."
"The depths in the court are unfathomable. The party strife is so fierce. The temperament of the father-in-law may one day become a knife in the hands of others. At that moment, do you think I should kill or not?"
"Feng'er, I won't make it difficult for you. As long as the father-in-law hands over all his property, I will let him go. From now on, I will provide him with good food and drink, and don't get involved in those disputes. What do you think?"
"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty!"
Zhou Yufeng prostrated again, then showed a troubled expression: "Your Majesty, my father's greedy and stingy character wants him to hand over his property..."
"It doesn't matter, you just have to do this."
Chongzhen said a few words in Queen Zhou's ear, and Zhou Yufeng nodded repeatedly.
"Come here, tell Zhou Kui to enter the palace!"
