"Oh, looking at your expression, you should have gained a lot, tell me."
Yuan Keli put down his pen and stood up slowly.
He also became curious now.
"Mr. Ge, the palace of the Prince of Qin has 26,000 hectares. The gentry and wealthy merchants hold and punish a total of 6,000 hectares. The Yongshou County Prince's Palace has 5,700 hectares. The other clans such as Zhenguo, auxiliary generals, lieutenants, etc. have a total of 2,600 hectares. , in addition to the officials of the Royal Palace and the officials of the Xi'an Palace, if the verdict is announced, they will probably have two to three thousand hectares of land, and the total number of fields will be about 43,000 hectares."
"There are thousands of antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jades, etc., equivalent to 890,000 taels of cash!"
"There are more than 90 shops, manors, etc., equivalent to 400,000 to 600,000 in cash. There is a slight error in this!"
"Currently there are 6,250,000 taels in the Yin Qin Prince's Palace, more than 2.2 million taels in the Yongshou County Prince's Palace, and 390,000 taels in other clans, for a total of 8,860,000 taels."
"Others such as silk satin, horn feathers, etc. are also worth hundreds of thousands."
"The total value of the Shaanxi Qin Prince's Mansion incident is around fifteen million taels of silver."
Faced with so much silver and land, Yuan Keli was not happy at all.
Putting aside everything else, the field alone made him heartbroken. There were only 510,000 hectares of land registered in the Shaanxi Fish Scale Register, and the Qin Prince's Palace and the clan accounted for nearly 10%. How terrifying.
One Shaanxi is like this, and most of the remaining twenty-nine princes are similar to this.
"The clan is harming the country!"
Yuan Keli sighed, and then murderous intent and joy flashed in his eyes.
After the news of the land sale in Xi'an Mansion comes out, the other princes will probably be put on the fire.
Forty-three thousand hectares of land is equivalent to 4.3 million acres. According to the purchase limit of five acres per person, nearly 860,000 people can own their own land. This proportion accounts for 10% of the population of Shaanxi.
The drought in Shaanxi this time affected only about 700,000 to 800,000 people, which is enough.
"Continue to talk about the situation of the gentry, wealthy businessmen, and officials related to the Qin Palace!"
"Mr. Ge, Yu Chengqing, the governor of Xi'an Prefecture, confessed to several crimes such as forging land deeds for the Prince of Qin's Palace and covering up the crimes committed by the Prince of Qin's Palace. Almost all officials in Xi'an Prefecture have a relationship with the Prince of Qin's Palace.
Except for those among the gentry and wealthy merchants from the past few days, the others are pretty good. Although there are problems, they are not within the scope of this inventory.
In addition to the direct descendants of the Qin Palace, the family members, servants, relatives, etc., according to the laws and honors of the Ming Dynasty, violated the crimes of disregarding the state, having private relations with officials, accumulating troops and raising heroes, and privately interfering with local places.
Ninety-seven people who violated household rules, etiquette laws, criminal laws, etc. met the standards for execution.
There are thirty-one people with a hundred canes, and eighty-two people with fifty canes... All the officials in the Qin Palace, except for the left and right officials, were all punished with at least fifty canes. "
It took Zeng Xian a full quarter of an hour to report the general situation of the crimes committed by the people in the Qin Palace and the clan.
"Are all the required confessions, witness statements, documentary evidence, physical evidence, investigation records, etc. for these people complete?"
"Everything is ready!"
Zeng Xian said with a smile: "For these things, the soldiers, officials, and uniformed guards who went to do things were all busy."
"Then let's do it according to the rules. Kill what needs to be killed, punish what needs to be punished with the rod, and close what needs to be checked. Tomorrow at 3:00 noon, we will finish the work in Xi'an City, and leave the rest of the states and counties to the Jin Yiwei."
"Mr. Ge, the commander of the Sixth Guards of Xi'an Mansion has also committed a lot of corruption, isn't it..."
"Don't worry about it for the time being. Most of the officials in Xi'an Prefecture are on death row. If we kill the commander of the Six Guards, it will be difficult to make up for it in a while. There are still civil commotions and major disasters in Shaanxi. We still need them to deter them."
"Understood, I will make arrangements now!"
After Zeng Xian left, Yuan Keli sighed.
Why didn't he know that there was a problem with the commanders of the Six Guards? Not only the commanders of the Six Guards, but also 90% of the commanders of the more than 500 military posts in various provinces and state capitals throughout the Ming Dynasty had problems.
But should they all be killed? Obviously this is not feasible, so we can only slowly cut the flesh with a blunt knife and clean it up bit by bit.
"Cui Ming, are the carriages ready? Are everything in Prince Qin's Mansion ready? After killing those people tomorrow, we will set off!"
Cui Ming nodded.
Early the next morning, the entire county was in a state of excitement just because Yuan Keli had people publicize the noon execution.
Before noon, countless people gathered in front of the Yongning Gate, the southern gate of Xi'an City, the oldest gate in Xi'an City.
In the venue were nearly a thousand gentry, wealthy businessmen and officials who were involved in the Qin Prince's Mansion incident and disaster relief incident.
"Dear fellow villagers, I am Yuan Keli. I believe you all know my name. I have called you here today just to deal with the affairs of Prince Qin's Mansion in public..."
After a simple explanation, Yuan Keli waved his hand, and the left and right officials of the Qin Palace were pushed up.
Cui Ming stepped forward, held a roster, and began to read.
"Shi Quan Qinghong, the left chief of the Qin Palace, and Tan Yao, the right chief, failed to live up to their holy grace. In order to urge the King of Qin... they were executed! They confiscated their property!"
"Execution!"
The executioner raised his knife and dropped his head. The head fell to the ground, and blood spurted out several feet high.
"Yu Chengqing, the magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture, committed fraud, protected wealthy businessmen, and stole the treasury... He will be executed immediately! The family property will be confiscated and the family members will be exiled for three thousand miles!"
The executioner struck again.
Groups of officials were beheaded one after another. The commanders of the Xi'an Sixth Guards and other remaining officials in the Xi'an Mansion looked pale and their eyes were full of fear.
But the people who were watching cheered loudly every time they cut it.
After the person who deserves to be beheaded is cut off, the next step is the cane punishment, and a famous gentleman, wealthy businessman is pushed onto the high platform.
The executioners were all brought here by Yuan Keli. A dull sound of bang... bang... was heard, followed by sounds of begging for mercy.
Some people shouted that they were willing to exchange fields, gold and silver, etc. for a lighter sentence.
Faced with these people's begging for mercy, Yuan Keli did not waver at all. Although the land was what he needed, at this moment he was just killing chickens to scare monkeys and frighten the people, wealthy businessmen, and officials in Xi'an City.
If we stop today because of these, it will send a wrong signal to the people of Xi'an. Violating Ming law can be settled with money.
For more than half an hour, all the more than 400 people who were tortured with sticks were executed.
Those who were punished with a hundred sticks were beaten to death directly, and some others were also beaten to death. Those who were not killed would not be able to get out of bed for at least half a year.
The execution started at 3:00 noon and ended at the moment of Shen Zheng. At the end, the people who were watching were silent and their eyes were filled with fear.
"Fathers and fellow villagers, please don't be afraid. The state has national laws, and every family has its own rules. Without rules, there is no rule. These people have violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty and deserve to die.
As long as you abide by the laws and behave like a gentleman, these laws are just decoration.
The court will not wrong anyone, nor let any bad person go.
After today, Xi'an Prefecture will usher in new vitality. No one will have to worry about the collusion between officials, gentry, wealthy businessmen, and oppressing the people. The killing today is for the sake of not killing in the future. "
The people who were watching slowly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Yuan Keli's explanation.
