Thousands of defenders relied on the walls of Nanyang City, but they could not stop the fierce attack of the Home Guard Army. It was absolutely impossible for the Tang Prince's Mansion to rely on a few domestic slaves to block the attack of the Home Guard Army.
At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Hometown Protection Army formally captured the Tang Prince's Mansion. The Tang Prince, Zhu Yujian, hanged himself to death. The rest of the Tang Prince's family members either committed suicide, were captured, or were killed, and some of them escaped in disguise.
The Tang Palace was also the place where Nanyang City resisted until the last moment, while other places had long since surrendered or been conquered.
The prefect of Nanyang Prefecture, not long after the city was broken, had already hurriedly hanged himself before the soldiers of the Baoxiang Army arrived at the prefect's Yamen.
Tongzhi committed suicide at home.
The official Zuo Binglin fled without a trace.
Chen Qi, the magistrate of Nanyang County, was captured.
In addition to the four more important civil servants above, a group of low-level civil servants were also captured. Among these people, few committed suicide or resisted and were killed. Most of them chose to escape. If they could not escape, they surrendered and were taken as prisoners. .
The military generals were even more special. Some escaped from the city with their troops at the last moment, others disguised themselves and absconded, and some were forced to surrender and become prisoners of war.
but……
There are also quite a few generals who turned around and defected to the thieves with their men...
Regardless of the choices made by the civil and military officials and vassal kings in Nanyang City, it is a fact that Nanyang City was completely controlled by the Home Guard Army in just a few hours.
Now the troops who have entered the city have begun to patrol the city in groups, searching for scattered and recalcitrant soldiers. At the same time, the grain collection officers accompanying the army at the grain collection office are also seizing and counting various trophies.
Before the siege, Director Chen Xingkai of the Food Recruitment Department had already expected to obtain a large amount of loot, and had prepared dozens of elite troops to accompany the army.
As soon as the army entered the city, the grain collection officers from the grain collection office followed the army into the city.
After the army captured the official warehouse in the city, they immediately seized and inventoried the supplies.
Subsequent investigations were carried out in various official agencies.
But the big heads are not in these official warehouses or yamen, but in the homes of officials and the Tang Dynasty palace.
Especially the Tang Palace. The Tang Palace has been in Nanyang for more than two hundred years. Its accumulated wealth is definitely an astonishing figure.
This was indeed the case during the actual inspection and inventory. Three hundred thousand taels of gold, silver, copper coins and other cash alone were confiscated.
Really piled up like a mountain!
There are also a lot of other calligraphy and painting treasures, the value of which is difficult to determine in a short time. At the same time, a lot of various real estates, real estate deeds, land deeds and a large number of various IOUs were copied.
The assets of such a large Tang palace were very huge, but it was a pity that the confiscated proceeds that the Baoxiang Army could directly use in a short period of time were only cash.
As for all kinds of real estate, it is difficult to realize it, not to mention that many of them are still in other places.
Some rare items can be sold at low prices, but it is hard to say how much money can be recovered.
After all, antiques in prosperous times are gold in troubled times.
In such troubled times, these treasures are not as valuable as imagined. If they are sold to those merchants on the spot, they may not be able to get much money back.
If you want to buy it at a good price, you can only transport it to a prosperous place such as Jiangnan and sell it in a place that has not been affected by the war for the time being. However, this is more difficult for the rural protection army and the time required is too long.
In addition to confiscating a large number of assets from the Tang Palace, the Baoxiang Army that entered the city also confiscated a large number of assets from the residences of officials in the city.
During this process, the soldiers of the Baoxiang Army who entered the city would more or less hide some trophies privately.
As long as you don't go too far, the superiors usually won't care too much.
Although it is said that all the seizures in the Baoxiang Army must be turned over to the public, it cannot be said that the soldiers are not allowed to keep their own 'trophies'!
As for whether the jewelry in someone's arms was stolen during the battle or the loot seized from the enemy during confiscation, it is difficult to say clearly.
However, even if some of the 'trophies' were taken away by the soldiers, in fact, the soldiers could not hide much secretly.
After all, most of the things are in various cellars and warehouses. For example, the hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, silver and copper coins in the Tang Dynasty Palace were piled up in several cellars. When they were seized, grain collectors were watching. In fact, the soldiers There is no way to take things directly from such a vault and hide them privately.
The soldiers mostly took some jewelry and scattered gold and silver.
Most of the gold, silver and other materials were seized by the grain collection office.
In the evening, Chen Xingkai from the grain collection office found Luo Zhixue with a red face and reported to Luo Zhixue the results of this confiscation operation.
"Based on the preliminary confiscations we carried out today against Guancang, the King of Tang, and various recalcitrant and captured officials, a total of gold, silver, and copper coins, including various types of gold and silver jewelry, were confiscated, with a total value of 530,000 taels of silver."
"In addition to cash, we have also confiscated a total of 260,000 kilograms of various grains, mainly from official warehouses, the Tang Palace and grain bank warehouses controlled by some officials."
"In addition, more than 8,000 pieces of cloth of various types and more than 500 pieces of silk were confiscated."
"There are also many other types of supplies. This is a detailed list. General, please take a look."
"There are also some guns, weapons, mules, horses, carriages and other materials that have been directly handed over to the military, so I don't have statistics here."
While Luo Zhixue listened, he took Chen Xingkai's report and looked through it. There were hundreds of confiscated items in it. Gold, silver, food and cloth were just one of them. There were many other messy things. For example, there are livestock, wine, tea, porcelain, various ironware, and even various wooden furniture, clothes, etc.
After all, nothing was confiscated. Naturally, nothing was confiscated, including toilet paper.
Although Luo Zhixue looked through it, it was just a brief look, but he didn't look at it one by one. There were too many types of items on it, and they were quite complicated. The most important thing was that there were many messy materials that Luo Zhixue didn't care about. He only cares about cash and some easily cashable materials, as well as cloth and other materials that can be used directly.
While Luo Zhixue was flipping through the pages, Chen Xingkai continued: "This is just what we confiscated today. Tomorrow we will continue to confiscate the remaining recalcitrant officials and gentry in the city. It is expected that we will also confiscate some cash and supplies."
"The confiscated proceeds from the capture of Nanyang City this time exceeded our expectations. They are only cash, grain, cloth and other materials that we can directly use. It will not only relieve our current pressure on military expenditures, but also support our military operations." Increase the production of various types of ordnance, and then expand a large number of troops."
Luo Zhixue put down the account book and said with a smile on his face: "This time, your grain collection office did a good job. It seized a large amount of supplies in a timely and accurate manner. Very good!"
"Following up, your grain collection office will continue to work hard, closely cooperate with military operations, and effectively carry out the sealing work."
After saying that, Luo Zhixue thought for a while and then said: "Also, I have approved the funds you applied for last time to increase the manpower of the Grain Recruitment Office. I will follow the plan you mentioned last time to recruit manpower as soon as possible and get familiar with it as soon as possible. Business, your grain collection office will be under greater pressure in the future, so you must be prepared in advance."
"There will be more confiscations of all kinds. In addition, it is more important that you prepare as soon as possible for the summer grain collection in a few months. If everything goes well, when the summer grain collection starts, maybe the grain collection office will We can afford the summer grain collection work for the entire Nanyang Basin."
"The matter of food requisition is directly related to the lifeline of our rural protection army, and there must be no neglect."
Hearing that Luo Zhixue approved the plan to increase the manpower of the Grain Recruitment Office, Chen Xingkai's face became even more joyful, and he immediately said loudly: "We at the Grain Recruitment Office can't talk about fighting, but when it comes to confiscating the requisitioned grain, this matter We’re good at it.”
"Don't worry, General. I will definitely make the arrangements. When the summer grain collection comes, I will complete the task of collecting grain on time and in an accurate amount."
Chen Xingkai has reason to be happy. How does it reflect its importance and status as an official organization?
It is difficult to evaluate other aspects, but one thing is easy to understand, that is, the amount of funds and personnel.
After this expansion, the Grain Recruitment Department under Chen Xingkai will surpass the Industrial Department and become the organization with the most funds and the most personnel in the rural protection army.
This means that the Grain Recruitment Office will become the most important organization of the General's Mansion of the Hometown Protection Army.
This is what really makes Chen Xingkai happy.
Luo Zhixue said: "Okay, we are all old brothers, so there is no need to say more. You are busy at night, so go and do your business."
As the director of the grain collection department, Chen Xingkai is destined to be very busy this night. He needs to keep an eye on the confiscation and inventory work to avoid any mistakes.
Therefore, Chen Xingkai left soon. When he went out, he happened to meet Huang Guangmao, Director of the General Staff Department, and Xu Zhixian, Deputy Director of the General Staff Department who also came to report.
After the three of them briefly greeted each other, one continued to go out, and the other two continued to move forward. After walking a few steps further, Xu Zhixian looked back at Chen Xingkai's light footsteps, and immediately whispered: "It seems that the food collection office Today’s harvest is not small, I might be able to surpass the Industrial Department.”
Huang Guangmao said: "It's just a bargain. We have taken down the place, and they are just doing an inventory. I'm afraid the people at the Industrial Department will be dissatisfied."
"But this has nothing to do with us. Anyway, the more money and grain confiscated by the Grain Recruitment Department, and the more ordnance and ammunition produced by the Industrial Department, the more beneficial it is to us."
Xu Zhixian laughed and said: "That's true!"
No matter how the Grain Recruitment Department and the Industry Department compete for the most important position in internal affairs, they will not affect the interests of the military. In fact, the more they compete, the more beneficial it will be for the military.
Because in essence, the entire system of today's Baoxiang Army is a very pure military priority system.
Regardless of what they do, all the agencies under the General's Office are still serving the military in the final analysis.
