Chapter 56, Picking Up the Money
On this day, half of the hundreds of officials in the court were imprisoned, and many families in the imperial city were implicated, and they ended up being confiscated and confiscated.
The Ministry of Industry Shangshu said that he was sick at home, and the right attendant of the household department could not come out of his illness, and many officials who did not appear in the early court today soon had a holy decree into the house.
A large number of Imperial Guards surrounded the mansions of these officials, all of them were imprisoned, and their families were placed under house arrest waiting to be released.
As for the gold and silver in the house, all the money and goods were confiscated.
Boxes of treasures were found from the mansion and placed in front of the mansion, filling several carriages, and the people nearby clapped their hands when they saw it.
Within a day, more than 100 corrupt officials were imprisoned, and although the emperor did not decree that everyone should be condemned to death, it was impossible for these people to turn over.
The entire imperial city suffered the biggest purge since the establishment of the dynasty on this day, and it was obviously a clear sky, but in the eyes of all the noble officials, the sky seemed to be covered with a layer of dark clouds, and thunder roared.
The number of people implicated and the miscellaneous factions involved, no one can say clearly, only that the prison of the Criminal Department is almost full of people.
Ma Zhong, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, personally led people to arrest Wan Qianjin and seized all the properties in his name.
For a time, the officialdom was in turmoil, and the shopping mall economy also suffered a major blow.
However, under the joint leadership of Sun Liangui and Zhou Liren, a part of the concessions were made to maintain the operation of major shops and meet the daily needs of the people, so that the market economy did not collapse.
You must know that this purge directly affects the officialdom, but indirectly affects the ordinary people.
And on this day, the only ones who benefited the most were the five princes.
In addition, because of his meritorious work in collecting account books, Xue Jian was personally promoted by the emperor to be the official of the six grades of the Household Langzhong, the Zheng'er Eight Classics.
In one breath, he was promoted from the nine-rank master book to the third rank in a row, and became the sixth-grade household Langzhong, which made Xue Jian happy for a while.
In the evening, Ma Zhong sent someone to report to the five princes that Wan Qianjin had fled and was missing.
In this regard, the five princes did not care, and now whether the thousands of gold are dead or alive has nothing to do with the overall situation.
All he wants is to cut off the "arm" of the third prince who controls financial power.
On the second day, Xue Jian, who put on his new official uniform, went to the household department to report, and the originally huge lobby was full of seats, but today it was less than half of the people.
When everyone saw Xue Jian, who had just been promoted, they got up and congratulated one after another, which was a hundred times more enthusiastic than the first time they met.
This is not only because Xue Jian was promoted, but because Xue Jian was the confidant of the Five Princes, and he was a key figure in this purge.
Now that the situation between the five princes and the three princes competing for the crown prince is becoming clearer and clearer, some officials who originally maintained a neutral attitude have also begun to fall to the five princes.
Listening to the congratulatory voices of these bosses and officials, Xue Jian was very comfortable in his heart, although he was not fluttering.
After staying here for a while, Xue Jian left.
He didn't really come to be an official, that is, he was addicted to being an official.
I heard that the Imperial City had been arresting people and raiding homes yesterday, Xue Jian had been busy for so long, and he almost lost his life, if he didn't take the opportunity to make some hard money, wouldn't it be a big loss.
Dressed in an official uniform embroidered with white cranes on a blue background, Xue Jian wore it very well, lining his slender figure and full of style.
He was originally a scholar, his face was delicate and handsome, and he had his own bookish temperament, and since he cultivated martial arts, his temperament and body have become more and more resolute, and he looks more abundant than the children of the big families in the imperial city.
Xue saw that when he was walking on the road, all the pedestrians looked sideways and avoided them one after another.
Soon he came to the mansion of a first-class master, surrounded by the Imperial Legion.
Xue Jian saw that the gate of this mansion was full of large boxes, and some of the boxes were still open, revealing a dazzling array of gold, silver and jewelry inside.
His eyes lit up, and he walked over quietly.
The captain of the Imperial Forest Army, who led the team to raid the house, happened to recognize Xue Jian, so he greeted him with a smile.
Xue Jian said politely.
"Xue came here to search for some evidence of the account book, and I hope that Lord Du Wei will make it convenient for me to go in and have a look. ”
The captain of the Imperial Forest Army knew that this person was the confidant of the fifth prince, so he nodded and agreed, and personally led him to the study of this first-class master.
Xue Jian glanced at it, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, the valuable things in the study were all moved, and the rest were some books.
He didn't really come to look for the ledger.
"Lord Lieutenant, go and get busy, I'll flip through it myself here. ”
The lieutenant also knew that this matter of searching for the ledger was not a matter of a moment, so he turned and left.
Xue Jian immediately searched carefully in the study, except for the two missing calligraphy and paintings, which were worth a little money, the others were almost worthless, and the system didn't want these rags at all.
After staying for a while, Xue Jian sneaked out of the study, planning to try his luck elsewhere.
With the strength of his realm, it was easy to avoid those Imperial Forest Army.
Unconsciously, he touched the front yard to the backyard, and picked up some leaks along the way.
Even the floor tiles for paving the path were made of jade, if it weren't for Xue Jian's extreme sensitivity to gold and silver property, he would really miss it.
He crouched down and pressed his hand on the jade floor tiles, and immediately a voice sounded in his head.
"Qingshi jade, the recovery price is 100 virtual coins, and the host confirms whether to recycle it?"
Such a floor tile is worth 100 virtual coins, which is equivalent to the value of a gold coin, and Xue Jian suddenly became excited.
He looked up, and there were hundreds of jade floor tiles on this path, which could be regarded as a small fortune.
After that, Xue Jian was like a floor tile harvester, leaving no one behind wherever he passed, and taking it all away.
When he arrived in the backyard, Xue Jian found that not only the floor tiles were valuable, but also the tiles on the roof, the beams and pillars used to build the house, and the carvings on the windows were worth a lot.
Even the stone lampposts on the side of the road are carved from fine white pumice.
The value of these things is not high in a single piece, but the amount is a lot, Xue Jian thinks that if he recycles all these things, it will be a day of getting rich.
He couldn't care too much in his heart, and reached out to press on a stone lamppost to recover 500 virtual coins.
After recovering all the six lampposts in the courtyard in one go, Xue Jian jumped onto the roof of a house and began to collect tiles.
A tile is worth 10 virtual coins, which is not much, but it is as easy as picking up money.
Xue saw frantically collecting tiles on the roof, and soon the roof of a house became empty, leaving only bare beams and pillars.
This beam and pillar is also made of fine wood, and Xue Jian stretched out his hand and pressed it, and then recovered the beam and column.
A rumbling sound echoed, and an entire house collapsed at once, alarming everyone in the backyard.
Xue Jian hurriedly slipped away and found a room where no one was there to hide temporarily.
He saw through the window that all the Royal Foresters were rushing towards that side, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of joy in his heart.
At that moment, he suddenly looked at a wooden cabinet in the corner of the room.
Under this wooden cabinet, it seems that there is a person hidden.