Chapter 335 Settle the accounts and coerce the family, and finally bow your head and sacrifice your property to atone for your crimes
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Everyone hurriedly raised their eyes and saw that the person who came in was none other than Rui Danian, the general of the palace who everyone recognized.
"Brother Xing, I haven't seen you for many days, my little brother came to see my brother." Rui Da said in a young voice.
"Hmph~" Xing Shouyi snorted lightly, didn't give this repentant in-law a good face, and turned his head to look to the side.
"Brother, Rui knew that this disaster was caused by the little girl in the final analysis, but he never thought that it would cause such a big incident! The matter has come to this point, the younger brother also wants to persuade the elder brother a few words, the current saint has traveled into Shu a few days ago, and the saint is here to persuade His Royal Highness the King of Shu to fully implement the new law of the Great Sui in Shu and reform the new land system. Originally, I wanted to do something to your family after the king of Shu married the little girl Lianniang. Originally, there was no reason to punish you and others, so I could only slowly figure it out, but I didn't want to settle the country but suddenly assassinated the king of Shu because of love, which gave the saint the best reason to attack you. Rui is here to persuade my brother and a few of you to recognize the current situation, and not to lose the lives of the whole family in order to guard those few acres of land. That's all I have to say, please think about it! After speaking, Rui Danian turned around and left the prison after bowing his hand to his former in-laws.
Several people in the prison were left staring at each other in confusion, as if they had just woken up from a big dream.
Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, died unexpectedly, all the nobles of the Shu family were arrested and imprisoned, plus the assets of the family in the city and the nationalization of millions of acres of fertile land outside the city, these seem to be much smoother than they imagined before entering Shu. The only thing that made Yang Er a little unhappy was that his fourth brother Yang Xiu died, which made Yang Er a little sad.
Coming out of the mourning hall of Yang Xiu, the king of Shu in the apse, Yang Er led everyone back to his side hall with a serious face. In the study, Zhang Ruoshui and Rui Danian were already waiting.
"Zhang Sili, how is the evidence of the collusion between the ministers of the Shu Wangfu and the Shuzhong family?" Yang Er sat down, picked up the teacup, and asked while drinking tea.
"Your Majesty, according to Weichen's investigation in the past two days, it has now been roughly investigated, and it is all in this booklet, there are 36 civil officials involved, and there are more than 10 military generals, please take a look at it." Zhang Ruoshui handed over a booklet of evidence that recorded the collusion of hundreds of officials with the family.
"Hmmm! Yes, put it here first, and I'll take a closer look. Are all the assets of the families in the city sealed? Did each family send someone to re-measure and make a new record? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, the shops, restaurants, pawnshops and other assets in the city have all been sealed. Only a dozen rice shops have now been taken over and have not been closed. It's just that the city is much more depressed all of a sudden. The land of the family outside the city is now being measured by the Inner Government Division, and there is no result for a while. Fortunately, it is now in the period of agricultural slack, and it has not disturbed the farmers. ”
"Yes! Fortunately, it is the slack stage! Otherwise, it will be time to delay farming. However, it is necessary to speed up the measurement, and it is necessary to allocate the land before planting in the spring of next year. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. The ministers will send additional men to hurry up. But~"
"Huh? Speak! ”
"Your Majesty, the officials involved in the case in this booklet are of different importance, and I also ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible, so that the affairs of the various prefectures and departments can return to normal as soon as possible."
"It's easy, I'll give you a result tomorrow morning."
"In this case, there is no problem with Wechen."
"General Rui, you are my No. 1 general in Shu, and you are most familiar with the military affairs in Shuzhong, I don't know how many troops in Shuzhong are now? Where to focus defensively? Tell me about it. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. There are 300,000 regular army horses in Shu, including horse infantry troops, of which 80,000 are transferred to northern Shu to guard against Hanzhong, mainly stationed in Jianmen, Jiangyou and Guanghan. There are 50,000 guards in Bazhong County to defend the Micang Road Road; There are 60,000 troops stationed in Brazil County to guard against the enemy from the southeast; Qianwei County garrisoned 60,000 troops, mainly responsible for deterring the movement of the barbarians in Nanzhong. The remaining 50,000 men are responsible for the defense of Chengdu and its surroundings. In case of war, our Shu State can also collect about 100,000 government soldiers. ”
"Hmmm! I didn't expect that Shu was in a corner of peace, and the population was not very large, but it could raise 300,000 soldiers, which shows that the land here is fertile and the products are abundant. However, now that Shu has been directly under the jurisdiction of the central court, there is no need for these hundreds of thousands of military horses. I ordered you to cut half of the 300,000 horses, and turn the cut soldiers into a reserve army, and the demobilized officers were given 100 taels to 300 taels of silver per person according to their ranks, and at the same time 20 to 100 acres of land; Each soldier was given 20 taels of silver, and ten acres of land. A few days later, the 50,000 elites of the 12th Army of the Central Army will arrive in Chengdu, and the leading general will be General Sima Chao. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Rui Danian responded.
"By the way, I came to make a recommendation for the two of you, this is Chai Shao, Chai Sichang, I appointed him as the assassin of Yizhou, in charge of the political and military affairs of Bashu and Shu, and you and others are under his control."
"The lower official pays a visit to the history of Chai Thorn." Zhang Ruoshui and Rui Danian hurriedly came over to greet Chai Shao, and Chai Shao also returned the salute with the two of them one by one.
"Chai Mou first came here, and he is not familiar with people and places, and he has to rely on two people to see and teach."
"The lower officials will cooperate with all their might."
"The last general is willing to obey the orders of the general of the firewood assassin."
"Good! After I returned to Beijing, the political army of Yizhou was dominated by Chai Sichang, supplemented by Zhang Sili and General Rui. ”
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we should do our best."
"Your Majesty, Miss Xing Yuying outside asks to see you." Zuo Tiancheng came to the study at this time and whispered to Yang Er.
"Huh! That's right, then let me listen to what this Xing Yuying has to say with you, and invite her in. ”
Zuo Tiancheng turned around and went out, and in a moment led Xing Yuying into Yang Er's study. At this time, Yang Er was already sitting in the center, Chai Shao, Zhang Ruoshui, and Rui Danian were also sitting, drinking tea and looking at Xing Yuying who came in the door.
After leading Xing Yuying into the room, Zuo Tiancheng walked out with interest and only waited outside the room. As soon as Xing Yuying entered the door, she saw Yang Er and the other four people waiting for her, and she couldn't help but panic, for some reason, she was not afraid of Yang Er, who looked like a young son, even if he claimed to be the saint today; On the contrary, he was very afraid of the two elders who were familiar with his father and needed to be polite.
"The folk girl has seen the saint, Uncle Zhang, and Uncle Rui." Xing Yuying bowed and said.
"Flat, this is the study, Miss Yuying doesn't have to be polite, do you have something to say today?" Yang Er asked with a smile, politely like a little brother next door.
"Holy Lord, this afternoon, the folk girl went to see her father again, and the result has already been achieved on my father's side, but I need to talk to the Holy Lord in person. The maiden came to report it, so as not to be in a hurry for the saints. ”
"Huh! Even so, it's okay anyway, I just want to go to the Criminal Department for a walk, so let's go together and see what the four major families in Shuzhong have to say to me. Yang Er said to the three of them with a smile.
"Hmmm! It seems that the four of them have compromised, and the lower officials and others will accompany His Majesty on a journey. Zhang Ruoshui said to Yang Er, and then got up with everyone and was about to go out.
Soon, Yang Er came to the prison of the Criminal Department surrounded by everyone. But he did not go directly to the cell, but borrowed the lobby of the Criminal Department of Chengdu Prefecture to summon Xing Shouyi and the other four people.
Yang Erwei sat in the main seat of the lobby, and the waiter of the Criminal Department, Chai Shao, Zhang Ruoshui, and Rui Danian sat on the left side of Yang Er. The four people who were brought out of the prison sat in the chair on the right. It's just that on one side is the big official in Shuzhong, with a relaxed and proud face; On one side is the nobles of the original Shuzhong, and now the prisoners under the ranks, and the people are panicking.
After seeing that everyone was seated, Yang Er said softly, "Among the four of you, who will tell me, what do you think?" ”
When the four families of Shuzhong took the initiative to ask, they couldn't help but look at each other, so they assigned Xing Shouyi to replace a few of them to answer the inquiry.
I saw Xing Shouyi get up and arch his hand and said: "The criminal Xing Shouyi has seen Your Majesty~"
"Hmmm! You are the father of my brother's murderer, Xing Shouyi. Good! I'll listen to you first. ”
"Your Majesty, Wu'er was reckless, and lost his mind to the death of His Royal Highness the King of Shu, but Wu'er also died on the spot. Therefore, in order to compensate the official family, the criminal family in the north of the city is willing to donate seventy percent of all assets, including the shops in the city and the land outside the city, and then compensate 500,000 taels of silver. In order to dispel the anger of the official family, his three families are also willing to give half of their net worth and 500,000 taels of silver. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks? ”
"Hehehehe----" Yang Er couldn't help but laugh when he heard it. Zhang Ruoshui and Rui Danian also sneered vigorously when they heard this. Seeing this, the four people, Xing, Quan, Gu, and Chen, did not know what to do, and became even more panicked.
"Xing Shouyi, you wait to hear clearly, I asked Miss Yuying to bring you a message, just to let you wait for yourself to settle the account first, and if you calculate it, you will be able to break the fortune and avoid disasters, and if you don't calculate it, you will not be able to escape death. In this way, you still have a mess waiting for this account! I don't mean to seek death, if so, I will fulfill you and so on. Pan Shilang, I ordered your criminal department to behead all the three clans of the Xing, Guo, Gu, and Chen families in Liulichang on the eastern outskirts of the city three days later, and the corpses were abandoned in the Minjiang River. ”
"Obey." Pan Wencai, the waiter of the Criminal Department, got up and answered the order.
"Your Majesty, wait! Xiaomin and others are really wronged! Seeing that Emperor Sui was angry and issued an order to behead the clan, the three of them, including Gu, Gu and Chen, hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted in unison, only Xing Shouyi stayed aside, as if he had accepted his fate.
"Holy Lord, the people have something to say." Xing Yuying, who had been waiting outside the lobby of the Criminal Department, suddenly rushed in desperately and shouted on the ground. Zuo Tiancheng followed in, wanting to pull her out of the lobby.
"Lao Zuo asked her to speak." Zuo Tiancheng had no choice but to let go of Xing Yuying and stand behind her to watch her, lest she make any more radical moves.
"Holy Lord, aren't you talking about business? Even if the business is wishful thinking, if the saint is dissatisfied, the price can also be returned. How can it be so arbitrary? Is it still a business to buy and sell? ”
"Oh? Hehe~" Yang Er was amused by Xing Yuying's business remarks, and the anger that was originally a little dissipated suddenly.
"Good! Then let me negotiate this as a business. I have three accounts here, I will talk about them one by one, you four are good to listen to, and you can calculate carefully, to see what kind of price should I give? 1. My fourth brother is my siblings, how can he be worth the murderer's life alone? How is this account calculated? 2. What do you say about the criminal state gathering crowds to rebel? But all the children of your three families have the crime of rebellion? 3. Can the grain of your four families be taxed by the government this autumn? Don't you know what the upper limit is for private food hoarding? What is the sin after exceeding? What is the crime of delaying payment for a long time? Zhang Sili is responsible for you to do the math for him. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. Article 1, the crime of murdering the prince of the royal family shall be punished with the murder of the nine clans. As far as the minister knows, all four of his families have in-laws, and they are among the ones who are killed; Article 2: Whoever gathers more than 1,000 troops without permission shall be guilty of treason according to the law, and shall be punished with the first evil and the accomplices; Article 3: Those who refuse to pay taxes and grain from the government and hoard up to 500,000 stone without permission are suspected of plotting rebellion, and all their family property should be confiscated and confiscated, and the guilty person will be punished with 100 and his family will be exiled for 2,000 miles. ”
"Hmph~ Can you hear it clearly, do you want to return the price?" Yang Er asked with a sneer.
"Dad~" After Xing Yuying heard the three charges, she suddenly realized, and she didn't dare to refute it anymore, she looked at Xing Shouyi and shouted.
"Alas! Your Majesty, Xiaomin is guilty, please speak up, what do you want Xiaomin to do to protect the lives of the whole family? Xing Shouyi lowered his head and asked weakly.
"Yes! Your Majesty, as long as you spare our lives, it is up to Your Majesty to do so. Guo Yutang couldn't hold back any longer, and couldn't help kowtowing again and again. Gu and Chen also hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Soon after I ascended the throne, all the new policies in the Great Sui were implemented except for Yizhou, and those who did it early, such as Hedong County, Jizhou, Donglai and other places, were all politically harmonious and achieved remarkable results. Later ones, such as the Central Plains Prefectures and Jinyang, have also been supported by the people. Now only Yizhou is left to buck the trend and disobey the imperial decree. My younger brother Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, is cowardly by nature, and this must not be his doing. Because the new policy would hurt your interests, he secretly urged my brother to openly boycott the imperial court. I originally intended to send troops to Yizhou to quell the rebellion, but I was afraid that both sides would be defeated and hurt the vitality of Shuzhong. I decided to go to Shu in micro-service, wanting to meet my brother in person, and state the powerful relationship of the new deal in person, but I didn't expect my brother to be stabbed to death. According to the law, the nine clans of the culprit should be cut off to comfort my brother's spirit in the sky and show the prestige of the court. But I am afraid that because of this, the killing will be too heavy, and it will not be beneficial to stabilize in Shu. For this reason, I want you to atone for your sins with your family property, so that you can implement a new policy in Yizhou and Bashu. If you understand my intentions and practice the method of destroying wealth and avoiding disasters, you will have the best of both worlds. I don't want you to take the kindness of my release as weakness and bargain with me, then I don't mind acting according to the law, even if I fall into the notoriety of a tyrant who kills in vain. After Yang Er finished speaking, he sat back in his seat and looked at the few people kneeling at the bottom of the steps.
"Your Majesty has worked hard, and the guilty people have been convicted. He is willing to hand over all the land and property in the clan and the industrial assets in the city to atone for the sins of my family. ”
"Your Majesty, my Gu family in the south of the city is also willing to confiscate the property, and only ask for forgiveness for the sins of my Gu family."
"Your Majesty, my Chen family is willing to obey Your Majesty's arrangement, and there will be no complaints."
"Hmmm! What about the criminals in the north of the city? Yang Er saw that Xing Shouyi was still stunned, and couldn't help but ask.
"Dad~ just donate the family property! Isn't it worth it if the Holy Grace can save hundreds of people from death in my criminal family? Xing Yuying saw that her father was slow to answer, so she hurriedly shouted.
"Alas~ The godson of the criminal sage has committed a heinous crime, and he can be spared death by His Majesty's grace, what else can the sinners say, and they are willing to hand over all the assets of the criminal family to His Majesty."