"If you return to China, this time there are 860,000 taels of silver and 110,000 taels of gold confiscated from Peng Shouli's house alone, plus the silver taels of cash, shops and other properties confiscated by dozens of merchants who are in the same boat as him have reached 26.58 million taels and 1.23 million taels of gold.

Due to the short time, Pan Ruzhen's family's property has not yet been counted, and it will take a little time to figure it out, but it is estimated that the lower officials should not be less. ”

Li Yanyue said that his face became more and more angry, because of Yang Feng's involvement, the Ming Dynasty, which was supposed to be on the verge of financial collapse, was much better than another historical time and space, but the finances of the imperial court were still not optimistic, and the lives of the people were not very good.

However, the gentry class of the Ming Dynasty is still living a life of drunkenness, which can be seen from the merchants they raided this time, which can be described as shocking, and the silver seized alone is already worth the taxes of the Ming Dynasty for several years, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as rich and rival the country.

Thinking of this, Li Yan asked angrily and puzzledly: "Grandpa Guo, these people are already so rich, it can be said that they can't spend it in ten lifetimes." But why are they still not content and desperately trying to make money? ”

Yang Feng shook his head: "The so-called desire is insatiable, people's greed is endless, just like a scholar who thinks about being admitted to the Jinshi and becoming an official every day, but after he becomes the seven-rank county commander, he will think about how to become the four-rank prefect, and after becoming the prefect, he will think about being an envoy, a political envoy or even a governor, how can there be a day of satisfaction." ”

Li Yan shook his head gloomily, his hands were clenched, his nails pierced deep into his flesh, and he said sadly: "Is there really no way to curb people's desires?" ”

"Absolutely."

Yang Feng raised his voice in an affirmative tone, stared at him and said: "That is checks and balances, the establishment of various perfect systems to check and balance officials, in the vernacular, it is impossible to let any party sit big"

After Li Yan muttered a sentence, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he urged: "Grandpa, can you tell me in detail?" ”

"Not right now!" Yang Feng shook his head, "If you really want to talk about this matter in detail, it can't be said in three or two days, you should hurry up and run an errand now, hurry up and make a book of everything, and tomorrow the Japanese government will send someone to write down everything and send it to Your Majesty along with the silver taels." ”

"Xia Guan knows." Li Yan's face also became serious.

He naturally understands the urgency of this matter, whether it is the assassination of Yang Feng or the killing of all the most famous and wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou Prefecture, it is a major event that is enough to cause a sensation in the Ming Dynasty, and now even the governor of Zhejiang has been arrested by him, this matter is enough to pierce the sky, Li Yan believes that when this matter reaches the capital, the officials will definitely jump up like they have been dug up the ancestral grave.

It's okay for those businessmen and gentry to raid their homes, who let them assassinate the dignified grandfather of the country, but Yang Feng's arrest of Pan Ruzhen is definitely a hornet's nest, and for civil officials, this is definitely a matter of life and death.

Yang Feng is now a prince of the country, and everyone, including Zhu Youxiao, has assigned him to the military generals, and now a military general has actually arrested a feudal official without the permission of the emperor's nodding cabinet, and this matter is a big trouble.

The civil servants have worked hard for more than 200 years, and finally suppressed the nobles and generals, but now there is such an outlier as Yang Feng, if they don't reflect it, and the other nobles and generals follow the same example, then won't all their years of efforts be in vain?

Li Yan persuaded again: "Grandpa Guo, why don't we release that Pan Ruzhen first, you send the evidence to the capital first, and then we will arrest him when we have His Majesty's will, wouldn't it be safe?" ”

Yang Feng flatly refused: "No, if you wait until Your Majesty's will arrives and then escort Pan Ruzhen into Beijing, the daylily will be cold, you can be regarded as a person who has been trained for so long, don't you even know the truth of the speed of soldiers?" ”

After being reprimanded by Yang Feng, Li Yan didn't dare to say anything anymore.

In fact, Li Yan was not wrong, the impact of this incident was even beyond his imagination, less than five days after Pan Ruzhen was arrested, the capital had already exploded, and countless civil officials were filled with indignation and wrote to him to demand that he be relieved of his military power and locked him up in Beijing for questioning.

Zhu Youxiao was also very surprised when he just received the news, he couldn't have imagined that Yang Feng would be so bold, and even dare to arrest the governor of a province, such an act can no longer be described as bold, this is simply death.

The Forbidden City

"Sandezi, hasn't the excerpt of the Duke of Xinguo arrived yet?"

In the imperial study, Zhu Youxiao asked Sandezi again.

Sandezi couldn't figure out how many times Zhu Youxiao asked the same thing today, so he could only answer with a bitter face: "Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid has not received the news, and when there is news, the slave and maid will send it to you immediately." ”

"Your Majesty, Elder Sun Ge, Elder Han Ge and Elder Zhu Ge jointly ask to see you."

Zhu Youxiao frowned, of course he understood why these three bigwigs asked to see each other, and he wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he still let them in.

"Ministers Sun Chengzong, Zhu Guozhen, and Han Yi see Your Majesty!"

"Aiqing, please get up, give me a seat."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and the three dezi on the side hurriedly asked the little eunuchs to move three brocade stools and invite the three pavilion elders to sit down.

After Sun Chengzong sat down, he arched his hand to Zhu Youxiao and said: "Your Majesty, Xin Guogong killed and slaughtered the gentry and merchants in Hangzhou, and arrested Pan Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang. ”

"What else is investigating, this matter has been spread, and there is still a falsehood." Han Yi, who was anxious, immediately said: "Could it be that someone has wronged him?" ”

Zhu Guozhen also said: "Your Majesty, this wind must not last. Yang Feng was appointed as the governor of the trilateral and the governor of the southern part of the country, and he was ordered to exterminate the thieves, but he could not watch the arrest of the governor of a province without a will, how is this kind of thing different from rebellion? ”

Zhu Youxiao refused: "We can't just listen to the rumors about this matter, we have to wait for Yang Feng and the Hangzhou Mansion to arrive, otherwise just listen to a few rumors and recall the general of the imperial court to Beijing, this is too ridiculous, right?" ”

Sun Chengzong and the three of them glanced at each other, and they were also quite helpless. They couldn't figure it out, it had been five or six days, and the official document from Hangzhou Mansion should have arrived.

At this time, Sandezi, who was originally outside, strode in and held a brocade box high above his head: "Your Majesty, more than 30 officials of Hangzhou Mansion have jointly signed a letter and sent it!" ”

Immediately afterwards, another eunuch rushed in and said respectfully at the door: "Your Majesty, the excerpt of the Duke of Xinguo has been delivered!" ”