"Wei Guogong, tell me honestly, how much land, shops, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, gold and silver are stored in your family, how many debts have you put outside, and how many open and dark stocks have you entered? Let's talk about it, how much is it worth? Let the palace and the saint be happy, and maybe your capital crime will be forgiven! ”

Dagongfang is now the prince's line! A very wrong prince was smiling from ear to ear, interrogating the father and son of Wei Guogong who had just been caught.

Chongzhen on the side listened to Zhu Cihong's nonsense, and could only sigh and frown. Where does Zhu Cihong's words seem to be said by a Ming Jun? Is Mingjun so greedy for money? When you hear that you can get more money, you will be spared the death penalty?

It should be that the more money you greed, the heavier the crime!

Xu Hongji didn't say anything, just closed his eyes and waited for death. His body bones are long gone, and he won't live long if he doesn't kill, what else can he say? But his son Xu Yunjue hasn't lived enough! Listening to Zhu Cihong's words was like grasping a life-saving straw.

"Chitose Lord spares his life, my family is indeed rich, there is a lot of money, if you count the branches of each house, it is rich and rivals the country......"

"It's not counted as the Dingguo Gong family!" Zhu Cihong said, "Dingguo Gong is a hero who overcame difficulties, and he is very loyal!" ”

Zhu Cihong has a clear distinction between love and hate, although Dingguogong's family only follows, they are also people on the prince's side, and if they can follow, they will have merit, and they can get some benefits when they go to Jiangnan.

"Yes, yes, ......yes," Xu Yunjue said, "Not counting the northern branch of Dingguo Gong, my family's land, shops, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, cellar gold and silver, all kinds of creditor's rights, all kinds of bright and dark stocks, if handled properly, there must be fifty or sixty million taels of silver......"

"What? Fifty or sixty million taels! So much? You, you ......" Emperor Chongzhen stood up suddenly, raised his hand and pointed at Xu Yunjue, "You are too greedy, too greedy, how can you be so greedy!" ”

"Father's anger!" Zhu Cihong smiled brightly, "These fifty or sixty million taels should include Juntun land and other land...... After deducting the land, there is not so much. Xu Yunjue, tell me how much land your family has! ”

"Return, return to the Chitose Lord, this real number of criminals really can't remember......"

Too much! That's too much! How do you remember to come over?

Chongzhen asked sharply: "Then let's make an appointment!" ”

Xu Yunjue said with a sad face: "The criminal family is huge, and there are many branches, even the approximate number is not clear for a while. If we only talk about the land of the Wei State Mansion, Juntun occupies about 1.2 million mu, and there are about 1 million mu of other land, of which 700,000 mu are hidden fields, and the rest are the ...... that the imperial court has rewarded my family with over the years."

That is, 2.2 million acres of land, of which 700,000 acres are hidden fields!

Zhu Cihong smiled and said to Chongzhen: "Father, if the land can be bought and sold normally, the 2.2 million mu of land will be worth thirty or forty million taels!"

Even if the land is not easy to buy and sell, the rent of these 2.2 million acres of land is 200 million stones a year! ”

He turned to Xu Yunjue again and said, "Go on!" How much more property is there? Let's talk about it. ”

Xu Yunjue responded: "There are more than 1.8 million taels of silver and 170,000 taels of gold in the cellar of the Wei State Mansion of the guilty ministers, as well as 180,000 taels of money, tens of thousands of horses of silk and cloth, and 110,000 stones of rice and wheat. The principal and interest of various debts placed outside are no less than 2 million taels, and the total value of the open and dark stocks held is also around one million. In addition, there are three gardens, two or three hundred shops, eleven warehouses, and one wharf......"

"Hahaha, it's really rich!" Zhu Cihong rubbed his slap and said, "The family of the Duke of the Kingdom for more than 200 years is not ordinary!" ”

In fact, those Beijing nobles and ministers who came south with Zhu Cihong now were also rich, although they were not as rich as the wealthy Wei Guofu for more than 200 years, but some of them were also boundless. It's just that when they flee for their lives, they can only bring cash, and they can't bring land, shops, and mansions, and the debts they put outside are also bad debts, so they don't have so much money.

Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly: "More than two hundred years of imperial grace, you are waiting to repay it like this?" What a damn thing! ”

"No, no, no...... can't be killed, you have to give Xu Yunjue a way to live. Zhu Cihong hurriedly said to Chongzhen, "Although there are many family properties in Wei Guofu, it is not easy to confiscate and dispose of them. Without Xu Yunjue's cooperation, maybe there won't be much copying. Xu Yunjue, do you think this is the truth? ”

Xu Yunjue naturally kowtowed like pounding garlic: "Yes, yes...... The minister must dedicate all his family property to the Chitose Lord and the saint, and he will not leave a penny. ”

"It doesn't have to be this way, it doesn't have to be this way." Zhu Cihong waved his hand again and again, "You still have to keep some, otherwise how will you live in the future?" ”

Will you be able to live in the future? Does that mean you can really spare your life? Xu Yunjue was indescribably grateful in his heart: The prince is really a benevolent monarch!

Zhu Cihong saw that he was about to kowtow again, so he hurriedly raised his hand to stop him: "Wait, don't kowtow, the words of this palace haven't finished yet!" ”

Still conditional?

Xu Yunjue looked at Prince Zhu with a pleading look.

Zhu Cihong said: "You still have many brothers and cousins, and they all want to exile to Dayuan Island!" Do you know where the big man is? It's a wild and dysenteric place, and it's hard to come back if you go!

However, they will not go immediately, but will go after you cooperate with Jinyi Wei to complete the property of the first room of the Wei Mansion. Before you hit the road, Hongu will ask them to check your account! Whoever can find out the mistakes and omissions will stay in Nanjing as the head of the Xu family, and you will go to Dayuan Island! Will you let them find out what is wrong? ”

Xu Yunjue said repeatedly: "The criminal minister will definitely not let them find out the mistakes and omissions, because the criminal ministers will never dare to make a mistake or omission......

Zhu Cihong nodded, "There are still many women in your family, whether they are surnamed Xu or not, this palace is not embarrassed!" All concubines who are under the age of 40 will be arranged by the palace for their husbands, and the girls of the Xu family, who have not gone out, as long as they are old enough, the palace will also arrange them for them. Everyone gives a dowry! As for those who have already been married, this palace will not be pursued. You have to reassure them and don't let them think about it. ”

Xu Yunjue hurriedly responded: "The criminal minister has the order, and the criminal minister must tell them all about His Royal Highness's benevolence and righteousness...... Your Highness is really the first benevolent monarch of the ages! ”

Of course, Zhu Cihong is a benevolent monarch, but letting go of the women of the Xu family has little to do with benevolence. He had promised a group of officers and soldiers of the New Army that he would have the land and the lady would have it!

Now there is a lot of land, and the lady has not landed yet! Naturally, I have to take the family members of a group of "eunuch traitors" to make up for it.

"Okay," Zhu Cihong smiled, "That's all that needs to be said, Xu Yunjue...... Give your dad a finale! ”

What the?

Sending it off?

Xu Yunjue was stunned, looking at Zhu Cihong, and seemed a little overwhelmed.

Zhu Cihong's face sank slightly, and he said to Xu Yunjue: "What? Don't understand? Your Wei Mansion tossed such a big movement, isn't it too much for this palace to kill a bad old man who has most of them in the ground? Rebellion! There's got to be an explanation, right? You Wei Guofu will give him death, you and your son will stay, and the other men will be exiled to Dayuan Island, life and death are up to fate! As for the rest of the houses in the south branch of the Xu family, they will also be handled accordingly! ”

Xu Hongji, who was originally quite calm, listened to Zhu Cihong's words, and the whole person trembled, his nose was sore, tears came down, and there were a few wails in his mouth, it was really the only death that was difficult through the ages!

But it's useless for the old man to cry now! Zhu Cihong's punishment of Wei Guofu was really merciful to the extreme, and it was not comparable to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di at all. Of course, he wants money and doesn't want his life (he doesn't want his life at all, but he doesn't want much), and the degree of greed is far more than that of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.

watched the "filial son" Xu Yunjue hugging his old father Xu Hongji, who was crying into tears, and left under the supervision of several East Palace guards and Jinyi guards (sending Xu Hongji to a place where no one was there to hang himself). Zhu Cihong once again showed a bright smile and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Father, are you still satisfied with your son's disposition like this?" You have to be satisfied, and the other eunuchs and nobles involved in the case will also be dealt with in the same way. Try to kill as few people as possible, silver, land, shops, and houses, let's get a little more! I have to copy hundreds of millions of ...... If we copy enough, we can reward the heroes! ”