The wolf-like soldiers of the Dangkou Army immediately stepped forward and quickly grabbed Zheng Zhiyan.

A few bodyguards in the back hurriedly stepped forward.

Zheng Zhiyan immediately drank it.

"Yang Yanshi, what crime did you commit in the lower body?"

He asked.

The surroundings are also full of attention.

After all, his identity is different from those green worms, this is the Yangzhou salt merchant sacrificial wine, the leader of the entire Yangzhou Salt Merchant Guild, it can be said that the most prominent merchant in the city, with countless industries and countless hired workers, it can be said that a large part of the people in the city have to eat with him.

He was still extremely eye-catching.

"What crime?"

Yang Xin thought for a moment......

"What sin is he?"

Then he asked the brocade guard behind him.

"Back to the matter, according to Wang Haoxian's confession, Zheng Zhiyan and his accomplice rebelled, Zheng Jianu and He San and others were responsible for the communication between them, and Wang Haoxian's current residence is the real estate in Zheng Zhiyan's name, and the humble position is still in Wang Haoxian's place, and a secret letter from Zheng Zhiyan and his contact was found, and the content of the letter was quite disobedient."

The brocade guard said.

"This rebellion is a big crime, although the official believes that Zheng Shengyuan will not be so confused, but since Wang Haoxian's confession is like this, it is still necessary to investigate."

Yang Xin nodded with his hands behind his back and said.

"Yang Yanshi, it's really wronged!"

Zheng Zhiyan said.

He already understood what was going on.

But this is also normal, what Yang Xin did in Wuxi has long been known, this thief came to a place like Yangzhou, if he didn't make a lot of money, how could he be worthy of his evil reputation. Since this is the case, it is not a big deal, it is nothing more than to pay for silver, and the Zheng family is not short of silver, and the next thing is to go to him to negotiate the price.

In fact, even if Yang Xin does not blackmail, he has already prepared 20,000 taels of silver.

It is impossible for a person like this to pass by, as a salt merchant, not to pay a point.

In fact, more than half of the money made by Yangzhou salt merchants every year is used to honor officials at all levels, including the eunuchs in the palace, and Jinyiwei is also within the scope of filial piety.

"I believe in you, of course, the necessary procedures still have to be taken!"

Yang Xin patted him on the shoulder and said.

In this way, Zheng Zhiyan was arrested, and when he was escorted into the city, the canal was completely restored to normal, and in order to allow the ships blocked behind to pass in time, Yang Zhishi ordered the business travel to be tax-free for twelve hours, and the banknotes were free to pass within twelve hours.

Anyway, this is the end of the matter.

But the gate of Yangzhou was not opened, and Yang Yanshi, who returned to Yangzhou immediately, immediately released his subordinates and began a large-scale arrest.

In addition to the Zheng family, the leaders of the other major salt merchant families in the city, such as Zhang, Li, and Yan, were all arrested by him on the charge of colluding with the Wenxiang Sect to rebel, as well as the Wenxiang disciples in their respective families, as well as those so-called secret letters. Anyway, he said yes, because he had always closed the gate of Yangzhou before, and almost none of these people ran away, and they all fell into his hands, and then all these people were thrown by him to the small east gate tower......

"Zheng Shengren."

Yang Xin said with a smile.

At this time, it was already midnight, and the empty castle tower was full of torches, and the flickering light of the fire made the faces of the soldiers around them hideous.

"We are all smart people, I won't waste time, I want you to understand my purpose, but Wang Haoxian confessed to you after all, and there are indeed incense smellers in your family, so if I say that you are guilty, you will be guilty, and if I say that you are not guilty, you will be innocent."

He said.

"30,000 taels, I wish to honor Yang and your brothers 30,000 taels."

Zheng Zhiyan also said very directly.

"Where did you Tamar send to ask for food?"

The brocade guard next to him scolded angrily.

"Quality, pay attention to quality!"

Yang Xin said.

The brocade guard stepped back in shame.

"Let's not bargain with a peddler, I have a list here, with your bail money, we are not the kind of extortion, our Jinyi Wei is the law, you pay this bail money.

Know what bail is?

First of all, your crime is still under investigation, and during this period, theoretically you will be detained, and even tortured, but our Majesty is merciful and has specially set up a bail system for people like you. You can pay a sum of money and hand it over to Jinyiwei, so that you don't have to go to jail, but go home and wait for the results of the investigation, which is called bail pending trial, after all, if you abscond during this period, we who handle it will not be able to pay it.

Especially if a rich man like you absconds abroad with his family wealth, it will cause huge losses to the country.

Of course, if it is found out that you are not guilty, the money will still have to be returned. ”

Yang Xin said.

Zheng Zhiyan wanted to smack him in the face.

That must be a lifetime of inconclusive results.

He didn't know that Yang Xin was still going to instigate the Apocalypse to promote this advanced system throughout the Ming Dynasty, and in the future, whether it was Jinyiwei or other yamen, for some prisoners who did not need to raid their homes, they would adopt a bail system, either pay bail money, or taste those torture instruments in the prison......

Anyway, even if it is found to be innocent, Jinyiwei has no habit of compensating the tortured.

It's good if you didn't die.

Reparations are a dream.

In this way, there will definitely be rich people who will pay the silver to bail themselves out first, so as to avoid being disabled by the brocade guards, although a large part of them will be greedy for ink, but after all, it will still increase the emperor's income.

And this system does not affect the poor.

Jin Yiwei is so idle that he will not have nothing to do to arrest those who are designated to be unable to pay the bail money, as for whether Jin Yiwei will deliberately frame the innocent for the silver, this is none of Yang Xin's business, anyway, he knows that this method can generate income for the apocalypse. And the amount of income generated will not be too low, for example, the nobles in the capital, it is said that Li Zicheng can squeeze out 70 million, and Jinyi Wei can frame from time to time to squeeze out 700,000.

Anyway, the apocalypse only needs silver.

And the current tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty really can't support the bottomless pit of 20 million in Liaodong in a blink of an eye.

Yang Xin also wanted to coax the Apocalypse to reduce the salary of Liao, and the original tax in history was gradually increased, and if he wanted to reduce it, in addition to saving money in the three major halls, ensuring that the situation in Liaodong was not corrupted, and gradually increasing the industrial and commercial taxes, he must also find ways to increase the windfall income of the Apocalypse. This kind of thing must be done at the right time, in the right place, and in the right people, and it can't be done every day, and there will always be chaos if you do it every day, but if you don't raid the house, you just create a case to arrest people in Jinyiwei, and then let people pay bail, and this will not be a mess.

Of course, people who do such things pull hatred.

But fortunately, Yang Xin is not afraid of this, and it will not be handled by him personally.

If you want to do this, it is also Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun, and he doesn't need to do this kind of trivial matter.

In fact, there is another one that is more effective, but relatively shameless.

That is, selling officials.

But this apocalypse may not be capable, after all, it's still a bit embarrassing, but it's not really impossible, in fact, nine thousand years old has been doing this, just not publicly, those who get official positions through his door, itself is equivalent to buying officials, and there is no money between nine thousand years old and apocalypse, no matter how much money nine thousand years old makes, in the end, they still have to plug the hole for the apocalypse.

But the informal method of 9,000 years old is still not as effective as the institutionalized selling of officials in our Qing Dynasty.

Of course, this means can only be thought of.

After all, the side effects are still great.

Fortunately, this year is not too nervous, as long as the salt merchant gets another million, then this year's apocalypse does not need to worry about Liao.

Last year, the Taicang Treasury received a total of 5.8 million yuan, which is the tax revenue that the household department can use, including the additional Liao salary, and the military salary paid to Jingbian, that is, Xuanda Jiliao and other places, plus the Liaodong battlefield, is 6.1 million, and the gap is not too big. In the Ming Dynasty, it makes no sense to talk about anything else, because the taxes given to the local government will not enter the Taicang treasury, and the cost of the local garrison is also solved by the local government, for example, the Fujian Navy Division directly takes the monthly port tariff.

Including for vassal kings.

For example, Guangxi's tax revenue was not enough to feed the king of Jingjiang and the officials of the whole province, so it directly transferred tariffs from Guangdong.

The money that the household can really see is that of the Taicang Treasury.

The 5.8 million yuan was what the household department was able to use last year, but this amount of money was not enough even for the military salaries paid directly by the household department.

In this way, the emperor will have to pay for it.

This year, he will definitely not be able to make ends meet, and in the end, the emperor will have to pay part of it, Yang Xin is now trying to get this silver for the apocalypse, otherwise he can only increase the salary.

After all, the emperor still has to build three major halls.

However......

"Two hundred thousand taels!"

Zheng Zhiyan suddenly exclaimed.

"Uh, who set that number?"

Yang Xin turned around and asked.

"Returning to the matter, this is a figure that has been rigorously calculated, the Zheng family's current property is roughly estimated to be more than two and a half million taels, here is a list of all the Zheng family's properties, and there is also the profit they can make in the salt industry every year."

Na Jinyiwei hurriedly handed Yang Xin the list made by Li Zhifu and Wang Haoxian.

"You have a heart!"

Yang Xin said with satisfaction.

Zheng Zhiyan pounced desperately, snatched the list and looked at it in amazement.

"Yang Yanshi, this is fake, the villain is just an ordinary salt merchant, and he is not one of those big families, how did he come to such a family property?"

He wailed.

"Zheng Shengyuan, it seems that you still don't understand!"

Yang Xin sighed.

Then he patted Zheng Zhiyan on the shoulder, stood up and walked outside.

"I'll leave it to you!"

He said to the brocade guard.

Zheng Zhiyan looked at them in amazement, and then at this moment, a group of soldiers of the Wandering Army appeared in his field of vision, and what they were carrying in their hands was an eerie and terrifying torture instrument, and the most striking thing in it was a set of clamping sticks......

"Yang Yanshi, 100,000, 100,000 taels!"

He howled in horror.

Yang Xin glanced at him with disdain, and then walked away so proudly, just as he walked down the city tower, a miserable scream suddenly came from the top of his head, but Yang Xianshi was not interested in this kind of thing, and he immediately got on the horse......

"Let's go, go find a painting boat Qingqi people, tonight the master will use the strong!!"

Yang said with great interest.