Chapter VIII Money Reversal Case VIII

"Your Majesty, according to the clear law, Qian Qianyi is a prisoner, a traitor, a great rebellion, a heinous crime, and he should be punished by the nine clans. The same is true for Ruan Dacheng. Although this case is known as the Qian Rebellion Case, there are actually some people who have nothing to do with Qian Rebellion, but they are all aided and abused when Donglu was in Jiangnan. Kill good people. These people are also not punishable. When the Nine Clans are punished. ”

"Therefore, under the involvement of the nine clans, it is common for there to be such a large number of people."

Zhang Xuan didn't know how to accept this number for a while. The human head is not a leek. What's more, there are more than 10,000 people, Zhang Xuan said: "This may not be too much. ”

Yan Yingyuan said: "Naturally, it is to be gracious. ”

Zhang Xuan instantly had a feeling that Yan Yingyuan deliberately made this almost exaggerated amount for Zhang Xuan's forgiveness. But if you think about it carefully, I don't think it's too exaggerated, this kind of counterattack with a purge attitude is calculated, once it is released, tens of thousands of people will be killed, is it a lot?

The bloodstains on history can be seen.

Zhang Xuan's heart is getting more and more about this big case, and he wants to end it soon, Gain, he is worried that once he lets it go, he can't contain it, but it will make a big mess. As mentioned before, although he had the intention of taking advantage of the situation to overturn Donglin or the Jiangnan gentry and step on it, he did not have the determination to kill.

Zhang Xuan said: "How much dirty silver is there?" ”

To be honest, Yan Yingyuan was not used to Zhang Xuan asking for money so nakedly, in his heart, no, in the hearts of many scholars, the Holy Ming Monarch should not ask for money like this. However, as the person carried by Zhang Qian, he is also quite familiar with the financial crisis of the current imperial court.

It is even said that if it were not for the imperial court's reward in Nanjing, a large number of rewards would be offset. The rewards for the Battle of Nanking may not be able to be paid in full.

To some extent, Zhang Xuan should also be grateful to the Qing army for the massacre of Nanjing.

Yan Yingyuan said: "The minister has sent officials to various parts of the south of the Yangtze River to raid the house, there are about sixty-three families to raid the whole army, and some cases are being counted, but most of the cases that have been recorded are about five million taels, but most of them are fields, houses, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and they may not be sold for a while." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay. With this amount of money, this year and this year, it will be better. ”

Zhang Xuan deeply realized that the year is over, not to mention anything else, the boss of the future generation will also give a year-end bonus, and now that he is the emperor, how can he not send a red envelope to the people below. And Zhang Xuan is the boss of a large company, and there are hundreds of thousands of officials and soldiers below, even if this red envelope is not valuable, the small soldiers are sealed for hundreds of Wen, and the officials and generals are different in their official positions, ranging from a few taels to a few hundred taels, which is also tens of thousands, or even more than 100,000 taels.

And Zhang Xuan still has hundreds of thousands of taels in his hands.

But this sum of money is absolutely not

Moving. After all, there are a lot of major national events, and these hundreds of thousands of taels seem to be a lot, but maybe something will run out. Zhang Xuan estimated that after this big case, at least 10 million taels of silver would be collected into the national treasury.

After all, the Qian family alone, and the Ruan family, have a small two million taels of silver.

Even if there is a lot of real estate, it is enough for Zhang Xuan to cope with this period of time.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a performance." Yan Yingyuan said.

"Yan Qing, please speak." Zhang Xuan said.

"The world is taxed, only the spring and autumn taxes, and now what Your Majesty is doing is not the way of a saint, the minister knows that Your Majesty is a plan for rights and interests, and Your Majesty should take this as a warning. Don't take pleasure in it. Yan Yingyuan said.

When Zhang Xuan heard this, his heart sank, and he said: "What Yan Qing said is exact, this matter can be one, not two, if it weren't for the Qing army going south, cholera Jiangnan, I wouldn't have made this decision, it is not for ears." ”

Yan Yingyuan sighed, no matter what, although he couldn't look down on Zhang Xuan's use of this to make money. But I also know that there is nothing to be done. And to a certain extent, these people also deserve it, so it's no wonder that Zhang Xuan is no wonder. So he made a plan and said, "Your Majesty, the minister knows that Your Majesty wants to be forgiven, or he may be able to atone for his punishment." ”

"Atonement?" Zhang Xuan said in his heart.

After all, he is not a person of this era, and he is not very proficient in some concepts, after Yan Yingyuan said this word, Zhang Xuan's head turned in a circle, and he realized that he was atoning for his sentence. It's a fine. However, generally speaking, minor sins can be atonemented, and major sins are not redeemable.

As for the so-called guilty silver of the Qing Dynasty. It is the inheritance of the atonement that has been brought into play. The application of some of the regulations of the atonement to areas that are not very suitable is notorious for the sin of silver.

"Okay." Zhang Xuan said: "This idea is good, so I ask Yan Qing to draw up a charter and present it to me." ”

Zhang Xuan decided to exile all the family servants who were implicated in it to Qiongzhou Mansion, and if there was money to redeem them, they would stay in Jiangnan. At this time, the Qiongzhou Mansion had already played many times, and the number of people mining was not enough. Zhang Xuan fought on this side, urging weapons, artillery, and armor to the two Guangzhous, and there was one thing that was the same, all of which used iron.

Therefore, the iron of Qiongzhou and the coal of Keelung have suddenly become indispensable things in Guangzhou. Although the war has stopped now, the amount of iron used is not so much. However, Zhang Xuan is also very happy to increase the amount of iron produced in China.

And emptying the Jiangnan clan is also an expectation of Zhang Xuan.

Some of the Jiangnan families will go to Qiongzhong, and some Zhang Xuan will find a way to let them settle in Nanjing from Jiangnan. In this way, Zhang Xuan's following methods have just begun. It's a blank sheet of paper that is good for painting. After the ravages of the Qing army and Zhang Xuan's purge, even if there are still some remnants of the Jiangnan gentry, they will know more about current affairs in the future. Do not dare to disobey Nanjing's decrees.

If Zhang Xuan's decree wants to be implemented in Jiangnan, it will be much easier.

At this time, Li Fuguo hurriedly came over and said, "Your Majesty, General Cao and the King of Dian have already entered Beijing. is coming to the palace with Huai Guogong. ”

"Yan Qing, after you go back, hurry up and handle the case." Zhang Xuan said: "In the first month of the first year of Zhaowu, that is, in the first month of next year, there must be an understanding of this matter. ”

Yan Yingyuan said: "The minister obeys. ”

Although Yan Yingyuan said this, there was a trace of bitterness in his heart. This Qian reversal case, said to be Qian Qianyi's case, in fact, where is it, in Zhang Xuan's meaning, all the families who cooperate with the Qing army are in liquidation, you must know that the Qing army occupied almost the entire Jiangnan in its heyday. Almost every prefecture and county can find collaborators of the Qing army.

Therefore, the workload of this case is very large.

Yan Yingyuan has hardly rested since he received this case. Now there is a need to complete the investigation in advance. It's a chore. However, he also knows that if this case is not resolved quickly, it will inevitably lead to unrest in the hearts of the people.

It's just that he's going to grit his teeth and work hard.

Not long after Zhang Xuan sent Yan Yingyuan away, Cao Zongyu and Li Dingguo came. The two of them actually didn't set off, the two set off before and after, but they hit everything on the Yangtze River, and they simply came back together.

Zhang Xuan greeted him out of the hall and said, "Okay, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Without the two of you, I always feel unsure. With you here, I am relieved this time. ”

Cao Zongyu said: "The ministers in Guilin also miss Your Majesty all the time. ”

Zhang Xuan was also a little moved in his heart, and said: "Of course, during the Anqing War, if there was no Brother Cao's 100,000 Guangxi elite soldiers, there might not have been a victory that day, and the Guangxi wolf soldiers were really extraordinary." ”

"Your Majesty has overdone it." Cao Zongyu said: "The matter within the minister's office. ”

Zhang Xuan turned to Li Dingguo again and said: "General Li is even more handsome to turn the tide, that day Sun Kewang sent troops to Guizhou, everyone was panicked, and they didn't know how to start. But I know that ten Sun Kewang is not an opponent of Li Dingguo. ”

"Your Majesty knows the grace of the encounter, and the minister does not dare to forget it for a while." Li Dingguo said.

Zhang Xuanliu and the two talked for a while, and he also knew that they were tired from the journey, and now was not the time to discuss major matters. So he sent them back to rest, and said to them, "Go back and rest for a day or two, and then all the generals with the rank of privy councillor will come." Let's discuss the military system of my Great Xia together. If this military system is not organized, how can I rest assured that the Northern Expedition is being organized? ”

Zhang Xuan had already planned this matter, so he could only bring it up for discussion when everyone was there, after all, the interests of all parties were involved.

"Yes." The two said.