"What is Zheng Aiqing doing here?"

announced Zheng Yongji into the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, Zhang Lingyang guessed in his heart that Zheng Yongji was also here to convict the rebellious gentry?

Sure enough, I saw Zheng Yongji salute and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister is here to intercede!" ”

Although he is the first assistant of the cabinet, Zheng Yongji's prestige is not to mention that it is compared with his predecessor Zhang Zhiyuan, but I am afraid that looking at the entire Great Zhou, Zheng Yongji can also be regarded as the first assistant of the cabinet with the lowest prestige.

Among the six ministries and nine secretaries, not to mention Gao Pei and Cao Rui, who are also relatives, are not satisfied with the economy, together with Li Guangtai and others, they do not mince words about Zheng Yongji.

It is precisely because of various considerations that Zheng Yongji had to come forward to intercede, in order to be able to win the hearts of the gentry in the world.

Although these Jiangnan gentry are already like yesterday's yellow flowers, if Zheng Yongji comes forward to intercede, not to mention that these gentry from Jiangnan will be grateful to him, I am afraid that the gentry from other regions will also have a good impression of Zheng Yongji.

Besides, if the scholars and the Son of Heaven rule the world together, is it just talking?

In the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, in addition to the nobles, who is not a gentry?

It is also because of this that Zheng Yongji had to come forward.

His cabinet chief assistant is too difficult to be.

"Since ancient times, there have been rumors of killing prisoners, and although these people participated in the rebellion, many of them were famous people in the world.

If His Majesty beheads all these people this time, I am afraid that it will cause panic among all the scholars in the world. ”

After a pause, Zheng Yongji said again: "Before entering the palace, Weichen deliberately went to the Ministry of Officials and found that one-third of the people who were officials in the Great Zhou were from Jiangnan.

And most of these people were inextricably linked to the gentry who participated in the rebellion.

If His Majesty executes all these gentry this time, not to mention anything else, I am afraid that those officials from Jiangnan will be terrified because of this.

Panic in their hearts, how could they do their best to serve His Majesty? Will there be other thoughts in your mind?

His Majesty had to think about these.

Besides, could it be that His Majesty is also going to kill all the officials from Jiangnan? ”

Seeing Zheng Yongji say this, Zhang Lingyang couldn't help but be stunned.

That's right.

The provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have been major imperial examination provinces since ancient times, and the number of officials is not only one-third of what Zheng Yongji said, or even more.

These people are scattered all over the country as officials, and although they cannot pose a threat to the imperial court, they will inevitably have other thoughts in their hearts.

Besides, the Great Zhou was not the Manchu Qing in the previous life.

In the previous life, the Manchu Emperor Yongzheng was able to smoothly implement the policy of apportioning the land into the mu, although the local area experienced some fluctuations, but no one rebelled.

This is mainly due to the Eight Banners system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Although Yongzheng was still more trusting of the Han Chinese, it was only compared to other Manchu emperors.

In his bones, Yongzheng is only afraid and does not trust the Han people.

Therefore, the feudal officials in various places are all full of people.

As for the Han people, at most, they only achieved the position of governor.

Therefore, no matter in the local area or in the court, the power of the Manchus will always overwhelm the power of the Han people.

In addition, the urine of the gentry in the Ming and Qing dynasties is not something that ordinary people can understand.

In a word, it's a cheap bone!

Therefore, the Manchu Qing Dynasty successfully implemented the policy of apportioning the land into the mu.

The national conditions of the Great Zhou were obviously different from those of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Whether in the court or at the local level, the gentry were the main part of the officials.

Zhang Lingyang naturally couldn't kill all the gentry in the world.

If this is really the case, I am afraid that it will not be far from the change of dynasty.

"Zheng Aiqing, what good ideas do you have?"

Considering various reasons, Zhang Lingyang hesitated a little in his heart and asked Zheng Yongji.

"With the meaning of Weichen, the person at the head will naturally behead the public, otherwise it will not play a warning role.

But for the other people involved, His Majesty will take a different approach.

For example, His Majesty has set up a 'guilty silver' system. The gentry who were supposed to be beheaded could be sentenced to exile after paying the money.

The exiled person, after paying the guilt money, can have his sentence commuted or even acquitted.

In this way, it played a role in admonishing the gentry, stabilized the hearts of the people everywhere, and brought rich benefits to the treasury.

I hope Your Majesty will adopt this triple win! ”

"Guilty silver?" Zhang Lingyang thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized it.

At the same time, Zhang Lingyang roared in his heart: "Why didn't I think of the 'Guilty Silver' system?

It seems that no matter the dynasties and generations, there are smart people! ”

glanced at Zheng Yongji, Zhang Lingyang felt emotion in his heart.

After thinking about it, Zhang Lingyang said: "What Zheng Aiqing said is good, this system of discussing crimes is very good, let's try the crimes of these people according to this system!" ”

In his heart, Zhang Lingyang was proud: "I must punish you people to bankruptcy!" ”

After Zheng Yongji left, Zhang Lingyang hurriedly called Sun Sheng and asked, "Has Han Xiao ever returned to Beijing now?" ”

Sun Sheng replied: "The people below replied that I am afraid that with the kung fu of three or five more people, Commander Han will be able to reach the capital!" ”

Zhang Lingyang nodded and said, "When Han Xiao returns to Beijing, he will be summoned to the palace to see me immediately." ”

In Zhang Lingyang's view, Han Xiao must have gained a lot this time.

I just don't know, after Jinyiwei confiscated the family property of these gentry, where did these gentry get the silver to atone for their sins?

……

Three days later, Han Xiao rushed back to the capital non-stop.

As soon as he entered the house, before he could take a sip of tea, he saw a little eunuch coming over, "Long live the Lord has a will, pass on the Jinyi Guard to command Han Xiao to enter the palace to meet him!" ”

Not daring to slack off, he didn't even change a single piece of clothing, Han Xiao hurriedly followed the little eunuch into the palace......

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, after glancing at Han Xiao, Zhang Lingyang asked, "Han Xiao, how did you get this time?" ”

Although Han Xiao's face was full of exhaustion, the excitement in his eyes couldn't be suppressed.

Seeing the Son of Heaven asking, Han Xiao hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, this time Weichen took Jinyi Wei to the south of the Yangtze River, and confiscated a total of more than 300,000 hectares of land, 8 million taels of gold, as much as 20,000 taels of silver, and countless other antiques, jade, and jewelry. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang suddenly became calm.

Not to mention anything else, there are as many as 20,000 taels of silver alone, what a lot of wealth is this?

Zhang Lingyang is like a dream.

In fact, it is not surprising that Jiangnan is the richest place in the world, and those gentry families, who don't have a few million taels of silver?

Especially those gentry who have done maritime trade, the wealth is only afraid that it is even richer than the country.

This time, Jinyiwei wiped out most of the gentry in Jiangnan, and it is not surprising that he can steal so much silver......