Ma Yishan suddenly agreed, and Zhou Jian and Luo Yangxing were so frightened that they fell to their knees.

The atmosphere of the imperial court in the capital can be said to be no official and no greed, no corruption and no official, if you want to be an official, you must make silver, and if you want to make silver, you must be greedy. As long as he becomes an official, he will inevitably rely on the income of corruption.

If it is really to be carried out according to the clear law, if you embezzle more than 60 taels, you will be hanged, and there is no wrongful punishment for killing all these officials. Fang Yuanzhen wants to implement it strictly, and Zhou Jian and Luo Yangxing will inevitably be in the ranks of being cleaned up.

Zhou Jian muttered, "Regent, if there is such a strict investigation, half of the officialdom will inevitably collapse, and who will take over the work of the cabinet and the six ministries?!" ”

Luo Yangxing also said, "Regent, even if Wei Zhongxian was alive back then, he didn't have such a large range of greed!" ”

Fang Yuan continued to scold, "Do you think that without these officials to take care of the government, I won't find anyone to take care of the government?!" Let me tell you, I already have an effective cabinet and six ministry officials in Jiangnan, and all the officials in the capital will get out of the way, and they will be able to take over immediately! ”

Fang Yuan not only had the iron-blooded suppression of the Xuanjia Army, but also the thunderous means, and the mature administrative institutions, even the Manchu Qing Dynasty drove them away, and Wu Sangui was directly subdued. If these officials in the capital want to have soldiers or not, where do they still have the capital to play with Fang Yuan?

Zhou Jian was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again to ask for guilt, "Regent, for the princess's sake, spare the Zhou family!" My Zhou family is willing to give money to the regent to build a shrine in the capital! ”

As soon as Luo Yangxing heard that he was going to give Fang Yuan Jiansheng Ancestral Hall, he also suddenly realized, and hurriedly kowtowed with him and said, "Regent, no, nine thousand years old, the grace of heaven is mighty, spare your life!" Spare your life! ”

Fang Yuan saw that they had used the same trick of slapping Wei Zhongxian's sycophants together, what nine thousand years old, what kind of ancestral hall, it was simply ridiculous!

"Ridiculous! What kind of shrine is being built, is it cursing me to death? Whoever dares to build a shrine for me will be demolished and the relevant officials will be held accountable. ”

Fang Yuan scolded the two of them coldly, and sneered again, "For the sake of your surrender and saving the capital and the palace from war, I will give you a chance, and also give all the officials in the capital a chance." The Zhou family, as well as Luo's commander, went to gather all the officials and honestly offered the silver, and I will not blame the past, and I should be demoted by the officials of the capital by one to three levels, and continue to be retained in the court. If you don't want to give up your money, then force me to torture it!" ”

From the perspective of safeguarding the overall situation of the capital, he gave these officials one last chance. Otherwise, at the beginning of the torture, the capital will inevitably be bloody. As for the demotion and retention, it was to make room for the cabinet of the Jiangnan regime and the cronies of the six ministries.

Zhou Jian and Luo Yangxing glanced at each other, and almost at the same time, they heard a good opportunity from Fang Yuan's words. The two of them presided over this work, which has both risks and benefits. As long as they operate a little bit in the process of forcing donations, won't they be able to erase their accounts?

Zhou Jian asked tentatively, "Regent, how much silver do you need to pay from the officials of the Manchu Dynasty?!" ”

Li Zicheng was able to torture 50 million taels of silver from the capital, and if Fang was willing to torture and plunder, he would definitely have to eat enough in the capital this time. The 20 million taels that Fang Yuan and Chongzhen bet on was not an excessive number, not even half.

Fang Yuan said slowly, "Twenty million taels of silver!" ”

Zhou Jian originally thought that he would be forced to donate one or two million taels, but when he suddenly heard such an astronomical amount, he was immediately frightened and unsteady, and said hesitantly, "Regent, where, where is there so much silver?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "No matter how I apportion, I must scrape together enough 20 million taels of silver, and I can't squeeze it from the people." Otherwise, I will send the Xuanjia Army to raid from house to house. You also know that the Xuanjia Army is all men in the army, and it is difficult to see a few women throughout the year, and it is difficult to ensure that you can see the wives and concubines of the officials and wealthy merchants. When the time comes, don't blame me for not saying it in front of me. ”

Fang Yuan This is a naked threat, if the soldiers are sent to rob, those officials and wealthy merchants will not only be able to keep their silver, but their family property will not be able to be saved, and women will not be able to keep it.

Luo Yangxing suddenly asked, "Regent, regent, even if you cut them, it is estimated that you won't be able to take out so much silver!" Can you use the land to offset the debt?! ”

Fang Yuan also smiled when he heard it, Luo Yangxing deserved to be an old fox, and this sentence was asked to the joint point.

Jin Yiwei was originally a vicious dog raised by the emperor, and what he did was a business that bited people, Luo Yangxing was not afraid to do it, nor was he a vegetarian good man and woman, but he had no tacit understanding with Fang Yuan, and he couldn't figure out Fang Yuan's future movements.

If Fang Yuan wants to set the capital of Beijing City in the future, Luo Yangxing will dare to torture and plunder the silver ruthlessly against those officials, anyway, with Fang Yuan behind his back, he is afraid of a fart! If Fang Yuan just came to the capital to loot some silver, he would go south to Nanjing, or Fengyang, he tortured and plundered like this, and offended a wave of people to death, and the future fate would definitely be worse than Wei Zhongxian.

Of course, Luo Yangxing didn't dare to directly ask where Fang Yuan was in the future. asked, Fang Yuan might not necessarily tell the truth. Then he thought of a tentative method, which was to see if Fang Yuan would accept the real estate that could not be taken away. If Fang Yuan wants to loot a large amount of land, it proves that Fang Yuan is willing to set the capital in Beijing, and he can let it go.

"This person is a spirit!"

Fang Yuan was secretly amused, and said lightly, "I don't just want silver, land, and even real estate!" If you don't have any money, you will use these lands and real estate to offset the bills. Even if you go to work, whoever dares to embarrass you will be embarrassed by us. ”

Luo Yangxing got a clear hint from him, what else was there to scruple about, and arched his hand, "Yes, Jin Yiwei will do it immediately." ”

Zhou Jian's ability to do things was obviously not as good as that of Jinyiwei, and he couldn't think of who to loot for a while, so he asked, "Regent, just asking the officials for silver?" What about eunuchs? What about the rich merchants?! ”

Fang Yuan muttered, "You guys divide up and cooperate. Uncle, the official will hand it over to you, and you will have to offer at least 10 million taels of silver; Commander Luo was on duty in the palace, so he started with the eunuch and offered at least 10 million taels of silver. ”

"Also, Ma Yishan, your task is to loot the silver, real estate, and land of the Jin Chamber of Commerce left in Beijing City, and confiscate all of them, and also, the men in the family go to the border, and the female dependents are punished and confiscated as slaves."

Jin Shang is Fang Yuan's sworn enemy, not only doing business with the Manchu Qing eyebrows, but also supporting Zhu Cihong with financial resources to be the enemy of Fang Yuan. Previously, Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong exchanged at least 500,000 mu of imperial land in Gyeonggi for silver, if these imperial fields were in Chongzhen's hands, Fang Yuan would not be able to confiscate them, but now they were forcibly confiscated from the Jin merchants by administrative means and put them in Fang Yuan's bag.

Jin Shang This piece of fat, Fang Yuan was unwilling to hand it over to Zhou Jian and Luo Yangxing to pick up ready-made benefits, so he gave it to Ma Yishan.

However, Fang Yuan ordered Zhou Jian and Luo Yangxing to take over the torture of officials and eunuchs respectively, that is, they were ordered to go to eat dog with those officials and eunuchs. If they want to keep their family wealth, they must bite other officials, and Fang Yuan is happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Of course, Fang Yuan will still take a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, he will order Zhou Jian and Luo Yangxing to ask for money, and on the other hand, he will open the letter and visit mailbox to let the people expose and report.