Lin Zhao not only arrested the Wei family, but also Zhou Wenbin, a celebrity who hooked up with Wei Chunhua, was also arrested by Lin Zhao.

But although Zhou Wenbin is a celebrity, there are many such celebrities in Yangzhou City, and his weight cannot be compared with Wei Chunhua at all.

In addition, there were several other small salt merchants, all of whom had a deep relationship with the Wei family, and were sent by Lin Zhao to raid the house.

However, compared to the Wei family, their weight is too small, and they can't make any splashes at all.

But among the common people, their weight is great,

So Yangzhou City suddenly fell into a panic, Lin Zhao's name can be said to be a change of color, I don't know how many businessmen are hiding at home on this day, lest the door will be knocked open the next moment, and then the whole family will be arrested one by one, confiscated property.

In the evening, the river camp garrison, Cao Biao and other soldiers went out to assist the inspection of the salt imperial history yamen, and transported a cart of confiscated property, gold, silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings and other property to the courtyard specially arranged by the salt inspection imperial history yamen, these things directly filled several large houses, not to mention the others, the Wei clan alone, enough to confiscate 100,000 taels of gold, 23 million taels of silver, and other jade jewelry, adding up to countless counts.

In addition, there are dozens of shops of various kinds, and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, which is of astonishing value.

You must know that this is just the property of the Wei family in Yangzhou City, as a family that has monopolized the salt industry of the Ming Dynasty for so many years, I am afraid that the wealth accumulated by the family's ancestral land will be even more amazing, and even if it is a scavenging of millions of gold and silver, Lin Zhao will not feel strange.

Of course, Lin Zhao didn't let these soldiers run errands in vain, he used the gold and silver contributed by the Cao Gang leader and sprinkled a large sum, and soon these people all cheered and everyone was happy.

In the study, Zhang Wannian watched Lin Ruhai and Lin Zhao put down the thick statistical account books that confiscated the property of each family, and said with a little joy on his face: "Lin Yushi, no matter how those people in the court and the local people jump up and down this time, with these tens of millions of taels of property, Lin Yushi will definitely be in the emperor's heart, and he will be honored and favored!"

Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and nodded slightly.

As a former detective and a doctor of Lantai Temple for many years, he can say everything about officialdom and understands very well what the newly enthroned emperor needs most.

As long as the tens of millions of gold and silver were sent to the palace, and there was conclusive evidence to support him, those people would not be able to spend it at all.

Even if someone says a lot in front of the emperor, can they send tens of millions of gold and silver to the palace?

Just because of the corruption and perversion of the law involved in the letters found by the Wei family, I am afraid that those princes and ministers in the court will rush to cut off relations with the Wei family, because of those criminal evidence, whoever gets involved will die.

This is also the reason why Yangzhou officialdom was silent when they saw Lin Zhaolai's ruthlessness.

You must know that the annual tax cash of the imperial court is only millions of taels, plus the emperor has been in power for many years, and he has enjoyed luxury in his later years, and he has turned a blind eye to the fact that the magnates have borrowed money from the household department and not repaid it, resulting in an empty treasury and a lot of money.

It is conceivable how amazing these tens of millions of taels of wealth are, there are not many people in this world who do not love money, Lin Ruhai does not believe that the newly enthroned emperor is not moved by tens of millions of gold and silver.

When Lin Ruhai thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Lin Zhao.

This son of his own, is really a martial artist.

Hit the snake and hit seven inches, and as soon as he made a move, he accurately found the biggest flaw among the salt merchants in Yangzhou.

The most powerful family, and the one that is least likely to cause a backlash.

But if it weren't for Lin Zhao's wise judgment, he wouldn't know how long he would have to deal with these profiteers.

"Zhao'er, what do you do next?

Lin Ruhai pondered for a moment and asked.

Lin Zhao smiled slightly: "We have formed a sufficient deterrent to the salt merchants in Yangzhou by killing chickens and monkeys, but the force we have at hand is not enough after all, and we can't take advantage of the victory to attack, so then we have to cut the meat from them bit by bit, and we are willing." ”

"Oh, you mean to put forward that plan?" Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

With his knowledge, he knew that if he pushed out that plan at this time, it might not matter to the imperial court.

But for those salt merchants, it is a way to cut off their lives, and these salt rats are not afraid.

Lin Zhao said with a smile: "Once this plan is launched, the world's wealthy chambers of commerce will support it with both hands and feet, but the salt merchants in Yangzhou will completely collapse." As long as we scare them with this scheme, we will not only get them to pay enough taxes, but also make them spit out the money they have already put in their pockets. ”

"Yes, Zhao'er's idea is really fanciful, I have already made a note to the emperor, and I will report your credit truthfully, Your Majesty is thirsty for love, and I will definitely promote you heavily. ”

Lin Zhao smiled slightly: "Experience the red dust, stroll through life, your family will be healthy and happy, and the emperor will appreciate me." ”

Lin Ruhai glanced at him: "Didn't you always want to go to the Wenyuan Pavilion in the capital to study? The law stipulates that civil officials who are not official positions above the Hanlin level, or military attaches who are not more than 1,000 households, are not allowed to enter. ”

"It's still useful to say that the official position is still useful. Lin Zhao smiled faintly and said casually.

If he wants to go to the Wenyuan Pavilion in the capital to study, he can go at any time, how can he care about any official position?

However, if it does not leave a trace of flaws that can be handled, Hongchen experience will be much less fun.

The rivers and lakes can be invincible in the world, and it is better to be humble in the court!

He didn't want to change the dynasty, why did he let the emperor be so afraid that he couldn't sleep?

"Tomorrow, I will visit the prefect of Yangzhou and ask him to be a Chinese man. Lin Ruhai said.

Lin Zhao smiled coldly: "From the Yangzhou prefect of the fourth grade, why should the salt patrol imperial history of the fifth grade go to visit?

As he spoke, he was murderous.

Lin Ruhai frowned slightly, then stretched out, and smiled: "Zhao'er, you want to let the Yanyan Imperial History Yamen override the various official mansions in Yangzhou!"

In the words, there is a lifeless appearance.

Because in the past two months, he has really seen through the charm of Yangzhou officialdom.

There's got to be an iron-fisted guy to fix them.

After all, he is a literati, and he is only an official position of the sixth grade, so he may not be able to suppress them.

And Zhao'er is brave and brave, and his hands are stained with the blood of thousands of people, which is enough to deter these scheming civil officials.

Thinking of this, Lin Ruhai bowed slightly, and said to the few worshippers standing on the side: "If you confiscate the property of those people, please ask the gentlemen to keep an eye on it, if someone dares to stretch out their hands indiscriminately, once the official finds out, don't blame the official for not being emotional." ”

Those few worshippers were very deferential at this time, and Li Long, who was the leader, looked straight and said: "Although Lord Yushi can rest assured, if someone dares to stretch out his hand, there is no need for Yushi to do it, and there is no need to ask about the history, I will behead them!"

On the second day, the sky was bright, and the huge Yangzhou City was a little bleak, but it was affected by the aftermath of yesterday's large-scale arrest by the Imperial History Yamen and the confiscation of some businessmen and wealthy families.

Lin Zhao took Gu Haiquan, Han Wenchong, and a few subordinates to the long street, and no one dared to look at them directly wherever they passed, even if they passed by and the figure was far away, those people also looked directly at and pointed secretly, and they didn't even dare to speak loudly.

In front of the gate of Mu Tianyan's Mansion, the prefect of Yangzhou, Lin Zhao and his party stood on horseback.

The two servants in front of the door naturally knew Lin Zhao, and when they saw Lin Zhao and his party stop in front of the mansion, they couldn't help but change their expressions, one of them hurried to the mansion, while the other walked down the steps cautiously and even with a little awe, and respectfully saluted Lin Zhao and said: "The little one has seen the history of Lin Dian, but I don't know the history of Lin Dian......

Lin Zhao said lightly: "Go to Tongbing, and say that Lin Zhao, the history of Yangzhou Imperial History Yamen, come to meet the prefect!"

The person who went in to report was named Mu Changkong, the son of the Mu family, who had followed Mu Tianyan as an official for many years, his eyes were bright, and his mental concentration was still very great, otherwise he would not have deliberately guarded the main gate.

But at this moment, he was frightened, his face was pale, and he couldn't help but tremble when he thought of the scene he saw and heard with his own eyes and ears yesterday.

Lin Zhao was ruthless and decisive, and raided more than a dozen salt merchants' homes in one go, although there was only one big salt merchant, but this one was the largest one in Yangzhou.

Thinking of Lin Zhao's unscrupulous appearance, and thinking that even two thousand households had defected to his family, did he want to attack their prefects?

Thinking of this, Mu Changkong's body trembled suddenly, and he suddenly popped, fell to the ground, and fell several times in a row.

When Mu Tianyan saw his appearance, he couldn't help frowning: "You are in a panic, what kind of system have you become?"

When Mu Changkong saw his master, his expression was relieved, and he couldn't help but fall to the ground, and shouted: "Master, it's not good, so ...... Na Lin Zhao...... Lin Zhao......'

"Lin Zhao!" Mu Tianyan really looked stunned and asked, "What are you talking about is the little history of the Yamen of the Imperial History of Patrolling Salt, Lin Zhao?"

Mu Changkong nodded again and again: "It is Lin Zhao who is outside the door, and he is accompanied by the river camp garrison thousands of households to Gu Yanei, and Caobiao thousands of households to Han Yanei......"

Although Mu Changkong didn't say it explicitly, Mu Tianyan knew what he wanted to say, and smiled faintly: "He brought two Yanei over, it doesn't seem to be hostile, but he has a classic history...... Come on, give me a change of clothes, I want to welcome this Lin Dian Shi!"

Mu Changkong was stunned for a moment.

He also thought that his master would gather everyone to protect him, and at the same time ordered him to invite Lin Zhao in.

I didn't expect to go out to greet me in person.

This Lin Zhao's deterrent power is so good that it is?

At the gate, a sound of footsteps came, Lin Zhao looked sideways, and saw the parents of Yangzhou Mansion, Yangzhou Governor Mu Tianyan came quickly with a smile on his face, and before the person arrived, the laughter had already come: "Hahaha, Lin Gongzi's name shocked the two rivers, the old man is like thunder, I can see you today, the old man feels much younger!"

Turning over and dismounting, Lin Zhao strode forward and smiled at Mu Tianyan: "The prefect is really polite, it was the juniors who took the liberty to come to disturb it, the prefect should not be surprised!"