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In the blink of an eye, Wang Dou had been in the castle for many days, and he naturally needed to lead by example, and he could not return to Yongning City to reunite with his family.

Originally, he was the thirtieth birthday of last month, the 29th, but it was postponed until the dust settled, and then a grand celebration was held. For this matter, not only the family of the Marquis of Yongning, but also the shogunate, also worked hard for this, which is also a happy event for the whole army and the whole people.

Wang Dou's current status is not trivial, and there is an endless stream of people who come to celebrate his birthday, from cabinet ministers to Beijing officials, and then to local officials, and Wang Dou no longer deal with people, and they have also sent confidant envoys, which can be said to be a gathering of people from all walks of life.

Of course, the business war on the East Road, as well as Wang Dou's resolute arrest of the plagiarist, also affected the minds of people from all sides, and they sent people to come, which also had the meaning of exploring and listening.

The governor of Xuanda and the governor of the three towns also arrived at the East Road early, and they all lived in Huailai City.

Many people are waiting for the progress and outcome of things.

Yang Guozhu has ordered his subordinates to return to the town, but he led some of his personal guards to stay, Jizhen is fine for the time being, and more importantly, Wang Dou has not yet entered the town and handed over military affairs to him.

In addition to the fact that the new officials took office in the Ming Dynasty, it was not a simple matter, in addition to the survey and combination, Emperor Gao stipulated dozens of instructions for arrival, and the new and old officials needed to be handed over one by one, so Yang Guozhu also stayed and waited to see how things progressed.

This incident once again caused an uproar.

Yongning Hou Wang Dou, in the Beijing division of all things to rest, as soon as he returned to the East Road, immediately fought again, this time the action was greater, in addition to the East Road soldiers and horses, but also united Datong Town, Shanxi Town soldiers and horses. At the same time, the profiteers in more than a dozen cities were arrested and raided, and their footprints were all over the three towns of Xuanda.

Such audacity is truly breathtaking.

Although the Intelligence Division is out in all directions. A large amount of evidence of profiteers was disseminated throughout Gyeonggi, north and south, but there was still a wave of anger. Impeachment is like a cloud.

After all, Wang Dou's arrest of profiteers this time involved in the interests involved was too huge, and many people couldn't help but be sad. Moreover, many of them have collusion and connections with profiteers, and will they be involved in the future if these people fall from power? Everyone has fear.

Therefore, not only the governor of the three towns has a royal history. Officials from various places in Shanxi, members of the Eunuch Party who were in the same mood as them, and many members of the Donglin Party who sympathized with them were all impeached.

Local and civil public opinion can reverse black and white, and then write a book of impeachment. But it is impossible not to mention the sins of the profiteers, which become more and more difficult to cover up as the leaflets spread, but to attack a person, it is natural to find other crimes.

To tell the truth, in the eyes of the officials, it is too easy to find Wang Dou's attack loopholes, not to mention anything else, just say that you Wang Dou East Road soldiers and horses, how can you be qualified and have the power to cross the line and run to Datong Town, Shanxi Town and other places?

What's going on?

Also, what kind of crime is it to storm cities and fight with garrisons in various places?

No matter how guilty the merchants are, they have their own divisions to deal with them, and you, the chief soldier of the town, have the right to arrest everyone? Your hand is stretched too long, this is a serious act of overreach, is there any suspicion in it?

And so on and so forth.

The raindrops of impeachment came straight from the government and the opposition.

Public opinion is also boiling, in the Beijing Division, Wang Dou's supporters and opponents quarreled, and countless newspaper copyists crowded in the Liuke Corridor, waiting for the reaction of the court and the emperor.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the six departments received the copies of each yamen every day, and then copied them into a book, and sent them to the cabinet every five days for compilation.

After the chapters were handed down, the six departments or the general administration department also wanted to compile these chapters and compilations, or compile them into a court newspaper, and the yamen in Beijing, if they wanted to know the content of the court newspaper, they either sent their own yamen scribes to the corridor to copy the transmission, or the six departments sent people to distribute them, and forwarded them to the yamen envoys to know the government affairs.

This is also the origin of Di Bao.

For people from all walks of life, from the content of the palace report, you can clearly know the attitude of the court and the emperor.

However, there is still silence in the palace of the central court, and the twists and turns like a mountain are all sunk into the sea.

In the end, everyone found that they had nothing to do with Wang Dou except for their mouths, and his raids and arrests were still carried out in an orderly manner, and everyone was in a hurry to lose their morale at the same time, and they couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Some people adjusted their strategy and turned to impeach Ji Shiwei, the governor of Xuanda, and Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu, Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi, Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong, and Du Xun, the eunuch of the town guard.

It's just that these people belong to different factions and have their own relationships, and the impeachment of their protégés and former officials, local supporters of the DPRK and China, etc., will inevitably lead to infighting and mutual attacks among the people, and it is really chaotic.

At the end of November, the palace issued several reprimands, which lifted everyone's spirits, and then there was no follow-up......

Seeing that one business after another was arrested and the family property was confiscated, some people adjusted their strategies again and focused on the fact that the confiscated family property should be handed over to the imperial court.

In addition, these collaborators are too involved in the enemy, and they are no longer just a matter of Xuanda, so they should be handed over to the imperial court for interrogation by the three divisions, and the officials of the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple will be questioned and dealt with together.

On these points, the cabinet ministers agreed.

Also, because some officials and generals may be involved, the people who are arrested should also listen to the request and ask the Holy God to make a decision.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if an official commits a crime, all Beijing officials and officials above the fifth rank outside must listen to the request and are not allowed to ask without permission.

Below the sixth grade, listen to the history of the patrol, according to the judge, and the division, ask to understand, and then discuss the area of the music. Even if the officials of the prefectures, prefectures and counties commit crimes, the superiors under their jurisdiction are not allowed to inquire without authorization, and they are not allowed to issue the reasons for the crimes, and they are actually sealed and heard.

Everyone is a businessman in name, why don't they have an official in their body?

If these people are arrested and brought into Beijing, they will have a lot of room to operate, after all, they know better than them when it comes to exploiting loopholes in the law.

Although Wang Dou has not yet expressed his attitude, it is always wrong to exert pressure.

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In the midst of the chaos, Wang Dou leisurely in the Yulinbao General's Mansion, looking at the results of the books of the families in various places, the final statistics, the amount of gold and silver seized, may reach fifteen million taels, this is a very amazing amount, everyone is rich. It lives up to its name.

These are still in cash.

Of course, there are also some of the silver taels in it that are in the same breath as the profiteers. When resisting arrest, he was confiscated from his official generals.

Although Wang Dou only targeted everyone in this operation, Wang Dou would not be polite to those who jointly resisted with them on the surface.

Like what. Xuanfu generals Lai Tianlu, Li Jiancao, and Yang Tianfu led the army to besiege and raid Wen Fangliang's left camp in Zhangjiakou, which was a move. It is unforgivable.

In particular, Wang Dou received a whistle report that Lai Tianlu, Li Jianxu and others drove women and children to rush into battle, Wang Dou was furious and ordered all these generals to be arrested and raided, and at the same time sent an additional part of the second class army to Zhangjiakou to support.

With this gold and silver, you can do a lot of things.

And, in addition to gold and silver. In this operation, many physical goods were also obtained, such as a large amount of grain, rice, beans, cloth, salt, tea, coal and iron. There are also confiscated profiteers' many mansions, acres, shops, pawns, money houses, and so on.

All kinds of goods can be stored in the treasury, houses, acres and shops, and can be auctioned to win over businessmen and officials who are friendly with them.

While pondering, Wang Dou picked up another piece of information.

Not long ago, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen had gone south, passing through Zhuozhou, they received Wang Dou's support of the East Road Bird Gun 5,000 poles, 300,000 rounds of Weijin Zi Medicine, at this time Kaifeng was still besieged, after they went south, the war may have a turnaround.

However, Tang Tong is still procrastinating, and judging by his appearance, he should not go south until after the New Year.

There is also intelligence, the officials of the three divisions, may come to the East Road.

was pondering, and suddenly Wang Dou received a report from the guards again, Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu, asked to see him again, accompanied by Wei Jingyi, the governor of Datong.

Wang Dou shook his head: "This old man." ”

Because the specific raid was carried out by the Jingbian Army, checked and counted by the Zhenfu Division, and then transported to the East Road in a steady stream, it was taken over by the Finance Department, so it was difficult for outsiders to know how much Wang Dou had seized.

For Wang Dou's harvest, the outside world has different opinions, and there are any numbers, but one thing is certain, Wang Dou has made a fortune, and the birthday celebrants who gathered on the East Road are also discussing this all day long.

There have been rumors that the so-called profiteers fell, and Wang Dou was full.

Because of this, there are many officials who impeach Wang Dou, saying that his information is not transparent, government affairs are not open, and there is a suspicion of enriching his own pockets.

Even Du Xun was suspicious, and for a while he felt that Wang Dou had given him was already very satisfied, and for a while he felt that it was less, and he ran to Wang Pu to inquire, but Wang Pu was so different, he either looked at him from Zuo Gu, or smiled silently.

Zhu Zhifeng was also very concerned about the seizure, and came to Wang Dou several times to tell him that these treasures were all people's fat and people's ointment, and they should be handed over to the imperial court and used in places where they were urgently needed, and so on.

After the gold, silver, grain and rice arrived, he had to personally take people to take inventory, but he was resolutely blocked out by the officials of the Department of Pacification and the Department of Finance, and he had to blow his beard and stare at his eyes all day.

Regarding these silver taels of wealth, Wang Dou is also calculating, in addition to the one million taels given to the emperor, there are also various uses, and how many silver taels he should hand over to the imperial court.

Soon, Zhu Zhifeng came in with a black face, followed by Wei Jingyi, the smiling governor of Datong who was also dressed in a red official robe.

As soon as he saw Wang Dou, Zhu Zhifeng said angrily: "Marquis Yongning, the lower officials dare to ask, are you still a Ming courtier?" ”

Wang Dou was surprised: "Of course Ben Hou is, why did Zhu Gong say this?" ”

Zhu Zhifeng's complexion was a little pale, but he still asked angrily: "Then why does the official not know the specific details of the traitor's and thief's property?" The lower officials intended to send someone to check, but they were blocked by the officials of the East Road, are they still officials of the imperial court? ”

Speaking of this, he was full of emotion.

Wang Dou said, "Oh, there is such a thing? Zhu Gong rest assured, Ben Hou will investigate in detail and give Zhu Gong an explanation. ”

Soon the matter became clear, and Wang Dou severely reprimanded the relevant personnel and asked them to take Zhu Zhifeng to count.

Zhu Zhifeng went happily, only Wei Jingyu, who didn't say a word, sighed except for the salute.

His character is soft and hard, and in the face of him, Wang Dou feels more difficult than Zhu Zhifeng, and he is also impeached because he signed the arrest order.

Soon, Zhu Zhifeng counted clearly and counted the booklet.

There was a thunderclap, and the astonishing news spread in all directions, and the East Road seized the property of profiteers this time, and the amount of gold and silver treasures obtained reached an astonishing amount of more than 2 million taels, which is still cash, and those confiscated objects have not yet been calculated.

In Jingshi, when he got the news, there was an uproar, and even Emperor Chongzhen gasped when he got the result of the raid.

More than two million taels, this is not two hundred taels, nor two thousand taels, but more than two million taels! Emperor Xian sent a large number of tax envoys, and after decades of repeated tossing, how much did he get? The income from the inner treasury is less than three million taels!

The consequences are still being scolded by the ministers!

Moreover, these silvers do not include the one million taels given to oneself.

According to his estimates, the gold and silver obtained by raiding the profiteers should be more than three million taels, or even four million!

It's still silver, some kinds, and it's not counted.

He gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "I didn't think that these slave profiteers are so rich!" (To be continued.) )