After ten days of fierce fighting, on September 6, the second year of the Apocalypse, Lü Yan finally captured Hangzhou.

After capturing Hangzhou, Lü Yan immediately ordered the city gate to be blocked, and then there was revenge and revenge.

Lu Yan didn't have any interest in those captured officials, so the military attache stayed, and the civilian officials issued travel expenses and told them to leave here quickly.

Those who vigorously financed the official army and helped defend the city were singled out, and then the top ten family properties were all confiscated, and the others were also confiscated by six to ninety percent.

Those big families who did not participate in the defense of the city, Lu Yan, still did not steal their family property in the end, after all, he was a little angry at that time, so he said that kind of thing.

To be a man you still have to be principled, of course, more importantly, Hangzhou has the most primitive capitalist sprout, and he doesn't want to accidentally cut off this little sprout.

However, those notorious bigwigs and those who sold illicit salt, and even any property related to the royal family and the royal family were all confiscated.

There is only one reason, that is, to fund the official army to resist the army of King Qin.

Of course, some people are crying out for grievances, they obviously did not fund the official army, why should they be charged with this "crime".

Lu Yan didn't explain this, and some things really shouldn't be announced.

What is the fastest way to make money in life?

The answer is robbery!

But it's not about robbing a bank, it's about robbing a country or a city.

**Hachi robbed the entire Liaodong, so he had the capital to achieve the imperial industry.

And after almost robbing the whole of Hangzhou, Lu Yan felt that although it was not the capital of the imperial industry, it was almost the same.

Hangzhou is really a very wealthy city in the Ming Dynasty, and this raid actually confiscated nearly 8 million taels of silver, as well as countless assets such as fields, houses, shops, antique calligraphy and paintings.

Those gentry are really much richer than the imperial court, and the total of those fields alone is at least about 10 million taels, you must know that the fields in Jiangnan have always been known for being expensive.

After copying it, Lu Yan knew that he had sent it, at least for the time being, he was richer than the imperial court.

The imperial court would never be able to take out eight million taels of silver.

For at least two years, he won't have to worry about military spending.

He can expand as many troops as he wants.

After getting such a large amount of property, Lu Yan immediately became a fortune boy.

On the one hand, he took out nearly one million taels of silver to fulfill his promise and rewarded the soldiers for their heroic performance during this time.

On the other hand, half of the land was taken out and distributed to the poor people, and now that the war has just ended, at a time when people are panicking, dividing the land is undoubtedly the best way to buy people's hearts.

Sure enough, those Hangzhou citizens who were originally hostile to Lu Yan immediately became loyal supporters.

No matter how much land is allocated, after all, it is not for nothing.

There was even a slogan among the people that "the King of Qin came to divide the land", and Lu Yan did not encourage or support this phenomenon.

After more than 200 years of development, the Ming Dynasty has reached a very serious level of land annexation.

Especially those clans, each of which occupies a huge amount of land.

For example, King Jinggong occupied about 40,000 hectares of land during the Jiajing period.

When King Lu lived in Beijing, Wangzhuang Wangdian was all over Gyeonggi, and there were as many as 40,000 hectares after the domain.

When King Fu became a vassal, Wanli, who loved him, also admired the fields lavishly.

The fields in Henan were not enough, so they rewarded him with the fields of Huguang and Shandong.

Where did these fields come from?

Could it be Huangzhuang?

Of course it can't be, but it's all taken from the hands of the common people.

For every prince's domain, a large amount of land was deprived of the hands of the people.

For these vassal kings, Lu Yan will not have any soft-heartedness.

The bloodsucking worms they lay on Da Ming's body have no use other than wasting food.

He planned to confiscate all the property that belonged to the vassal king, and then divide half of it among the people.

However, Lu Yan knew that the division of land could indeed win the hearts and minds of the people, but many fundamental problems could not be solved.

Due to the long-term peace of the current Ming Dynasty, the population has continued to grow, and the contradiction of more people and less land has initially appeared.

Although there are not as many people in the Ming Dynasty as in later generations, the current agricultural technology is far less developed than in later generations.

And there are no crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes that are thousands of catties per acre of land, and a large amount of land is needed to feed a person.

The most typical is Fujian.

Even if the fields are divided, each person will not be able to share much, and in a few decades their fields may have to be sold to large households for various reasons, and they will return to abject poverty again.

There is only one way to solve this problem, and that is to expand abroad.

Only by constantly expanding to the outside world and moving a large number of people out of the country can the problem of land tension in the Ming Dynasty be alleviated.

In this way, the cycle of land annexation can be extended indefinitely.

After the industrial development of the Ming Dynasty, these land annexation issues will no longer be a problem.

Moreover, the division of land will stimulate the crazy counterattack of those landlords and gentry, land is their most important lifeline, and the division of land is undoubtedly their life.

In fact, the power of the landlord class is still very strong, they control the vast majority of the means of production and wealth of the Ming Dynasty, once they are forced to a dead end, their strength must not be underestimated.

Moreover, in the future, Lu Yan will govern the country, and he will still need these landlord classes, so he does not want to make the relationship with them too rigid.

Other than that, the most important thing is the craftsmen.

The craftsmen in Hangzhou are different from those in Fujian, and the craftsmen here are extremely superb.

Together with Songjiang, it is one of the two textile centers of the Ming Dynasty and has already produced the germ of capitalism.

Therefore, Lu Yan attaches great importance to these craftsmen.

He ordered the craftsmen related to the military industry to be gathered, each of whom was given five taels of silver, and ordered to speed up the manufacture of all kinds of weapons and ammunition.

After doing all this, the situation in Hangzhou finally stabilized.

Many people are still very welcome to Lu Yan's entry, after all, they have shared a lot of things in vain.

Of course, some big families are very dissatisfied, and their whole families have been arrested, and then they will be sent to Taiwan to farm, and after they occupy Nanyang in the future, they will also be sent to Taiwan.

In Lu Yan's words, these people have their own crimes, and not killing them is already considered an extrajudicial favor.

Lu Yan ordered the soldiers to rotate and rest in Hangzhou City, people are not machines, they fight every day, people will not be able to stand it, and their personalities may become extremely brutal and murderous.

Some of the soldiers began to attack the surrounding state capitals.

The area around Hangzhou is definitely the richest area in the whole Ming Dynasty, with Shaoxing, Ningbo, Wuxi, Songjiang and so on.

Now there is not much guarding force in these areas at all, as if a big beautiful woman with a living color has taken off...... Just waiting to ...... with him.

How could Lu Yan refuse.

As long as he occupies these areas, then in the future he will not have to worry about his military expenses.

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The news of Lü Yan's capture of Hangzhou spread quickly, which made the surrounding state capitals feel very frightened.

Even Hangzhou, which has a tall city wall, has been broken, and these state capitals are nothing.

So they kept sending people to the court for help, and at the same time looking for those heroes, and asked those heroes to help defend the city.

It is a pity that Lu Yan's policy has spread under the impetus of some well-intentioned people.

That is, all the big families who help defend the city will definitely have all their property stolen.

It is said that many large families in Hangzhou were extremely angry because they funded the official army to defend the city.

So Lu Yan gave an order, and those big families were unlucky.

Not only has their family property been confiscated, but even the whole family has to be arrested and sent to Taiwan to farm.

I heard that the silver copied out is almost piled up into a mountain, so how many big households must be copied?

When I thought of this, those big families were very afraid.

These big families are not idiots and stupid, and the news that the imperial court Nanzhili and the Zhejiang army were basically wiped out has gone viral.

Where is it possible for the imperial court to send reinforcements in a short period of time?

In the face of the murderous and powerful Lu Yan, their best thing to do is to watch from the sidelines.

Even if Lu Yan defeated the state capital, there was no reason to raid their home.

And what can the court do to them in the future when they recover here, do they really have nothing to do with the court?

As a result, the enthusiasm of these large households to fund the officials and soldiers to defend the city has been greatly reduced, and as a result, the strength of the defense of the city has been greatly reduced.

Moreover, the news that Lu Yan likes to divide land for the poor has also spread, and there are often poor people who take the initiative to take refuge.

In this way, the progress of Lu Yan's siege of the city was also much faster, and the surrounding state capitals and counties were broken one after another.

Lu Yan's strength is also swelling day by day, not only in terms of military strength, but also in terms of financial resources.

Towards October, after nearly two months of fighting, except for some remote areas, the whole of Zhejiang and Fujian had basically fallen into his hands.

And Lu Yan has already sharpened his knife Huo Huo, ready to take Nanzhili and Guangdong to open the knife.

In fact, some of the state capitals of Nanzhili have fallen into his hands, such as Wuxi and other places, presumably the Donglin Party must be very distressed by this matter.

It was at this time that the arrival of an old man shattered his tranquility.

"You said that you are the secret envoy of the court officials, what evidence do you have?"

Lu Yan sat in a luxurious living room and said to a half-hundred-year-old man dressed in ordinary clothes.

The old man's face was full of wrinkles, and he was wearing some old clothes, and he looked like an old farmer in the countryside.

"That's right, but I don't have evidence, and you don't have to ask who the master behind me is, I won't say. In fact, I came here this time to make a deal, a transaction that is very beneficial to you, Lord Wang. If you don't believe me, I'll leave now. ”

The old man said with a flat look in his eyes.

Looking at the old man's plain eyes, Lu Yan suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

This should be a dead man, if it weren't for putting life and death aside, he wouldn't face him and still maintain this kind of look.

It's just that what kind of force can afford to raise such a dead man?

"Tell me, what's the deal?"

Lu Yan said.

"I heard that Lord Wang arrested many people and then transported them to Taiwan, I don't know if there is such a thing."

The old man asked.

"That's right."

Lu Yan nodded.

Many people know this, as long as they dare to subsidize the official army, then they will be assigned to Taiwan to farm.

But what they don't know is that Taiwan is not the end, but just an intermediate station.

"I can tell the prince some news about you in the court, and I just ask the prince to release some of those people back to Zhejiang, and then allow them to go to the capital."

The old man said.

Lu Yan didn't agree immediately, but thought about it carefully.

"It depends on how valuable the information you give is, and how many people you want me to let go."

"I believe that you will be satisfied with this news, you will be satisfied, we don't have many people, in fact, there are only more than eighty, of course, there may be some omissions in this, if there are their relatives, I hope that you will also be released."

The old man said.

Lu Yan couldn't help but snort coldly, "Eighty isn't too little?" ”

"I heard that there are at least a few thousand people in the entire Fujian and Zhejiang princes, and these should not be too many."

The old man said lightly.

"Well, then it depends on whether your message is valuable or not."

Lu Yan said.

"I believe that you will be satisfied."

The old man said with a smile.

So he then told Lu Yan some decisions about Lu Yan from the imperial court, although he made some reservations, but these news were enough to shock Lu Yan.

"How dare you bully me like this?"

Lu Yan said a little angrily.

If he is asked to face Mao Wenlong now, he really doesn't know what to do.

At least he can't do it with a knife at Mao Wenlong.

There are three irons in life, and being shot together is definitely one of them.

What's more, he and many people in Dongjiang Town have killed Tartars together, and they have formed a good friendship.

I didn't expect those damn courtiers to plan to transfer them to deal with him.

It's really vicious!

"Lord Wang, please rest assured, it will take a lot of time to transfer them over, at least the Lord doesn't need to face them immediately."

The old man smiled and said, "I don't know if you are satisfied with the news I gave." ”

"I'm happy that the deal is done."

Lu Yan said.

Hearing this, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, so that his greatest goal was completed.

"Since the prince has agreed, we will send another message. Gonggong Wei recommended Xiong Tingbi to the imperial court to supervise Nan Zhili, and lead all the armies to deal with the prince, which must have been approved by now. ”

"Xiong Tingbi?"

Hearing this, Lu Yan's face showed a trace of solemnity.

But soon he didn't care too much, to say that Xiong Tingbi was indeed a good opponent, but it was difficult for a good woman to be without rice.

Of course, he knew exactly what those officers and soldiers in the interior looked like, and they were already rotten, and it was simply impossible to use such officers and soldiers to resist his army.

"I see."

Lu Yan said.

"It seems that the prince is not worried about Lord Xiong?"

The old man's face was a little surprised.

"The fierce generals under the command of this king are like clouds, how can they be afraid of a Xiong Tingbi."

Lu Yan smiled confidently.

Not to mention anything else, just one Qi Jiguang, his ability is only above Xiong Tingbi, not below him.

The old man didn't believe it at all, but he didn't argue anything, but said, "In that case, the old man will take his leave." I hope the prince won't send someone to follow me, you will definitely not find out anything. And in the future, we are also willing to disclose some news about the prince to the prince, and we only hope that the prince can be kind to the people of Zhejiang and Fujian. ”

"Hahaha! Hahaha! ”

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help laughing, and then said with a sneer, "It's really ridiculous!" Obviously I want to be a wall-riding faction! What kind of people are used as an excuse! If the king guesses correctly, if the king wins, those people may reveal their identities and even show up to take refuge. If the king loses in the end, you will really be a dead man. I don't know if what this king said is right? ”

The old man was silent for a while, and did not argue, but got up and took his leave.

After he left, Lu Yan sneered again and again, those courtiers were really good at it.

No matter how the situation develops in the future, they will not lose.

But he also has a place to use them, so let's tolerate them for the time being.

Now it seems that the pace of attacking Nanzhili and Guangdong has been accelerated.

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