"If Your Highness sins us for this, I'm afraid there is no one in the world who is innocent!" Wei Guogong was not convinced, this descendant of Xu Da cried so much that his neck was red, and he covered up the essence of anger with the sadness of acting.

"There is nothing to do, I will punish the evil first, and then talk about its obedience, and forgive the ignorant and light-handed common people, which is also the virtue of the ancestors." Zhu Cihong said: "If the prince thinks that usury is not enough to convince the world, then it is enough to support the dead of the family, right?" ”

The Ming Dynasty allowed the existence of slaves, but did not allow the existence of family members. Sometimes it is difficult to draw a line between them, because the family members often work as slaves, and even have to do agricultural work. If you have to find a standard, then you can barely use military status to distinguish between a family member and a slave.

Whether it is the local guard or the Beijing camp, the soldiers who serve are first of all in the military register. The fact that the conscription system has prevailed since Jiajing is precisely the problem that military personnel are not able to use and are insufficient.

It's not good because it's not practiced. What are these soldiers doing if they don't practice? The answer is simple, he is doing private work for officers and being a domestic slave.

Not enough because the person is gone. The military household is a hereditary system, and if the father and ancestors are registered, the children and grandchildren are all registered, and in terms of spreading branches and leaves, it will only be overcrowded, so why does the number of people shrink? The answer is that the officers and generals of the guard and the Beijing camp regarded the generals as their own slaves and ran away.

These military households have a high degree of obedience, and the local yamen cannot control them, and their household registration directly belongs to the system of the health office, the capital department, and the governor's office of the five armies, and belongs to free human resources. Like Wei Guogong, there are people who come out of the governor's mansion in every generation, and the people who admiral the Jingying will naturally not put such a big piece of fat and don't eat it.

Even if the slaves outside have been sold for a very low price, they are not better than free. What's more, after running away, you have to occupy the same nationality, and you will receive a military salary in a good name

Among these military families, the family genes are good and the body embryos are good. Some will also pass on martial arts to protect the family!

On this charge, it is impossible for any family of Xunqi who has served as the governor of the capital of the five armies and the commander of the Nanjing Jingying to clear his name.

"Is it enough to corrupt the foundation of the guard institute formulated by Taizu?" Zhu Cihong asked loudly: "Not to mention the excess storage of slaves and maids." So much so that it leads to slavery, what about this? ”

Wei Guogong was unprepared, and was blocked by Zhu Cihong's questions, and he could only stare at Zhu Cihong for a while.

"Still glaring at me? Do you dare to let the Beijing camp mutiny? Zhu Cihong asked after a long time.

"Your Highness, is this going to be a big prison? We are waiting for the rest of the country, and only such a small crime is framed for us, who in the world can obey it! Xu Wenjue was no longer hopeful and shouted loudly. Although he seems to be angry and corrupt, he is in a high position all the year round and has a family education. After all, he is not a mediocre person who will be swayed by his emotions.

Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong was half behind Xu Wenjue, and he clearly saw Wei Guogong's gesture - this is really a rebellion!

According to the express provisions of the "Emperor Ming Ancestral System": even if the crown prince violates the law in other places, civil and military officials cannot participate in the impeachment, and can only submit it to the emperor for detailed investigation. No matter what the emperor found, he could not send someone to detain the crown prince for questioning, but could only summon him for questioning. Now that the law of the country is corrupted, the question of the impeachment of the crown prince has appeared, but the arrest of the crown prince is too appalling after all.

-- If it really launched the Nanjing Jingying mutiny. How can it be good? If it was an ordinary governor, the emperor might have killed something. This is the crown prince!

Xin Chengbo said secretly in his heart.

"Are you really thinking about mutiny?" Zhu Cihong smiled: "Don't worry about it, there will be results in a while." ”

As soon as Zhao Zhilong spit out an "ah" word, he heard a sound of ironclad rubbing, and the young general pressed his sword in his hand and came in with three teams of ironclad soldiers, each holding a tray in his hand. It was covered with red cloth, but under the red cloth was a round lump.

"Wang Yi, the captain and deputy general of the Tank Division of the First Guards Division, was ordered to quell the mutiny in Nanjing, and beheaded 34 mutinous officers, the head of which is here. Special reinstatement! Wang Yi strode forward, knelt down on one knee, and returned to his errand. After he and Feng Yuanhui reported the Jinhua Nu mutiny, they returned to the establishment, and now they are ordered to lead their subordinates to rush into the Beijing camp, and all those who stop the generals will be beheaded on the spot, so that no one in the Beijing camp dares to disobey the order.

The sound of the right cannon is the signal.

The relatives looked at the neatly arranged heads, and really recognized a few acquaintances, and they were shocked and inexplicable.

"I used 300 men to level the Beijing camp, and 500 soldiers took over the defense of the imperial city, and there are about 200 soldiers here. Guess where are the other 10,000 horses I brought? "Zhu Cihong used all elite soldiers, and when mobilized, the voice was small, the movements were fast, and the effect was obvious, and the old and weak soldiers who were eating empty salaries could resist it.

Then again, the old and weak who are still in the army do not want to resist. They know who has withheld their rations, and where would they be willing to bear the charge of treason for these greedy bosses?

Zhu Guobi glanced at these mighty and majestic soldiers, but found that there was no high-ranking officer. Especially Xiao Mo, who was by the crown prince's side that day and was known as the first general of the guard. These high-ranking officers were not present...... Where did that go?

Zhu Guobi's heart tightened for no reason, and a thought flashed: Raid the house!

People have the same heart and the same reason, and Zhu Guobi is naturally not the only person who has such thoughts.

"Don't cry yet." Zhu Cihong raised his hand: "I'm not going to be crazy and insist on robbing your family property." In fact, I still want to share weal and woe with all of you, with the righteousness of all ancestors. You obediently write out all the family property, where it is against the law of the land, let's discuss the donation of money to atone for the sin, right? It's all a small sin with a cane, so why should it hurt your dignity? ”

As soon as Xu Wenjue, the Duke of Wei, saw that the crown prince had given the jujube after beating the stick, he knew that this was the crown prince playing a scoundrel and asking for money, so he immediately got off the donkey and said: "This matter is not impossible, since the crown prince has an order, the minister will not care about the ugliness of the family." In fact, my Wei Mansion has long been unable to make ends meet, and it has been selling property for many years, even 50,000 taels may not be available. ”

Zhu Cihong took a ruyi and pointed to a few places in the case: "Write it according to the truth." ”

Xu Wenjue was no longer dead, took the lead and knelt on the ground, and wrote with a pen. The other relatives who followed behind the Duke of Wei naturally also passed, and they reluctantly wrote down their family property. Among them, Lingbi Hou wrote the fastest, only four lines and sixteen characters, but it was: "The house is broken, and the family is bleak." Left by the ancestors, the ceremonial vessels are kept. ”

Zhu Cihong took it from Wang Zhixin's hand and glanced at it, and said, "Let him pay and post it." ”

The Marquis of Lingbi generally wrote a big name on this confession, which made people post it. When others saw that they were going to post it, they were even more reluctant to write more. Some wrote 30,000 yuan, some wrote 50,000 yuan, and some wrote more, but they had to explain how they gave porridge in four sections, supported the orphans, and built bridges and paved roads, which cost a huge amount.

Zhu Guobi and the others who came over first, also waited to see how much other people wrote, so that they could correct it as appropriate, so as not to be very different from others.

Wang Zhixin took Zhu Guobi's filial piety in the end, and when he walked in front of him, he deliberately stood with his hands in his hands, secretly exposed his index finger cross, and compared the word "ten".

Zhu Guobi secretly said in his heart: Is this asking me to repay 100,000 taels? Or do you overreport 100,000 taels? He looked down at his confession, and he had already written 167,000 taels, and it seemed that he asked me to report an extra 100,000 taels. Alas, the crown prince has already saved an account in his heart, and this time he has to cut a piece of meat.

Wang Zhixin glanced back at Zhu Guobi's confession, but shook his head in his heart, and finally didn't dare to take any more risks, so he passed the confession paper over.

Zhu Cihong looked at it as usual and said, "Post it." ”

All those who had written their property statements were allowed to leave and go home. When they left Chang'an Gate, they were surrounded by a group of Wenchen and asked if the list of family properties posted was true or false. Those noble relatives naturally would not admit that they had deceived and deceived, and some even said that this was under the sword soldiers, and they had to say more.

The civil officials were actually more concerned about the withdrawal of Nanjing, who knew that when these relatives went in, they didn't say what they should have said, but they became mud bodhisattvas who crossed the river and died even more miserably. It seems that the only way to do this is to go to Beijing and find a way, if there is really no way, we can only see whether the two new provinces can make a better profit.

Xu Wenjue reported 50,000 taels of family assets, but he didn't expect that he would come out of the palace safely. It's just that when he returned to the house, he saw that the brocade guards standing guard at the gate of the mansion had changed, and they were all soldiers. It made him feel a little ominous, but what could he do if he didn't go back? Now I am afraid that the entire city of Nanjing is under the control of the crown prince.

Sure enough, after Xu Wenjue returned to the house, he heard the old housekeeper report that the entire Guogong Mansion was surrounded by a war regiment from nowhere, and he was only allowed to enter and not leave.

"What about grocery and groceries?" Xu Wenjue also wanted to turn some gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings at home, but who knew that the crown prince of Lu Dao was interlocking and did not leak.

"You are not allowed to go." The old butler cried, "They painted a strip of red paint at the door, but anyone who dared to step through it was immediately shot." It's really killing someone! Master! ”

Xu Wenjue's heart was half cold, and he suddenly said: "Pigeon! And pigeons! Prepare a flying pigeon, I am going to write to Beijing. It's going to be a game-changer! ”

The pigeon can indeed fly out of the city, because Zhu Cihong is not worried about any news from these relatives, he only cares about property.

On the eighth day of March in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, all the newspapers in Jiangnan published a special issue, which was a list of family properties submitted by various families. Among them, the Lingbi Hou family reported the least, with only an ancestral house and a number of ritual utensils for sacrifice. The Hou family of Funing reported the most, and they actually had 300,000 taels of assets.

For a time, the "bravery" of the Marquis of Lingbi and the nest of the Marquis of Funing spread like wings in the city of Nanjing.

"If you don't want money, you need to die! Anyway, the ancestors fought on the battlefield and earned it, so he will take it if he wants it! Lingbi Hou said.

This remark has become a gallant medicine for Xun Qi for a while, and not saying it a few times a day is like having no confidence. (To be continued......)

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