Chapter 424: Great Change
As for Yin Pingzhen, he was asked by Xing Tianze to return according to the mountain road, and he was also responsible for repairing the damaged roads along the way.
This is undoubtedly an extremely time-consuming project, the mountain road is rugged and steep, although Yin Pingzhen has 200,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but he does not have much advantage in repairing the road.
Xing Tianze did this for Yin Pingzhen's sake, this time he returned to the capital with the power of a great victory, and also waited for hundreds of thousands of stone of money and food, which undoubtedly added a very colorful stroke to his political achievements.
At the same time, he also urged the game between him and the emperor to end in advance.
Since the Yin family is already standing behind the emperor, it is bound to have a hard-to-head battle with the five princes, and Xing Tianze does not want Yin Pingzhen to be victimized.
The other 200,000 Yin family troops could not return to the capital, and the threat that Yin Tianhu could bring to Xing Tianze was greatly reduced, so this was the best of both worlds.
On the way back to the court, the results of the war here spread all over the world, and the reputation of the five princes once again made the four seas vibrate.
First Qingcang Kingdom and then Fuyang Kingdom, and at the same time, as one of the three major empires, two major empires have been defeated in the hands of Xing Tianze, and many people are secretly imagining in their hearts, who else is the opponent of the Five Princes in the world? Xing Zhaoguo's strength has exceeded everyone's imagination.
It took half a month for Xing Tianze to return to the capital, and for a while, there was an endless stream of people who came to greet him, and the people of the whole city welcomed the five princes of the guardian life.
The emperor personally came to the gate of the palace to wait for Xing Tianze's return.
It's just that Yin Tianhu and Schrödinger's faces are extremely ugly, and Xing Tianze's victory shows that there is no one in the world who can strategically subdue him.
As long as there are five princes for one day, Xing Zhaoguo will definitely be able to enjoy a peaceful and prosperous world, but it is a pity that Xing Tianze is not limited to being a prince, and the emperor's ambition in his heart has been revealed.
"Old Five, you have won another big victory this time, and you will raise the prestige of my criminal Zhao country to the world." The Emperor took the arm of the Fifth Prince, and walked side by side with him towards the palace.
"All of this is relying on Your Majesty's heavenly might, and the younger brother is just fortunate to bring back the victory." Xing Tianze's face didn't change much.
That night, the emperor rewarded the three armies, and invited the ministers to the palace to receive the wind and wash the dust for the five princes.
Early the next morning, when Xing Tianze had just returned from the morning court, he saw that the study was already covered with bamboo slips, and Wu Ji and Tao Mingxi were sitting on the stool and slowly reviewing.
During the time they left, the emperor really did a lot of things, transferring 400,000 stone grains and grass from Shudi, and nearly 300,000 gold from Dongzhou and Jiangnan to fill the treasury.
In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, whether it is now or before, any official who bends the law for personal gain and embezzles and accepts bribes will be punished with 100,000 taels of silver above the second grade, and 50,000 taels below the second grade.
Therefore, the treasury received millions of taels of silver at once, and in addition, 100,000 stones of grain and grass were sent to the disaster area of Nanjun.
For a while, the emperor's prestige among the people suddenly became superb.
The emperor made such a big move, so he was undoubtedly making some preparations.
Xing Tianze frowned and looked at a bamboo slip, which also recorded that the emperor had recruited nearly 30 million taels of silver in taxes from the three aspects of Yantian merchants.
The forces of collusion between officials and merchants, as well as the unscrupulous traders, were severely punished, all were reduced to slavery and all family property was confiscated and confiscated into the national treasury.
This is another significant amount, which means that the treasury is now full again.
Xing Tianze frowned deeply as he looked at this matter, on the surface, it seemed that the emperor was making a great deal of effort, but in fact, this required extremely careful thinking to be able to do it.
It even took a long time to deploy, which means that the previous depletion of the treasury was actually a bait released by the emperor, in order to exterminate the officials and traders recorded on the bamboo slips and improve his image in the eyes of the people.
"It seems that the emperor has not been idle during this time, what he has done is really unexpected." Traceless put down the bamboo slip in his hand and spoke.
"For the country and the people, to enhance your prestige, it is really a good calculation." Xing Tianze shook his head slightly.
"This time the emperor's handwriting can be described as not small, officials in many places have been replaced, and our people have also been affected a lot." Traceless continued to explain.
Dongzhou and Jiangnan are both under the jurisdiction of the Wang family, which means that their family has come up with 300,000 gold.
At the same time, in the courtyard of the Xue family, Schrödinger was sitting in the study with Xue Yin.
The faces of the father and son were quite grim, and the emperor's generosity made their family miserable, and almost more than sixty percent of the strength they had secretly cultivated was affected.
Coupled with the grain and grass that was snatched away by Xing Tianze before, the Xue family really has a tendency to be kicked out of the game.
Moreover, Xing Tianze returned with a big victory this time, and the game situation with the emperor will definitely go up a notch, if the Xue family can't prepare in advance, the entire family will be destroyed again.
"Dad, didn't the emperor greet you before?" Xue Yin's expression was extremely serious.
The night before the emperor made his move, he spent 500,000 taels of silver in a chamber of commerce, but fortunately he kept an eye on it and did not use his own name.
As a result, the entire chamber of commerce was seized the next day, and all the money and property belonging to it were handed over to the state treasury.
"The emperor's actions are extremely fast, when I received the information, there was already an accident, fortunately, I let others drop the money in time, otherwise the loss will be even greater." Schrödinger clenched his fists tightly.
The emperor's opinion of him was getting bigger and bigger, and many things did not let him interfere with, which obviously did not bode well.
However, Schrödinger can also think of one point, the reason why the emperor did this is undoubtedly to take advantage of the time when the fifth prince was not in the capital to improve his image in the hearts of the people.
As long as he can firmly grasp the hearts of the people in his hands, and Xing Tianze has any misdeeds in the future, then in the eyes of thousands of people, he will be a disloyal minister, and all his previous heroic images will be gone.
But in this way, the Xue family is very likely to become a chess piece thrown by the emperor.
Once kicked out, in this game in the capital, the Xue family will no longer have a chance to turn over.
In this way, Xue Dinger can only abandon the darkness and turn to the light, if Xing Tianze can ensure that their Xue family does not completely perish, the fifth prince is also a very good choice.
Thinking of this, Schrödinger let out a long sigh and got up from his chair and left the courtyard, but he didn't take Xue Yin with him.
In the Yin family, Yin Tianhu and Old Man Yin looked at each other and sat in the study.