Chapter 374: To Kill or Not to Kill?
No matter how low-key they were, Qian Jun and Shen Mingyun had already asked people to start an investigation, and when it was time to close the net, how could they give up easily? Yushitai handed it over one by one, Dong Jincai's hardcore supporters fell down one by one, in the capital, those officials who had impeached the New Deal, one by one, the grass and trees were all soldiers, scared out of illness or simply pretended to be sick, more than three or five officials, Emperor Yongchang accepted their resignation, Shen Mingyun immediately saw the stitches and used his own people.
Wen Jin was very strange why Emperor Yongchang suddenly sobered up, Qian Jun knocked her head with a smile: "Why are you confused?" The emperor has always liked to balance, but suddenly saw that Dong Jincai's faction was so powerful, why didn't he suppress it immediately? ”
"Oh yes, even if he is confused, he still maintains the habits of his youth."
"Also, don't you know, the treasury is almost empty now, and the emperor is in a hurry."
"Oh, I understand, the emperor is the same as ordinary people, he has no money in his pocket, he has no confidence to speak, and he can't be calm in his heart."
"Well, you're right, people die for money, birds die for food, ordinary people rely on money to enhance their own value, and the emperor also relies on money to stabilize his rule."
"Gao Ming, Lord Wang, I find that your current insights are getting more and more thorough."
Hearing his wife compliment him, Qian Jun was happy and embarrassed, he reached out and knocked Wen Jin with a burst of chest: "Poor mouth!" ”
"Since the emperor likes balance so much, shouldn't Lord Shen stop it at the right time? Dong Jincai's side is already a little unbearable. ”
"No, the second uncle wants to stop, the emperor is still a little unwilling, do you know how much silver has been added to the treasury after the recent raid on those corrupt officials?"
"A lot?"
"But no, it is rumored in the capital that Prince Ren's mansion is rich and rivals the country, this is all an appearance, those corrupt officials are silent, and the family is richer, Jiang Guomin's family copied out gold bricks, silver ingots, gold and silver utensils, equivalent to as much as 520,000 taels of silver."
"Oh my God, it's four or five times as big as when we didn't separate."
"Pearl jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, mahogany furniture, as well as houses and farm properties, are converted into silver taels, which is enough for more than two million taels of silver."
"Wow, it's really richer than our family. After all, my father is the brother of the former emperor, and he has fought in the western Xinjiang for ten years, and the former emperor and the empress dowager have a lot of rewards every New Year's holiday, where did he come from? ”
"Naturally, it was obtained by cunning and exploitation, Jiang Guomin's little brother, he fell in love with an embroidery screen, but people refused to sell it, and he actually forced two lives to death for such a thing."
"Such a scourge, not dying is not enough to make people angry."
"Well, tomorrow, there will be a quarrel in the court, and the second uncle will kill all the people who have murders in the Jiang family, Dong Jincai will definitely try his best to save their lives, and strongly suggest that the emperor exile all the people of the Jiang family."
"Even if you die in exile, the effect is completely different from that of beheading, so I don't know what the emperor means."
"The second uncle will definitely fight on the basis of reason, Jiang Guomin's family, there are thirteen men who are all killed, it can be said that Jiang Guomin's crime is extremely evil, if he does not die, it is difficult to stop being greedy."
"Is he the biggest corrupt official ever discovered?"
"Well, according to preliminary estimates, the Jiang family's property is tens of millions, all of which go into the treasury, hehe, the emperor can be stained with a lot of light, more than the silver for disaster relief this year."
"What about the Jiang family's land and house?"
"The land is generally handed over to the government to sell, and the house will reward the heroes."
"Is the court unable to control the selling price of the government? That's not good. ”
"So what?"
"The household department specially sent someone to preside over the land, divide the land into small pieces, and auction them to the local people, and the house can also tear down the courtyard wall and sell it to the people in a scattered manner, which is also an income."
Qian Jun didn't say anything, and listened attentively to Wen Jin's explanation of what an auction was, and his wife had too many unbelievable proposals, and he was already surprised.
After Wen Jin finished speaking, he looked at her husband's expression inquiringly, and saw that he was calm and satisfied, and his heart relaxed.
"I'll write to my second uncle about what you said."
"Do you want to give it to Shen Sanye?"
Qian Jun shook his head: "The third uncle suffered too much physical loss when he was young, and he can get better if he concentrates on cultivation in the past few years." ”
"But I heard that those pills contain mercury poison, which is more harmful to the body."
"The third uncle doesn't refine the pill, he practices qi and medicine, I asked the imperial doctor to see it, it is all beneficial to the body, the imperial doctor said, if the third uncle is not like that, maybe he is no longer alive."
Wen Jin was silent, and said in his heart that it was no wonder that Shen Mingxi, who had the best relationship with Qian Jun, came back this time, but rarely showed up, so it was.
Dong Jincai's strength has been greatly reduced, and he has seen Shen Mingyun sit firmly in the position of first assistant, and the Jiangnan New Deal has also made a good start.
He was angry and hateful, in order to recover his losses, he tried his best to do the dying struggle, he knew that if Jiang Guomin's family did not die, even if they were assigned to be the lowest and most tired military slaves, the hearts of the people in his camp would still be gathered, if Jiang Guomin's family was killed, the people who followed him would inevitably be cold, would wait and see, and even betrayed, if the latter appeared, he would die and have no place to be buried.
Emperor Yongchang faced Dong Jincai and Shen Mingyun's twists and turns, it was difficult to choose for a while, Dong Jincai this time, he actually showed such a strong strength, which shocked the old emperor, but now, the strength of this faction has been greatly reduced, whether to continue to beat the water dogs, or leave a line for them to survive, with his usual style, it must be the latter, but Shen Mingyun seems to have grasped the emperor's pulse, and listed more than ten disadvantages of leaving the Jiang family with murder men in the twists and turns, if the emperor does not make up his mind, not only will the new policy die, but even the country is in danger. "Leaving behind the thief will inevitably make the loyal ministers sad, and the wind of speculation will be even worse in the forest, and in the long run, the country will not be a country. Yu Guanfu, the reason why the dynasties and dynasties first prospered and then declined, is because the king of the indirect force can only be kept into an inflexible way, and there is no decisiveness of Emperor Gaozu, resulting in rampant corruption and lack of righteousness. Just like at the moment, the rise and fall of Jurong, maintaining a body with the emperor, tolerating corruption, or reluctantly cutting off the carrion that harms the country, and taking good medicine to cultivate muscles and blood, caring about the emperor's thoughts, the ministers weep and plead, and the emperor does not make measures that stain the reputation of the first generation...... "In the face of Shen Mingyun's sprinkling of ten thousand words, Emperor Yongchang's fists clenched and loosened, killing Jiang Guomin, making Dong Jincai's faction greatly decline, which may cause Jurong to become Shen Mingyun's Yiyantang, but if you don't kill Jiang Guomin, the disadvantages are indeed too great, It will really bury the hidden danger of the decline of the country's fortunes.
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