Chapter Fifty-Seven: Flying Axes, Flying Tigers?

In the darkness of the night, fireworks burst into the sky, blooming in the night, turning into dazzling axes.

At the same time, in the entire capital, a group of black-clothed people suddenly appeared everywhere, wearing the suits of the later generations, with expressionless faces and no trace of emotion, the axes in their hands flashed with cold glow, and everywhere they passed, blood was all over the ground.

Several officials saw fireworks rising in the direction of their mansions, and their faces suddenly turned to ashes. They also saw the combat effectiveness of the Axe Gang just now, and the dozens of family members in their mansion couldn't resist it at all.

"Luo Yangxing, if you behave like this, I will definitely sue your majesty tomorrow!"

"Lord Qian, it's useless for you to tell me these words. You will naturally see Your Majesty tomorrow morning, I hope your mouth will still be so hard by then!" Luo Yangxing has been working in Jinyiwei for more than ten years, and he has never encountered such a person in his house, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it at all.

With a wave of his hand, he stretched out his hand and pounced on the two brocade guards, directly twisting the arms of the Ministry of Rites behind him, and two crisp dislocation sounds sounded, and the Ministry of Rites suddenly let out a terrible howl.

The faces of the others became extremely pale and trembling, and no one dared to resist. Honestly let the brocade guard tie it up with a rope.

Killing chickens and monkeys makes an example, and the effect is immediate.

The corners of Luo Yangxing's mouth outlined a sneer, his eyes swept over the audience, fell on Zhou Kui, and said with a grin: "Guozhang, don't force the little to be rude, please yourself!" After all, he is the emperor's father-in-law, and this bit of face still has to be given.

Such scenes happen in every corner of the capital.

However, the people of the Axe Gang did not have the patience of Luo Yangxing, and those princes and ministers in other places did not have the identity of the prince, so there was no one to give face at all.

Regardless of whether you are a first-class senior official or a third-class high-ranking official, you will be treated equally, and they will all be tied to a rope. The so-called grasshoppers on a rope, these people are in the same breath, seducing foreign enemies and wanting to betray Chongzhen, and now they are about to tie together.

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Chongzhen stood on top of the imperial city, quietly watching the fireworks that were constantly blooming in the sky, and the smile on the corner of his mouth also bloomed.

After a long time, it was estimated that the time was almost up, Chongzhen said: "Let's go, it's been lively in the middle of the night, it's time for me to appear!"

Immediately, Chongzhen personally took three hundred guards out of the palace.

Now that the Axe Gang has purged the rebels, it is time to raid the family and exterminate the clan.

It doesn't matter if the clan is destroyed, but Chongzhen has to go in person to raid the family.

Raid the house and confiscate the property.

This operation, arresting officials and cleaning the court are secondary, and for Chongzhen, the main task is to raid the house.

Right now, Daming is too short of money. Moreover, Chongzhen himself also needs to collect points.

Originally, the day before yesterday, Chongzhen called for donations, and these princes and ministers only donated a few hundred taels of silver, and Chongzhen really thought that all his subordinates were Qing officials. However, since he read the history of the Ming Dynasty, he knew that this group of moths was not without money, but just an iron rooster that did not pull out a hair. Secretly, he sucked the blood of Da Ming dry.

After purging corrupt officials and notorious princes and nobles this time, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be able to hold it. As long as what the system says is correct, it is definitely not an exaggeration to work hard for decades as an emperor overnight today.

And the points that can be obtained in the process of raiding the house are enough to make him excited and lead the team in person.

Summoning the Axe Gang just now, Chongzhen's points are almost used.

The so-called take from the people and use it for the people. It's the same when you turn it around. The points are used on these people, and naturally another point will be obtained from these people.

An act of raiding the house lasted all night.

This night, from the cabinet chief assistant to the prince and nobleman, the mansion was all trampled by the Axe Gang.

The cold and shining axe has become a nightmare in the hearts of the officials of the entire capital.

Even later, Chongzhen set up a flying axe team, which came and went without a trace, and was specifically responsible for raiding the family and exterminating the clan. The shadow of the axe on officials has lasted for hundreds of years.

Chongzhen read the history of the Ming Dynasty and had long been clear about who had two hearts and which surrendered.

None of those who went to Chongzhen's small book had to run, they were all imprisoned and hung on the city tower.

And all the wealth of these officials' families has been cleared, gold and silver treasures are piled up, and antique jade is even more abundant. These things are all good things that can be exchanged for points.

"Your Majesty, the number has been counted!"

Luo Yangxing's face turned red, Rao is a brocade guard he has worked for more than ten years, and countless officials have been raided, and he has never confiscated so much wealth. After all, the people who can fall into his hands in front of him are some petty officials who are not in the stream, and tonight even three first-grade officials have been killed, and there are more than a dozen second-grade officials, and there are countless princes and nobles, and ordinary officials.

Luo Yangxing opened the account book, his fingers trembled slightly, and said: "After preliminary statistics and estimates, 30 million taels of silver, 2 million taels of gold, antique jade, and all kinds of treasures are too numerous to be liquidated, I have handed them over to the prince and handed them over to His Majesty's inner treasury." ”

"Good, good...... This is my humerus minister, the Qing official who was still crying for me the day before yesterday, and wanted to sell his house and land, and sell his sons and daughters to donate money to me!" Although Chongzhen said that he had been mentally prepared, at this moment, he was also angry and laughed.

Daming's annual financial income is only a few million taels now, otherwise, how could he be an emperor who would call on everyone to donate, and he wouldn't even want face. But at present, the amount of cash confiscated is as much as 50 million taels. And that's not even counting antique jade. Not to mention, under the names of these officials, there are thousands of dumps of land.

Billions of people are hugely rich, no exaggeration. Tonight, the wealth confiscated is enough to cover the income of the Ming Dynasty for ten years.

Fortunately, Chongzhen's actions were unexpected, too sudden, and these people didn't have time to hide the money, and they were almost wiped out.

If these people had been willing to donate their money, even if they only donated one-tenth of it for military expenses, Li Zicheng would have been killed dozens of times. It will not be like now, bankrupt the family, or even exterminate the family.

"You are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"

Chongzhen waved his hand and said loudly: "These silver taels, all of them will be moved to the city tower." The antique jade is handed over to my inner library!"

"This ......" Luo Yangxing looked embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, there is too much gold and silver, and I don't have enough manpower!"

There are tens of millions of gold and silver, and even if 10,000 people are used, I am afraid that it will take more than half a night to carry them. It's unimaginable that there are so many of them.

"Then you can move as much as you want. When it was daybreak, I informed the people that I would openly interrogate these moths on the towers of the city. ”