Wu Wanggeng?

The descendant of the Quanzhou Pu family who was slaughtered by his own troops?

Zhu Yunxi remembered that he was originally a wealthy businessman in Suzhou.

Liu Hanmo saluted again, and said: "The lower officials heard that Xu Dongjiang, the prefect of Jiaxing, had refused to open the city gate and put His Royal Highness Taisun in danger, but His Royal Highness Taisun did not feel deeply, and this time he returned to Beijing, but took him with him, which shows that His Royal Highness Taisun is open-minded. ”

I took him back to testify against others, and then beheaded him!

Zhu Yunxi didn't say this.

He was still waiting for Liu Hanmo to confide the truth to him.

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "Political affairs have their own opinions, how can they be mistaken because of personal hatred?" Governor Liu, but please speak up. ”

Liu Hanmo no longer hesitated.

"Although Wu Wanggeng is a descendant of the Pu family in Quanzhou, he hides it very well. When he was in Suzhou, he was kind and charitable, and everyone was called good. Many people have a good relationship with him. ”

"Wu Wanggeng's incident happened, and the imperial court ordered a strict investigation, and many of his former close friends were implicated. There are not a few people who have been convicted in prison and have their property confiscated. ”

"The giants and wealthy businessmen in Suzhou City have also decreased a lot."

Zhulian, this is a common means used by the Ming Dynasty.

If Wu Wanggeng has an accident, not only his clansmen, but also his former friends, and people who have dealings in the business field, whether they know it or not, will be involved.

Under strict investigation, even if you don't die, you have to shed your skin.

Zhu Yunxi didn't think about this deeply.

In his opinion, it is enough for Wu Wanggeng's entire family to be killed.

But Lao Zhu doesn't see it that way.

dared to assassinate his favorite grandson, how could Lao Zhu let it go so easily?

As a result, the imperial court sent officials to Suzhou to handle the case and strictly investigate the people who had a relationship with Wu Wanggeng in Suzhou.

This kind of businessman has a wide range of contacts, and there are few wealthy businessmen in Suzhou who do not deal with them.

Although they are not very deep, it is difficult to tell clearly.

Zhu Yunxi took a deep breath.

This pot really has to be carried by yourself.

Whether he has a heart or not, it is up to him.

"It is precisely because of Wu Wanggeng's case that many people are involved, coupled with the increase in business taxes and the opening of business qualifications, which has dealt a big blow to those giant and wealthy businessmen, that they took risks and did not hesitate to secretly collude with the Japanese robbers."

"On the one hand, he used huge sums of money to subsidize the Japanese invaders, and on the other hand, he connected them with each other, so that Zhang Shicheng's old department, smuggling salt dealers and other anti-thieves and rebellious people colluded with the Japanese and became embarrassed, so that Songjiang Mansion was occupied by the Japanese invaders."

Liu Hanmo said: "Behind is His Royal Highness Taisun ordered Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, to be the vanguard, lead 3,000 soldiers and horses, and come to Suzhou to sit down. ”

"On the one hand, it will stabilize the hearts of the people, and on the other hand, it will make military preparations for the pacification of the Japanese and prevent their attacks; On the other hand, it is to track down the fact that Suzhou tycoons and wealthy businessmen secretly financed the Japanese invaders. ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded lightly.

These people dare to collude with the Japanese and secretly fund the Japanese invaders, and of course they cannot be easily let go.

It is only natural that their sins should be pursued.

"The wealthy businessmen who have evil intentions and secretly fund the Japanese are only a few after all, but they are committing a big crime."

"If one is found, he will search again. Even if they don't know about it, they are also punished heavily because of their close relationship. ”

Liu Hanmo smiled bitterly: "After being traced like this, eight or nine out of ten of the wealthy businessmen in Suzhou were involved, and their property was confiscated, their fields were confiscated, and countless people were exiled to kill their heads. ”

"The business they used to run has naturally stopped."

"Suzhou was not depressed because of the fact that there was no land, and the poor hired laborers who had become merchants and laborers were also living on the streets and losing their source of livelihood?"

Zhu Yunxi was dumbfounded when he heard this.

It turned out that in the end, one of the most critical reasons was because of a series of implications.

Wu Yigeng stabbed himself, and the wealthy businessmen in Suzhou were implicated.

In desperation, he had no choice but to secretly fund the Japanese and collude with them in order to put pressure on the court and let him go.

As a result, it was found out again, and not only was it dealt with, but also the people involved in it, whether they knew it or not, and they were all implicated.

It's like a domino effect.

The wealthy businessmen in Suzhou City are basically involved, no wonder Suzhou has become so depressed.

Speaking of which, all this is really because of myself.

Zhu Yunxi reprimanded: "Lan Yu is also willful, there are too many people involved, it should be stopped, how can it be completely ignored and expand the scope of the attack?" ”

Implication in this day and age is very common.

In a way, it has its positive implications.

For example, if there is an official in the family who is corrupt, but it is the whole family who benefits from it, then there seems to be nothing wrong with the collective paying the price.

But once the implication expands, many innocent people will also be involved.

Several major cases during the Hongwu period were all like this.

However, this is Lao Zhu's deliberate attempt to use "implication" to achieve his political goals.

And an all-round crackdown on Suzhou giants and wealthy businessmen......

Zhu Yunxi didn't mean that!

But after a moment's thought, he immediately understood.

In the eyes of outsiders, Taisun and these giants and wealthy businessmen seem to be competitive.

From the increase in commercial tax, to Wu Wanggeng's assassination, to the application for tax certificates, the business qualifications are opened......

The wealthy businessman held a grudge against him, and Zhu Yunxi's retaliation was also unrelenting.

When it happened that the giant wealthy businessman secretly colluded with the Japanese Kou, Lan Yu must have thought that these people were coming down against His Royal Highness Taisun.

Then he will help His Royal Highness Taisun "take revenge" and fight them, and he will be even more ruthless.

This can explain why the big merchants in Suzhou are implicated.

Liu Hanmo said: "The Duke of Liangguo has the intention of currying favor with the Taisun, but in addition, it is also because of the excessive expenditure of the imperial court, the occupation of Songjiang Mansion, and the pacification of the Japanese Rebellion, which requires a large amount of military expenditure, and silver is indispensable for rebuilding in the future." ”

"Liang Guogong took the opportunity to act, and he also had this intention."

"There is another one, in addition to the rich and wealthy businessmen, in the past, Suzhou Mansion owed a lot of taxes to the imperial court due to excessive taxes, and the people had no food to pay."

"The accumulated amount owed amounted to more than 8 million stones."

"After Liang Guogong came, he vigorously traced the taxes owed over the years to replenish the military."

"When the people had no food to pay, they took people on a large scale, so that the number of fleeing was innumerable, and that was why it was so depressed."

Suzhou Mansion owed a lot of taxes to the imperial court, and Zhu Yunxi had already heard about it.

On the one hand, the imperial court collected heavy taxes on Suzhou, and on the other hand, Suzhou could not pay it, so it owed it.

This has been an old problem for a long time.

Every time the governor of Suzhou takes office, the first thing to solve is the tax arrears.

However, the problem of tax arrears in Suzhou has not been solved.

On the contrary, it increases every year.

A little owe a year, a little a year.

Over the years, it has become an astronomical amount.

Wouldn't it cost them their lives to suddenly ask them to pay all the taxes they had accumulated over the years?

Zhu Yunxi also knew that Lan Yu had his difficulties.

The three armies did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

The 50,000-strong army labored on the expedition, and the daily expenditure on grain and grass was not a small amount.

If it is transported from Jinling, the distance is far away, and the people who transport the grain alone will have to levy hundreds of thousands, or even more.

The consumption on the road is also an astronomical amount.

The best way, of course, is to collect grain locally in Suzhou and solve it on the spot.

When the army arrived, the grain had been requisitioned, and there was no need to transfer grain from Jinling.

Not only can it help the imperial court save a lot of money, but the speed of the army's advance will be faster.

Suzhou originally had arrears of taxes and grains accumulated over the years, and it was logical to collect them on the spot.

It's just that this price is not small.

Liu Hanmo suddenly knelt down.

"Your Royal Highness, Suzhou has accumulated deep shortcomings, if it is not solved, I am afraid that the people of Suzhou will be difficult to survive."

"This thousand-year-old prosperous capital will also become a barren land."

"The lower official Liu Hanmo hereby asks for his life for the people, and also asks His Royal Highness Taisun to be the master of the millions of people in Suzhou and give the people of Suzhou a way to live!"

(End of chapter)