After the Shanxi merchants suffered a devastating blow, Wei Liangqing led his fans and Jin Yiwei to dig three feet into the ground of the Shanxi merchants' nest!
In Datong and other Shanxi province cities, as long as they were found to be related to the eight major Shanxi merchants, they would be forcibly arrested and interrogated.
It can be said that the officials, businessmen and civilians in these cities are all in danger!
The liquidation was bloody. As long as a businessman was found to be colluding with the grassland and creating slaves, he would be controlled, and in serious cases, he would be purged.
In troubled times, important codes should be used.
So Shanxi merchants suffered the price of blood.
After a few days, the big copper was finally cleaned.
According to subsequent statistics, the soldiers led by Wei Liangqing killed more than 900 dead Shanxi merchants wearing armor and carrying crossbows.
This time, 12 border army generals who were colluding with Shanxi merchants were beheaded, and more than 1,400 loyal servants under the generals were poisoned.
Fourteen hundred servants did not die at the hands of foreign enemies, but were massacred by their own family.
Because Wei Liangqing and Cui Chengxiu took advantage of the mouths of the eight major Shanxi merchants to carry out the frenzied tactic of grabbing grass and hunting rabbits.
The eunuch's behavior was extremely cruel, but the effect was significant.
Searching the house to eliminate all hidden dangers is a notice to calm the people!
When the eight major Shanxi merchants colluded with foreigners to massacre the people of the Ming Dynasty, deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors, raised food prices, bullied children and tyrannized their daughters... after hundreds of crimes, the people of Datong became angry.
Since ancient times, traitors have been the most hateful! People in border towns often suffer disasters and are particularly hateful!
Therefore, in the following days, these people's mansions were repeatedly harassed by things like rotten eggs, vegetable leaves, and smelly cakes!
Wei Liangqing and Cui Chengxiu are not good people.
They followed the clues and successively arrested one-third of the great civil servants and hereditary military honors.
Thousands of Dongchang fans, Jin Yiwei and Beijing camp sergeants were not idle either.
They came out in force in important cities such as Datong and Jinyuan. In addition to carrying out extremely bloody house raids, they also wanted to appease the people and redistribute the fields!
Although many times the eunuchs and Jin Yiwei are asked to search homes, it often has the opposite effect.
But Chen Mu had already responded.
They asked Wei Zhongxian to propose that the seizure should be returned to the public, and that 1 percent of the seizure should be given to the officers who searched the houses, leaving 30 percent as military supplies for the officers of the Nine Borders.
In addition, special arrangements were made to seize land from general households and rent it to soldiers for free.
Give money, give food, give land.
Even the maids and innocent wives and concubines of the eight Shanxi merchants were awarded to the soldiers!
The military morale on Datong's side immediately stabilized.
The most unstable soldiers were controlled, and the civil servants were unable to make a big splash.
Datong's soldiers are happy these days, but the general's face is not good-looking.
Because the land occupied by a large number of military officers was confiscated.
These lands were distributed to the grassroots on the spot by the Jinyi guards and eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty.
Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi are extremely vicious, but this time they acted with innocence!
There are even worse things about these people from the capital.
They established a veterans association to allow the Ming soldiers to re-elect officials.
He also said that soldiers can report the corruption of their own officials, and if found out, they can directly receive rewards of up to 10,000 taels of silver.
In addition, if your report to your superiors turns out to be true, you may get a job promotion.
This is a double-edged sword, but it can quickly control the situation in Datong!
A week passed quietly.
With the assistance of tens of thousands of border troops and capital troops, this major operation that affected Shanxi merchants and one-third of Shanxi province's military generals came to an end.
Although the finishing work will take a long time to complete, this seizure has exceeded everyone's expectations!
This time, from the eight major Shanxi merchants alone, 300,000 taels of gold, 15 million taels of silver, and 1.5 million shi of grain were confiscated.
Each stone of grain in the Ming Dynasty is equal to about 60 kilograms, and 1.5 million stones of grain is equivalent to 30 million kilograms.
This amount of food is enough to feed an army of 200,000 people for a year, and there is still some extra.
1.5 million shi of grain alone is enough to pay Liaodong soldiers this year.
After several days of calculation, the seizure of the eight major Shanxi merchants was completed.
Not counting food and valuables, the total amount of gold and silver would reach 33 million taels.
Other families and civil servants and generals also seized 2 million taels of silver.
The total amount of silver is 35 million taels, which is more than twice the national treasury tax revenue in the Year of Apocalypse!
Of course, a large number of precious gems, land, shops and other real estate that cannot be converted into cash still need to be counted and liquidated one by one. But it will take a long time!
There are so many fixed assets such as land that it is difficult to sort them out in a short time.
On the twelfth day after Wei Liangqing's troops were dispatched, reports on the confiscation of homes were delivered to the capital at an accelerated speed of 800 miles.
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Two flowers bloom, one on each side!
While Wei Liangqing faithfully implemented their plan and was eager to avenge his crimes and make meritorious deeds, Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the evil tigers, also transformed into the most ferocious beast!
Datong and other places were turned upside down by his followers, not to mention the capital base of Beijing.
Countless shops in Jincheng were closed down, and their relationship networks were stripped of their cocoons.
If a crime occurs, it will be put under emergency control.
Unlike before when he was sent to prison for interrogation, this time Jinyiwei, Dongchang Fanzi and officials from the Ministry of Punishment acted jointly.
The three criminal law departments even ensured the fairness of the trial in front of Ming officials!
No, this should be thanks to the special truth serum provided by Uncle Jingbian!
As long as people take these medicines, they will be in a trance and they will say whatever they ask. They are the most powerful weapon in criminal investigation.
Unfortunately, there are not many truth serums, and the side effects are huge!
However, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi didn't care either.
They just need someone to start finding the clues, and they will be able to play tricks.
Relying on this rare veritaserum, they forced out more than fifty officials.
Even the Marquis has two.
Someone once raised a question, saying that Jin Yiwei's interrogation methods were too violent and could easily lead to wrongful convictions!
But the next morning, the person who raised the question was arrested by the Ministry of Justice.
Then, the interrogation proceeded at a very efficient speed.
To blame, we can only blame Shanxi merchants and officials for colluding too recklessly!
From the eight major Shanxi merchants at the beginning, several people from the Ministry of War were recruited, and then to the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, the Military and Horse Division, and even the Beijing Camp...
For ten consecutive days, batch after batch of annoying people were forced into the Ministry of Punishment or the Imperial Prison.
Prisoners with serious crimes are sent to the imperial prison, while those with minor crimes are sent to the punishment department.
Civil servants, military commanders and nobles are all in danger.
But some Ming Dynasty nobles started it.
Wu Xun ignored Wei Zhongxian's warning and directly incited the soldiers to mutiny and resist.
For example, a certain commanding officer in the Beijing camp, hereditary martial arts master Shenfang.
Because he was close to Shanxi merchants, he learned in advance from acquaintances that the Jin Yiwei was going to arrest him.
This guy actually planned a mutiny among the half-battalion of soldiers who were working on his own station.
After as many as 3,500 people gathered together, Xiuwu Bo Shenfang launched an uprising on the side of Qingjun and killed the demons.
News of the mutiny quickly reached Chen Mu.
The meeting will start soon!
Li Miao solemnly said to Chen Mu: "This is a test by the Ming Dynasty, so this crackdown must be fast, ruthless, and decisive!"
Chen Mu nodded heavily.
They are outsiders. Only by hitting them with one punch can they avoid hundreds of punches in the future!
If you want to extinguish the enemy's temptations and extinguish the prairie fire, you must deal with emergencies ruthlessly.
Then, Chen Mu set out with a heavy task.
He only took twelve elite team members to the mutinous Beijing camp to quell the rebellion!
Thirteen VS Thirty-five
This chapter has been completed!