"If you return to the country, the cash silver that was found in Peng Shouli's house alone would be 860,000 taels of gold, plus the cash silver that was found in the palace of dozens of merchants who were in conjunction with him, the silver silver that had been found in stores and other real estates had reached 26.58 million taels and 1.23 million taels of gold.

Because the time is too short, Pan Ruzhen’s property has not been counted yet, and it will take some time to figure it out, but it is estimated that there will be no shortage of officials.”

Li Yanyue said that he was getting angry more and more. With Yang Feng's interference, the Ming Dynasty, which was supposed to be on the verge of financial collapse, was much better than another historical time and space, but the finances of the court were still not optimistic, and the lives of the people were not very good.

However, the gentry class of the Ming Dynasty still lived a life of luxury. It can be seen from the merchants they searched this time. It is shocking. The money collected alone is worth the taxes of the Ming Dynasty for several years. It is not an exaggeration to describe them as wealthy as a country.

Thinking of this, Li Yan asked in anger and puzzledly: "Dude, these people are already so rich, it can be said that they will never spend all their money in ten lives. But why are they still trying hard to make money without satisfaction?"

Yang Feng shook his head: "As the saying goes, the desire is unsatisfactory, and people's greed is endless. It's like a scholar who thinks about passing the imperial examination and becoming an official every day, but after he becomes the seventh-rank county magistrate, he will think about how to become the fourth-rank prefect. After becoming the prefect, he will think about being an inspector, governor or even a governor. How can he be satisfied for a day?"

Li Yan shook his head sadly, clasped his hands tightly, and his fingernails pierced deeply into his flesh and said in grief: "Is it really impossible to curb human desires?"

"sure."

Yang Feng increased his voice in a positive tone and stared at him and said, "That is to check and balance. Establish various perfect systems to check and balance officials. In plain words, no one can be allowed to become a big shot."

After Li Yan murmured and repeated, his eyes lit up and he urged: "Master, can you tell me in detail?"

"Not now!" Yang Feng shook his head, "It's not something that can be said in detail in a few days. You should go and do the job quickly and make a book of everything. The Japanese Duke of Ming Dynasty sent someone to write memorials and silver to send it to His Majesty."

"The servant knows." Li Yan's face also became serious.

He naturally understood the urgency of this matter. Whether it was Yang Feng's assassination or the capture of all the most famous and wealthy merchants in Hangzhou Prefecture were all major events that could cause a sensation in the Ming Dynasty. Now even the governor of Zhejiang was arrested by him, and this matter was enough to break the sky. Li Yan believed that when this incident reached the capital, all officials would definitely jump up like they had been dug up their ancestral graves.

It would be fine for those merchants and gentry to search their homes, but who asked them to assassinate the dignified prince? But Yang Feng arrested Pan Ruzhen as a hornet's nest. For civil officials, this was definitely a matter of life and death.

Yang Feng is now a Duke of the State, and everyone including Zhu Youxiao has classified him as a military general. Now a military general has arrested a ban on his own without the emperor's permission from the cabinet. This matter has become a big deal.

The civil officials have worked hard for more than two hundred years and finally suppressed the nobles and generals, but now an alien like Yang Feng emerges. If they have no reaction and the other nobles and generals follow suit, then will they all put all their efforts in vain?

Li Yan advised again: "Dude, why don't we let Pan Ruzhen be released first. You should send the evidence to the capital first, and we will arrest him after you have the will of His Majesty. Wouldn't that be safe?"

Yang Feng flatly refused: "No, if you wait until Your Majesty's order arrives before escorting Pan Ruzhen to Beijing, the daylily will be cold. You have been practicing for so long. Don't you even know the principle of high speed in the army?"

After being scolded by Yang Feng, Li Yan no longer dared to say anything.

In fact, Li Yan was not wrong. The impact of this matter even exceeded his imagination. Less than five days after Pan Ruzhen was arrested, the capital was already in anger. Countless civil servants wrote letters to lift his military power and lock him into Beijing to question the crime.

Zhu Youxiao was very surprised when he received this news. He never expected that Yang Feng was so bold that he even dared to arrest the governor of a province. Such behavior could no longer be described as bold, and this was simply a traitor.

Forbidden City in the capital

"San Dezi, hasn't the memorial of Duke Xin from Duke Xin yet?"

In the imperial study room, Zhu Youxiao asked San Dezi another question.

Sandezi could no longer calculate how many times Zhu Youxiao asked the same thing today, so he could only answer with a bitter face: "Reply to Your Majesty, I have not received the news. Once there is news, I will definitely send it to you immediately."

"Your Majesty, Master Sun, Master Han and Master Zhu asked for a meeting together."

Zhu Youxiao frowned. Of course, he understood why these three big bosses jointly asked for a meeting and wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he still let them in.

"Minist Sun Chengzong, Zhu Guozhen, and Han Yu will meet His Majesty!"

"My dear friend asks you to get up and give you a seat."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and Sandezi, who was beside him, quickly asked the eunuchs to bring three brocade stools to ask the three cabinet masters to sit down.

After Sun Chengzong sat down, he bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Xin Guo killed and slaughtered gentry and merchants in Hangzhou, and arrested Zhejiang Governor Pan Ruzhen. This matter must not be tolerated. People must be sent to Hangzhou to investigate clearly, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

"What else is investigating? This matter has been circulating so much, so there is still a falsehood." Han Dong, who was impatient, immediately said: "Can someone else wrongly accuse him?"

Zhu Guozhen also said: "Your Majesty, this trend must not be long. Yang Feng followed as the governor of the three sides, the Grand Governor of the South, and was ordered to eliminate the bandits, but he could not take the self-detained arrest of the governor of a province without his intention. What is the difference between this kind of matter and rebellion?"

Zhu Youxiao refused and said, "We can't just listen to the rumors. We have to wait until Yang Feng and Hangzhou Prefecture's letter will be sent to confirm. Otherwise, it would be too ridiculous to recall the imperial generals who suppressed the bandits back to Beijing just by just a few rumors?"

Sun Chengzong and the other two looked at each other and felt helpless. They couldn't figure it out. It had been five or six days, and the official documents of Hangzhou Prefecture should have arrived.

At this time, Sandezi, who was originally outside, strode in and raised a brocade box high above his head: "Your Majesty, more than 30 officials from Hangzhou Prefecture jointly wrote a letter and delivered it!"
Chapter completed!