Nearly half a month has passed, and the storm in the capital has still not calmed down.
The arrests of the Ministry of Punishment were very smooth. Those who participated in the rebellion or had connections, whether they were officials or gentry who had not yet entered official positions, were all imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Zhu Youxiao specially dispatched the Royal Forest Army to guard him. Without his order, even the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment could not enter the prison.
And Xun Gui's cleaning and house raiding are also in full swing.
Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood after seeing the preliminary liquidation of the nobles' assets reported by Xu Xianchun.
Those rotten Confucian officials, whose official positions were not high and had nothing to gain from, had confiscated more than 20 houses, and they didn't even get a hundred thousand taels of silver.
As for those wealthy merchants, although they have some assets, they are not much. The total assets of the twelve families only amount to more than 400,000 taels.
However, there were quite a lot of grains, cloths, silks, etc. that were inspected.
But these are just small sums, and the real big deal lies with Xungui.
The amount of cash and jewelry confiscated alone amounted to 25 million taels, and this did not include the fixed assets in their names, such as acres of land, houses, shops, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.
Sure enough, the wealth accumulated by this noble family that has been inherited for more than two hundred years is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Even Zhu Youxiao, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, could not help but be shocked at this time, and even looked at these nobles in a new light.
You know, it's still the second year of Tianqi, not the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, but these nobles are already so rich.
And this is just a preliminary count.
He had to doubt that the 70 million taels of silver that the Dashun Army received in history was just what he got.
Zhu Youxiao had read the records of Guo Que and Ping Kou Zhi, which clearly stated that 30% of Li Chuang's money came from nobles and 30% from the eunuchs in the palace.
The remaining 40% will be divided into 20% each for the civil servants and ministers in the capital, as well as the wealthy merchants who did not have time to escape.
Although there is historical evidence to prove it, Zhu Youxiao still cannot help but doubt it.
This real amount of money, plus the intruders burning, killing, looting and collecting money like scraping the land, the real amount definitely exceeds 70 million taels.
You must know that the invading army is more terrifying than locusts. Wherever it passes, there is no grass. Especially after entering Beijing, the invading army has no military discipline at all.
Even Li Zicheng, the emperor on horseback, could not restrain the army he brought out.
For the wolf-like Chuangjun, he doesn't care whether you have money or not, and what your class status is. He will not let anyone go and rob them all.
Liu Zongmin hated corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen and gentry the most in his life, and he was also a cannibal.
Even if he didn't take away all the assets of Beijing City, at least 80-90% of them were taken away.
In addition, there is a group of intruders who are like locusts, and they all have no money.
This free money is right in front of them, so why not take it?
Liu Zongmin was so bold that he did not take the emperor Li Zicheng seriously at all.
In front of everyone, he directly told Li Zicheng, "You sit in the emperor's seat, and I will take care of the roasting."
Even after drinking, he said, "I am riding a horse with him, why do I worship him today?" The generals of the Chuang army all grinned when they heard this.
Later, Wu Sangui rebelled, and Li Zicheng wanted Liu Zongmin to lead the army to Shanhaiguan.
As a result, this guy was even more invincible. At the court meeting where all the civilian and military generals of the invasion army were present, he said again:
"Why are you enjoying the blessings in this city while our brothers are working hard outside?"
Obviously, he had no respect for Li Zicheng, the Dashun Emperor.
Li Zicheng was so angry that his eyes almost popped out. In desperation, he had no choice but to lead the army to Shanhaiguan himself. Liu Zongmin didn't know what to say and went with him.
With subordinates like this, do you expect them to obediently donate all the money they get to Li Zicheng?
But it was useless to think so much now. Liu Zongmin had already completed his errands in advance, and he was the one who made the fortune.
Putting down the list in his hand, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief.
With this money, he can expand his elite division by another 100,000, which is enough even for the initial construction and development of the navy.
And with so much silver, the mass production of silver coins can also begin, and there will be enough capital to integrate the economy and market.
After thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao slowly said:
"Every member of the Jinyi Guards will be given a reward of one hundred taels of silver. For households with more than 100 households, an additional fifty taels will be added."
"Those who died in the war were given a pension of five hundred taels, and suitable people from their families were selected to take their positions."
"For those who are injured, we will also add fifty taels. We can give them a long vacation and return to the Yamen to do business after their injuries are healed."
Even if you get rich, you can't neglect the people below you.
Even though they were probably full, there was still a big difference between this honest reward and sneaky reward.
What's more, the targets of this attack are nobles who are known to have retired from the country.
As pro-soldiers, Jin Yiwei is very similar to them to some extent.
After such a thing happened, he rewarded him with a large amount of money, which also had the effect of appeasing people's hearts.
"Brothers of Jinyiwei, I would like to express my gratitude to Lord Long Live for His grace."
Xu Xianchun, who looked tired, suddenly became lively when he heard that the emperor had rewarded Jin Yiwei so much.
Xu Xianchun has been extremely busy these days. He has less than three hours of rest at the end of the day. Running around here and there makes him very tired.
Fortunately, the errand assigned to him by the emperor was completed, and now he has received a heavy reward and has an explanation for his subordinates.
After Xu Xianchun left, Zhu Youxiao began to plan the use of his money.
For this reason, he specially called the eunuch who managed the inner treasury and asked Wang Chaofu to calculate and reconcile the accounts with him.
Zhu Youxiao still has a total of 13 million taels of gold and silver in his inner treasury. Adding in the proceeds from the house confiscation, the total is 38 million taels.
He suddenly became the richest landowner in the Ming Dynasty, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
But he didn't swell, he knew clearly that this was just the beginning.
The officials and gentry in the north are not as good as those in the south of the Yangtze River, and the honors of the capital are naturally not as good as those in Nanjing, the true founding ministers who have been passed down since the Hongwu year.
After some thought, Zhu Youxiao decided to transfer all the confiscated grain to Taicang, the Ministry of Household Affairs. As for the money, he did not plan to divide it this time.
As the finishing work progressed rapidly, the capital slowly stabilized again.
Because Zhu Youxiao made big moves as soon as he came back this time.
The officials seemed to have forgotten about the new policy he implemented in Datong, and never mentioned it again.
Maybe they are all busy trying to distance themselves from each other and trying their best to protect themselves.
But no matter what the reason was, it made Zhu Youxiao feel relieved.
Without them chirping in his ears, he felt much better.