But it is normal. After all, the real wealth of the Kong family is not these floating wealth, but the land, houses, shops and other real estate they occupy in Shandong and around the world.
These are the big ones!
During the process of ransacking the house, Jin Yiwei found out just the house deeds and title deeds, which required several houses to accommodate them.
All we can say is that the Kong family is worthy of being a family with a thousand-year heritage!
This background is really terrifying!
Zhou Tianxu said with a smile.
"Haha, with this batch of money copied from the Kong family, there will be no shortage of military expenditures for the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition next year!"
Although the Ming Dynasty is not short of money now, who would dislike having too much money?
"Commander, which way should we take back to Nanjing?"
Qianhu asked.
They were escorting an astronomical amount of property, so they naturally didn't dare to be careless.
Which path to take, how to take it, and whether you need someone to help you, all have their own considerations!
Zhou Tianxu pondered for a while, then spoke.
"It's better to prepare to go south via the canal!"
"I will write a letter to Nanjing now, requesting your Majesty to send a navy to respond!"
Everyone agreed and then made preparations to leave Confucius' mansion.
A large amount of property was loaded onto the truck, and the carriages and horses left Qufu and headed toward the Grand Canal.
…
In Nanjing City!
Zhu Hongyu received the news that He Wenxiu had severely wounded Guan Ning's army on the bank of the Huaihe River, and that less than one-third of Wu Sangui's troops were able to cross the river and escape.
Hearing this, his face was filled with unconcealable joy!
After this battle, the main force of Guan Ning's army was truly severely damaged.
At least within a short period of time, they would be unable to counterattack against Guan Ning's army of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had already withdrawn from the border at this time!
To exaggerate a bit, one could even say that the overall situation within the customs has been decided.
Zhu Hongyu laughed heartily and immediately ordered Nanjing to lift the curfew for five days, making the people inside and outside Nanjing rejoice together.
However, before he could be happy for a long time, Chengtian Mansion reported a piece of news to him.
Looking at the shocking tragic events in the memorial in his hand, Zhu Hongyu's face darkened little by little.
These damn human traffickers really deserve to be killed!
Dong Yuanfeng, the governor of Chengtian Mansion, stood in front of Zhu Hongyu, looking at the emperor who looked so gloomy that he seemed to be dripping with water.
Holding back the fear and anxiety in his heart, he spoke.
"Your Majesty, according to the results of the interrogation, all the main figures of the Cai Si criminal group have been arrested."
"How to deal with it, please tell me, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Hongyu casually put the memorial aside and just said.
"How else to deal with it?"
"Follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
Dong Yuanfeng responded and said.
"I obey the order!"
The depths of Zhu Hongyu's eyes were full of murderous intent. Human traffickers only need to kill them all to relieve their anger!
And what he said was to act in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and compared to directly ordering the killing of all traffickers, it was a more euphemistic statement.
That's all!
Perhaps it was because Zhu Yuanzhang himself had been a beggar. When he formulated the Ming Code, the penalties for human trafficking were not particularly severe.
It is easy to be beheaded, to cut off the waist and abandon the market, and to be guilty of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan!
Dong Yuanfeng asked again.
"Your Majesty, what about the people behind Cai Si? How to deal with them?"
Zhu Hongyu looked at the names on the paper, curled his lips, and just sneered.
"I said, deal with it according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Is there any law in the Ming Dynasty that tolerates mercy outside the law?"
Dong Yuanfeng didn't dare to say anything more after hearing this, so he resigned and left.
On that day, Nanjing was sealed inside and outside the city. Groups of government officials entered the city and surrounded the Qian Mansion Courtyard.
However, this is not a military coup, but the Chengtian Mansion Yamen is arresting imperial prisoners!
Because the person behind Cai Si has a surname named Qian!
He is a cousin of Qian Qianyi!
Of course, these government soldiers only surrounded the other courtyard of Qian's Mansion where the Qian family lived, and the main courtyard of Qian's Mansion where Zhu Hongyu was stationed. They still did not dare to surround it.
Are you crazy? You dare to surround the emperor?
I don’t even want the heads of the Nine Clans anymore?!
Facing these government soldiers who surrounded the Qian Mansion Courtyard, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard Division continued to do their own thing, standing guard and on duty.
Watching with cold eyes, these government officials escorted a famous imperial prisoner from Qian's Mansion and put him into a prison car.
There was no movement at all, or it could be said that he didn't take them seriously!
Zhu Hongyu's imperial guards are elites selected from the entire army, so they naturally have their own pride.
However, the soldiers of the Imperial Guard Division could not look down upon those government service soldiers of Chengtian Mansion.
But the whole Qian Mansion did not dare to put up any resistance at all. Facing the wolf-like tiger-like government servants, all the criminal suspects in the Qian Mansion were captured without exception.
…
Nanjing, Ming Imperial City!
The renovation of the imperial city is still going on, but because Zhu Hongyu is unwilling to carry out large-scale construction, the progress of the renovation of the imperial city has not been very fast.
It started at the beginning of the year, and now it is the end of the year, but only the three main halls, as well as the Qianqing Palace, Wenhua Palace, Wuying Palace, Imperial Study Room and other palaces have been completed.
Other palaces are still under renovation!
It is probably no problem to barely meet the living needs of the royal family. The remaining palaces, royal gardens, etc. can be slowly repaired.
Zhu Hongyu's plan is to move his residence back to the imperial city before this year's New Year.
It is already the end of the year, and the time limit set by Zhu Hongyu is not far away.
In order to successfully complete the task, Qian Qianyi, as the general person in charge of the imperial city repair work, has been living on the construction site these days.
Personally direct the repair work of the Ming Dynasty Imperial City!
Boom! Boom!
The dull drum beat sounded, and the setting sun on the horizon was setting little by little.
The red sunset dyed most of the sky red!
From a distance, the color is as red as blood.
Amidst the dull sound of morning bells and evening drums, the craftsmen who were working in the imperial city stopped their work one after another and got off work in twos and threes.
The entire royal road out of the city was filled with craftsmen.
Smoke rises from the kitchen, and the aroma of food appears, filling everyone's noses.
Qian Qianyi also stretched, put down the tin speaker in his hand, and prepared to return to his office to rest.
At this moment, a housekeeper from the Qian Mansion panicked and ran up to Qian Qianyi, breathing heavily and speaking.
"Master, something serious has happened, Master!"
"The governor of Chengtian Mansion mobilized the government servants, surrounded my Qian family, and took away the third old man and his clan members!"
When Qian Qianyi heard this, a look of surprise was visible on his face, and he couldn't help but ask.
"what is going on?"
"Why did the governor of Chengtian Mansion arrest the third old man?"
The housekeeper of the Qian family obviously hadn't recovered from the fright yet, so he stuttered and spoke.
"I heard... I heard that the three old masters were involved in the placement of human trafficking... I don't know the specific details!"
Qian Qianyi couldn't help but frown when he heard this, but he still spoke.
"I ordered someone to prepare the sedan chair, and I am going to ask for an audience with His Majesty!"
Qian Qianyi was very tired after a busy day at the construction site.
But when faced with such a major event that might endanger the entire Qian Mansion, he still cheered up and prepared to go see Zhu Hongyu overnight regardless of his physical fatigue.