In Shangzhu Kingdom, the eunuch Zhang Ananda, the Duke of Wenshui County, personally took Wu Huaiyu to receive Wang Junkuo's family property.
Baiqi has already sealed and registered Wang Junkuo's residence, money, population, etc. Wang Junkuo's residence is in Xuanyangfang.
Xuanyangfang is to the west of Dongshi and south of Pingkangfang.
Peng Guogong's Mansion is located in the northeast corner of Xuanyang Square. The large and small cross streets in the square divide the whole square into sixteen blocks. Peng Guogong's Mansion only occupies four blocks in the northeast corner, occupying a quarter of the whole square.
The flying building in the mansion is so high that you can see the east city across the street.
"Your brother-in-law Ma Zhou also lives in Xuanyangfang, right?" Zhang Ananda asked with a smile.
"Well, His Majesty spent more than two million yuan to buy a house as a gift."
"Ma Zhou's house is far worse than Wang Junkuo's."
Xuanyangfang is 650 steps from east to west and 350 steps from north to south, covering an area of approximately 1,000 acres. Wang Junkuo's house occupies an area of approximately 250 acres.
It's actually two hundred and thirty-seven acres.
This house is a bit too big. You must know that Wu Huaiyu’s first small house opposite Fan Xuanfu in Huaiyuanfang was only a few acres. Later, the emperor gave Li Yuan his other house in Yongxingfang. It was big enough, but it was only a few acres.
Eighteen acres.
Now Wang Junkuo's house actually covers an area of 237 acres, accounting for one quarter of a square meter.
You must know that in the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, Xuanyangfang was the top-class district in the east of the city, and Hepingkangfang had the most princes living there.
In Xuanyangfang there is the residence of Li Yuan's father-in-law Dou Yi, as well as the residences of two princesses, three princes, several clan and county princes, and two ministers.
But even Dou Yi's Mansion only occupies one-eighth of Xuanyangfang.
For other princes, the homes of ten or twenty acres are considered very large.
Most ordinary people's homes don't have even an acre.
"Why is Wang Junkuo's house so big?" Huaiyu was surprised. He remembered that Qin Qiong's house in Yongxing Square seemed to only occupy one-eighth of the square. Why did Wang Junkuo occupy one-quarter?
"When His Majesty first rewarded Wang Junkuo, it was actually less than one-eighth of it. But over the years, Wang Junkuo bought and sold and annexed neighboring lands, and finally he had this mansion. He spent a lot of money to buy land.
The construction has not been completed yet, and there are many things that exceed the regulations in the mansion, such as flying buildings."
Many princes and nobles' mansions in Chang'an violated regulations in many places. The main reason was that the control was not too strict in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Riding all the way into Xuanyangfang and arriving at the northeast corner, you can feel the luxury and grandeur of this house from a distance.
Generally, the residences of officials of third rank and above can open their doors on the street. Because Wang Junkuo's house occupies a large enough area, his house has doors on the north wall of Yongkang Square and on the east wall of Dongshi.
Both sides of the cross street in the square are also open.
There are also many small doors and side doors extending in all directions.
The mansion has a large population and numerous servants.
There are also many young and beautiful concubines, Kabuki and dancers. Now, from Wang Junkuo's wives and daughters to concubines, to servant girls and slaves, they have all become slaves, and they have all been rewarded to Wang Junkuo along with his property.
Wu Huaiyu.
Many hundreds of horsemen are still surrounding the mansion.
Zhang Ananda and Huaiyu appeared, and the officers immediately stepped forward to salute. Zhang Ananda announced the edict, and the officer in charge immediately brought in the account books and waited for the handover.
Everyone in the mansion was even driven into the courtyard.
Mrs. Gaomingguo, who was so high and mighty yesterday, has become a humble slave today, and the beautiful concubines who were originally covered in pearls and emeralds are now also unkempt. Without those silks and jewelry decorations, they also look very ordinary.
There were many people in Wang Junkuo's mansion, the house was big, and there was a lot of money. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, this guy divided himself into one side and crossed the two wings of Taihang. He plundered and accumulated a lot of property. Later, he brought many people and horses to the Tang Dynasty and was also very popular.
Later, he also made many meritorious deeds. When he was fighting against Wang Shichong, he and his thirteen cavalry unexpectedly encountered ten thousand enemy cavalry. Instead of running away, this guy charged towards the opposite side. General Zheng was so frightened that he thought there were thousands of troops ambushing behind him, so he turned around and ran away.
, was stunned to be killed by Wang Junkuo and thirteen people, and was defeated.
Later, he also made great achievements in defeating Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai. When he was guarding Youzhou and fighting against the Turks, he also beheaded a thousand people and captured more than 5,000 war horses.
Li Yuan rewarded Wang Junkuo many times, and even gave him a royal horse, allowing him to ride out of the Golden Palace.
In June last year, after he assassinated Li Yuan, the governor of Youzhou, the king of Lujiang, his in-laws, Li Shimin directly rewarded him with all of Li Yuan's family wealth and population in order to appease him.
This guy is an upstart with military exploits. Although he is a rogue, his family wealth ranks among the top in Chang'an.
Now Wang Junkuo and Li Yuan's property that he swallowed before have all fallen into the hands of Huaiyu. Although it cannot be compared with the original incident after the Xuanwu Gate incident, the emperor rewarded Yuanji Jiancheng's money to Yuchi Gonghou Junji, and also rewarded silk.
Compared with ten thousand horses and ten thousand acres of land, in real terms, they are almost the same.
If we look at the meager salary of officials in the Tang Dynasty, even the salary of a third-rank official would not have been so much in hundreds of years.
As expected, rewards come the fastest.
Zhang Ananda looked through the account book and said to Huaiyu with a smile, "Those in charge probably ate 30% of the food. I can make them all spit it out."
Huaiyu smiled.
Zhang Ananda said that you can make them vomit it out instead of letting them vomit it directly. There is a lot of knowledge in this. Confiscation of property has always been very profitable. Everyone who handles it, big and small, has to make money.
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This is also an unspoken rule.
It is said that when some officials have their homes raided, they have to prepare in advance and give a bribe to the people who come to raid their homes. This will make them feel better. Otherwise, even if their homes are raided, they will not be able to live in peace.
"Forget it," Huaiyu didn't care. What he ate was all frivolous wealth, gold, silver and jewelry. Wang Junkuo's mansion, villa, villa, manor, farm, shops, and properties are basically still there.
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There will not be much loss in terms of population and livestock.
After all, those things are valuable, unlike money, silk, gold, silver and jewelry, which are easy to take and hide.
He took the account book handed over by Zhang Anan and did not accept it immediately. Instead, he briefly looked through it and decided to give half of the remaining 70% to the emperor as a filial piety.
He spent a lot of money on villas, manors, and farm servants.
"Since Your Majesty has given you a reward, just keep it." Zhang Ah Qian said.
"Too many." Huaiyu said.
"This year there is a severe drought in Shandong. Many people in Guandong are in great difficulty. Many people in Shandong have even fled to Guanzhong to beg for food. I heard that many people are selling their sons and daughters, which is really pitiful.
Your Majesty ordered the imperial court to spend money to redeem their children and even use internal funds to help the victims, which was very expensive."
"Are you really willing to give up?"
Zhang Ananda saw that Huaiyu wanted to donate, so he estimated that it would be half.
As a result, one-third of Wang Junkuo's huge property was divided up and confiscated by the people who handled it, and the remaining two-thirds were divided into tributes to the emperor. He actually kept only one-third.
"This is a reward from His Majesty. Why don't you want to part with it? I'm content with getting such a large sum of money for nothing."
Even if only one third is left, in addition to these two hundred acres of luxurious mansions, there are two houses in Chang'an, and there are ten thousand acres of fertile land in the capital, not counting Hedong, Changping, Hanoi, and Henan and Hebei.
As for the farms in Youzhou and other places, even if only one third is left, the total would be hundreds of hectares.
The number of slaves, maids, and concubines is also amazing.
Wu Huaiyu's generosity made Zhang Anan a little surprised. Although it was a reward, ordinary people may not be able to give away two-thirds of it so generously, especially such a large sum of money.
You must know that even among those who have been granted the title of meritorious service, there are many who have been reprimanded by the emperor for crimes such as corruption, such as Changsun Shunde, Liu Hongji, Liu Zhenghui, Liu Shili, and even Zhang Shigui, Yuchi Gong, etc., and even Li Daozong and Li Shentong have committed such crimes.
The emperor reprimanded him several times.
Changsun Shunde discovered that the palace slaves had colluded to steal palace treasures, and he was supposed to be beheaded according to law. However, he accepted the silk, gold and silver given by these people, so he suppressed the matter and let them go after receiving the benefits. However, he was stabbed by Zhang Liang.
to the emperor,
Li Shimin directly announced the matter in the palace, but instead of punishing him directly, he was directly given dozens of pieces of silk in front of the palace, which was exactly the amount of bribes he had accepted.
The emperor deliberately gave him a heavy road silk and asked him to carry it back on his own.
The businessman used an animal to carry the road silk. This was obviously a mockery and humiliation, calling him an animal.
Of course, the eldest Sun Shunde, as the clan uncle of the Queen and the Prime Minister, did not learn the lesson and accepted bribes and occupied land as usual. Then this time Li Xiaochang rebelled, Liu Zhenghui, Liu Shili and others who were originally implicated by Luo Yi resumed their official titles and appointed governors, etc.
However, the eldest grandson Shunde was deprived of his official position and title, which made Wu Huaiyu advance one more place in the list of real seals.
In Wude and Zhenguan dynasties, for meritorious officials and high-ranking officials, in fact, the punishment for corruption was not severe. What the emperor really cared about was their side. Corruption and bribery were not a big concern. Even if they were found out and caused a big fuss, generally
At most, it's just a suspension of work for a period of time.
Heroes also love money.
Even if someone like Yuchi Gong, who was the first to sacrifice himself during the palace coup, later received numerous rewards and became a newly wealthy man in Chang'an, he would still be greedy.
As for accepting the surrender of businessmen and recruiting common people to renounce their citizenship and become tenants, let alone such things.
This is the case in this era.
"Since you have made up your mind, then it's up to you." Zhang Ananda smiled, "But there is someone I want to take away."
"who?"
"A pipa girl."
The pipa girl named by Zhang Anan was originally the wife of a businessman. Like many businessmen, this businessman also found a backer and found Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang.
In order to get protection.
This is a common method used by many businessmen. As long as they can invest in a big backer, even if it is cost-effective to give up most of their own property, the business can be bigger and more profitable.
The businessman joined Li Yuan and indeed gained a lot, but later Li Yuan discovered that the businessman's wife was very beautiful and played the pipa very well, so he took the initiative to ask for it, but the businessman refused. After all, she was a wife and not a concubine, so she could
Give money to dry stocks, but not to your wife.
Although Li Yuan was incompetent in fighting, he was very ruthless in dealing with a small businessman. He immediately found an excuse to execute the businessman, and then forcibly took his wife as a concubine.
After Li Yuan was executed for his rebellion, the emperor rewarded Li Yuan's entire family to Wang Junkuo, and the pipa beauty became Wang Junkuo's favorite concubine.
Now, she was rewarded with Huaiyu.
But the emperor asked Zhang Ananda to take this girl back to the palace.
"Your Majesty wants to be named?"
"You can't bear it?"
Huaiyu shook his head. He didn't even see anyone, so how could he be reluctant to part with it? Besides, she was just a pipa singer. He was just curious about how beautiful this woman was. She could be fought over by so many people, even the emperor.
Everyone is rushing to get it.
Someone was sent to find this pipa girl. She was really stunning at first sight. Although she was looking a little embarrassed at this time, she still couldn't hide her natural beauty.
Zhang Ananda asked someone to give her a pipa and ask her to play a song.
The big strings are noisy like the rain, the small strings are like whispers
Noisy and jumbled bullets, big and small beads falling onto the jade plate.
Very beautiful melody.
Judging from her age, she is only about 20 years old, but her pipa skills are already as good as everyone else's. It is hard to imagine that this woman has experienced so much.
After listening to the song, Huaiyu was immersed in it.
"I took her away." Zhang Ananda was very satisfied with the woman. Huaiyu stood up to see her off. He also specially asked people to find the original clothes and jewelry of the woman named Pei Yunu, and also asked people to serve her.
She bathed, changed her clothes, and was then driven into the palace in a carriage.
After people leave,
"Are Erlang reluctant to part with you?" Chen Sheng stood aside and asked with a smile.
"It doesn't belong to me, so why would I be reluctant to part with it."
"This woman plays the pipa very beautifully and she is beautiful." Chen Sheng, who was well-informed, couldn't help but marvel.
"So what, I still have a bad fate."
She was a good-natured woman, but she was robbed by Li Yuan who killed her husband, and then became a slave. Now she is taken into the palace by the emperor. She is also pitiful.
