Chapter 113 The Ministry of Industry pursues the stolen goods
Five days later.
Zhou Jiamo came first to report on the preliminary results of the house raid.
Zheng Yangxing was in Daxing's home in Beijing, and the stolen property totaled 2.97 million taels of silver, nine gold boxes, and jewelry and antiques worth 700,000 taels. Twenty-three mansions, seven shops, three warehouses, and one field were confiscated.
Eighteen thousand acres.
All properties have been verified, and a small amount of money has been distributed. The house and property of the coercer are still being searched.
The rebel generals and 17 people from the capital camp found property totaling 2,380,000 taels of silver, jewelry, jade and antiques worth 960,000 taels, and confiscated 80 mansions and more than 60,000 acres of land.<
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The search for the remaining homes of those involved in the rebellion is still ongoing, and the results are expected next month.
In addition, there are also dozens of former Jinyiwei commander Luo Sigong and his party members, and a search has been launched against them.
Zhou Jiamo respectfully introduced the latest results of the house raid, but the amount of cash alone exceeded five million taels, which exceeded the total amount of Jiajing's house raid on Yan Song's family.
This is half of the confiscation of the generals’ homes, and a quarter of the confiscation of the homes of all those involved in the rebellion, and there are more to come~
In addition to money, Zhu Youxiao is more concerned about land.
"Old Heavenly Official, nearly 80,000 acres of land have been confiscated so far. How much of it is around the capital?"
"Your Majesty, back to the prison country, because most of the criminals' hometowns are still being raided, 70,000 acres of the currently estimated 80,000 acres of land are in the Daxing, Liangxiang, and Fangshan areas."
"They are all good places in Jingnan, they are really good at choosing~"
In the late Ming Dynasty, water transportation was developed. There was not only the aorta Grand Canal running through Tongzhou, but also water networks such as Yongding River, Liangshui River, and Xiaoqing River. Transportation and irrigation were very convenient, and these 70,000 acres of land had great potential.
If you are near a canal terminal, you can develop manufacturing and then transport the products along the canal.
Other fertile fields can also be used for breeding and introducing new crops, becoming royal experimental fields.
In addition, you can choose a place to open a prison factory. Labor can reduce the sentence, and inventions can reduce the sentence. See if these prisoners work hard.
There are so many people involved in the rebellion this time. It would be a pity to simply behead their families and servants and send them into exile. Wouldn’t it be nice to work there?
Seeing that the Prince Supervisor seemed to be smiling, Zhou Jiamo felt a little panicked.
Uh...there's nothing wrong with the report just now, right? Every time the prince would dig holes for people to guard against, what's the matter this time?
"Old Heavenly Official, are all the family members and servants of those involved in the rebellion under control?"
"They are all under control. The money recovered just now includes theirs, and people from my hometown are also being arrested and searched."
"Okay~ these people have been brought to the capital, and I will make my own fortune. I must check out the property, houses and shops at home. They will all be useful later."
"Yes."
"Luo Sigong tried his best to block the party members, but the Heavenly Official continued to search, and his family members were also arrested."
"I obey the decree."
Zhou Jiamo wiped his sweat. If the Crown Prince had not given the opportunity, he and his family would have been among this group.
Fortunately, I used all my strength to search the house... No! We have to work harder and we must not miss it, especially Luo Sigong of Jinyiwei. That guy has been in this position for almost 20 years, and he will definitely be able to steal as much property as Zheng Yangxing. p>
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the prince's methods were powerful. Everyone in the court felt that they were lenient to those who were not involved in rebellion but simply neglected their duties. The family members and servants on the other side were brought over. I don't know how many people were killed at Caishikou, which was enough to deter all arrogant people. After he got up and left the palace, he found that his whole body was soaked with sweat.
On the other side, Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, was also busy.
The Ministry of Industry has just been busy chasing most of the stolen goods, and all the people involved in the case in and around the capital have been captured. As well as those who work in distant places and whose families are far away, Liu Qiao sent people to arrest them.
"There are more than 50 officials involved in the case, and more than 300 staff members are involved. This time, the Ministry of Works has been dug up from top to bottom."
Zhu Chunchen shook his head and felt that he was no worse than Zhou Jiamo this time, right?
"Master, there is news!"
The steward of Duke Chengguo's mansion hurriedly came to the Ministry of Industry and told him the news he had found out.
"What!? That old boy Zhou Jiamo copied out five million taels of silver!"
"What's more? Behind us are Luo Sigong, the former Jin Yiwei, and the property of the traitor's hometown, which is estimated to be 5 million taels..."
Zhu Youxiao's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.
"Master! Master! Didn't we find eight million taels of stolen money from the Ministry of Industry? That's more than his five million taels."
When the housekeeper said this, Zhu Chunchen quickly became defensive again.
"Yes! Another two million taels... But, we found out eight million taels of corruption, not eight million taels of stolen money. The actual silver we got was only over two million taels..."
Zhu Chunchen almost fainted just now because of this.
He hasn't said yet that most of those who are corrupt in the Ministry of Works are just corrupt and not traitors. Apart from recovering stolen goods, they cannot be dealt with by searching their homes and arresting people. They can only search them first and then hand them over to the Ministry of Punishments and Jin Yiwei for disposal.
The housekeeper rolled his eyes and remembered something: "After Zhou Jiamo returned, he intensified the search of properties, houses and shops. If we recover the stolen goods here, how about we get back the money and let them use these to repay."
"...Okay! Let the criminals repay the money first. If the money is not enough, the property will be confiscated. Then control the people and wait for the Ministry of Punishment and Jinyiwei to be punished."
Zhu Chunchen knows the tricks here, pursue the stolen goods to the end, and hand over the punishment to the Ministry of Punishment.
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Zhu Youxiao got the information about Zhu Chunchen immediately.
"Very good. This method of recovering stolen goods is very good. It does not cross the line and can recover the Ministry of Industry's money to the greatest extent."
He looked at the steward of Duke Chengguo who was kneeling in front of him and encouraged him: "This is a good job. I declare you to be a royal guard and to be under the jurisdiction of Dongchang."
"Thank you, Your Highness Jianguo!"
Duke Cheng Guo's housekeeper burst into tears with gratitude. In fact, if Zhu Chunchen and others in Duke Cheng Guo's mansion were found guilty, their homes could also be confiscated and punished.
Now that I am given the opportunity to make amends, I can also join Jinyiwei and become a secret agent transferred to Dongchang. Of course I am grateful to Zhu Youxiao.
"In the future, you should inquire more about other news coming from your house, especially the situation of other martial arts officials."
"Yes!"
After the housekeeper resigned, Zhu Youxiao summoned Wang Tiqian, the new eunuch of the East Factory who was waiting.
"Eunuch Wang, select 200 acres of the confiscated land to build the Nachang Yamen. Although you are the admiral of the East Factory and will not care about the Nachang in the future, you will coordinate and manage the new establishment phase."
"My slave obeys the order." Wang Tiqian went to implement the location selection of the South Factory.
Zhu Youxiao has planned the positioning of the four factories in the east, west, south and north.
Dongchang is responsible for investigating and apprehending, and supervising Jin Yiwei and civil servants.
The West Factory monitors the loyalty of the East Factory, the Jin Yiwei, the palace officials, and the generals.
The South Factory was a real working factory, where prisoners and prisoners worked hard and invented inventions to reduce their sentences.
The Beichang will open up wasteland, at least producing in Datong, Xuanfu first, then expand to Bashang, and then go to Beidahuang in the future. It is expected that the families of the rebels will go to Beidahuang to clear the land and plant potatoes.
The four major factory guards in the southeast, northwest and northwest will definitely be criticized if they are taken out, but if there are too many prisoners, they have to make a living, right?
Let’s go fishing again and see who is willing to join~