Seeing the members of the special force arriving in a hurry, Wang Xuan smiled and called Yu Sheng over, "I'll leave the rest to you. I promise that whoever kills the two family heads will let their family live. You take care of it."
I don’t care, they’ve packed up all the belongings, you can just check the rest.”
"I understand." Yu Sheng responded with clasped fists.
Wang Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "I can rest assured that you can do the work. Go ahead."
"Oh, wait, I almost forgot about the health center. Ye Huo, please bring some people to get rid of all the senior officials of the Zhangzhou Health Center."
"Besides, Qinghongzaobai leads people to chase Tian Boguang and bring back all my money!"
Once everything is settled, Wang Xuan will have nothing to worry about.
By noon, the property taken away by the Liu family was also recovered. When calculated together, the property of the three families exceeded 10 million taels. Including the commander of the guard station who "sacrifice his life for the country", the three families
A total of thirteen million taels of property and 500,000 acres of land were harvested.
Wang Xuan calculated that the seven families had a total of 1.2 million acres of land and more than 29 million taels of property!
This does not include things like headsets and antique calligraphy and paintings. After all, there is no fixed value for how much those things are worth.
Just these gains alone made Wang Xuan a little stunned. You must know that the entire Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue is only more than three million taels.
But the silver taels confiscated from these seven major families were equivalent to the tax revenue for the eight years of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, the tax revenue of more than three million taels here only refers to the taxation of silver taels, without counting income from fields, salt, iron, tea, etc.
In addition, the arable land in the Ming Dynasty was decreasing every year. From Yongle to Wanli, the land tax had dropped by as much as 30%. This was because a large number of royal children were enfeoffed in various places, which led to the decrease in the court's land.
Early the next morning, Wang Xuan and his party boarded the big boat at the pier to return. After searching his house for the first time, Wang Xuan discovered that this big boat might not be enough, so he sent a message early and mobilized three more big boats.
This can be regarded as transporting the confiscated property of these families back in one go.
As for the members of the special force, Yu Sheng led them back by land. There were too many people and the ship did not have such a large transportation capacity.
It took five days to return to Fuzhou Prefecture. This sudden incident, which lasted for a little more than ten days, actually wiped out the seven major families that had been entrenched in Fujian for hundreds of years, completely destroyed the top power structure in Fujian, and became the king.
Xuan turned Fujian into an iron bucket and completely paved the way.
All the confiscated property was transported to the re-expanded treasury, which Wang Xuanlin specifically ordered to expand before departure. It is an underground, fully reinforced concrete structure with a thickness of one meter. The door is made of all iron and is ten centimeters thick, with a first-rate anti-theft factor.
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After returning to his residence, Wang Xuan left Yehuo and Qinghongzaobai alone. The main body of the seven major families had been eliminated, but there were still many branches in various places. If these branches were not cut off, they would be in trouble sooner or later.
Ye Huo has all this information in his hands. From Beijing officials to local officials, they are divided into three categories: direct line officials, collateral line officials, and supporting officials from the seven major families.
Taking this information, Wang Xuan briefly looked through it. He found that the direct members were the least, with only a dozen or so, some high and some low. There were not many collateral members. The most members were officials who supported the support, with a total of no less than eighty people.
, but there is a difference in closeness. These eighty people are not that close, and they are not completely devoted to the seven major families.
"Fang Jingtian, what do you think, which of these people need to be eliminated?"
Wang Xuan handed the information to the person next to him. This person's name was Fang Jingtian. He was from Jianning Prefecture in FJ Province. He was a civil servant and his family was average. Even if he got the title of civil servant, he only had a lot of land under his name for tax avoidance. He passed the Jinshi examination for ten years.
I haven't passed the exam for several years, and I wanted to wait for an official position, but because I didn't have much money and couldn't send gifts, I waited in line for five or six years with no results.
Later, the new city built by Wang Xuan needed many managers. After various screenings, this person was selected. His ability was pretty good. At least there were few things in the city that would cause trouble to Wang Xuan.
Fang Jingtian took the information and looked at it, pondered for a moment and said: "The direct lineage must be removed, and the collateral lineage cannot be kept. There are not many people in this group, so it won't have much impact. As for the officials who support me, I think they can still be won over.
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"Yeah." Wang Xuan nodded, that's it, he didn't take it to heart anyway, "It's all in vain, then you take the people of your Killer Hall around and let the two deputy hall masters Gu Nan and Wu Ya...
Bring some men, divide the troops into three groups, and get rid of all those people."
"No problem. The only pity is that we can't search the house. Tsk, tsk, how much less will it cost!"
"Are you addicted to ransacking homes? Okay, be careful when you kill people. Try to make your death as bizarre as possible and don't leave any clues. Even if everyone knows that it was us who did it, we still have to look good on the surface.
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"How is it bizarre?"
"For example, you can let Gu Nan jump out and kill people openly and just say that this person has always been in trouble and gave up, and she came to take revenge."
"Poison."
"Cracked brains in sleep."
"Assassinated by local martial arts sects or bandits."
"Bitten by a venomous snake or insect."
"There are many ways to do it. You can adapt to circumstances. It's just a matter of asking Lin Yan's family to commit suicide out of fear of crime, or to disappear."
When it comes to killing people, Wang Xuan can come up with hundreds of them.
"Okay, I understand, we'll leave tomorrow."
"Ye Huo, you are taking people to Funing Prefecture tomorrow and ask the people from the border guard station to sacrifice their lives for the country. The opportunity to cause trouble with Japanese pirates is relatively rare."
"OK."
"Okay, that's it, let's go."
After these people dispersed, Wang Xuan couldn't take any time off. He had to go to see Governor Li. After all, the matter was so big and he still had to give an explanation to the court. In addition, he had annihilated more than 3,000 "Japanese pirates", which was a credit to him.
It also needs to be reported, and in the end, the commanders of the guard posts in the Three Prefectures and the Qianhu will be re-appointed.
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He never thought about holding it in his own hands.
The carriage gurgled into the city, and Wang Xuan directly made an appointment with Governor Li to meet him in Qiushiju.
The two sat together, with eight exquisite dishes on the table.
"In terms of food, Qiushiju is the best I have ever seen." Governor Li sighed.
"Oh? Isn't there something better in the capital? What about the royal banquet?" Wang Xuan was also curious about this.
As a second-grade official, Li Shantang has also seen royal banquets, so he naturally has the right to speak on Wang Xuan's issue. "In comparison, the royal family only has more varieties. The taste has not changed much for hundreds of years."
"Why is this so? Don't the chefs in the palace study new dishes and new flavors?" Wang Xuan frowned, he didn't understand this.
"Hehe." Governor Li smiled strangely, and then shook his head, "I'll tell you what I can say. It's really hard to be the emperor!"
Wang Xuan knew this, especially the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, most of whom had never left the Forbidden City in their entire lives. They were like puppets manipulated by the civil and military officials above and below them.
"Let's not talk about anything else. Let's just talk about food and drink. Why do you say that the taste has not changed for hundreds of years? This is all very particular."
"Taking drinking as an example, many of the various precious tea leaves are tributes, but did you know that the emperor has never drunk fresh tea leaves?" After saying this, Governor Li smiled again, took a chopstick of shark fin and put it into his mouth to taste it carefully.
After tasting it, he continued: "This is because some tea leaves cannot guarantee that they will be produced every year. What if something unexpected happens? Tell the emperor that the tea leaves are gone this year. Let's talk about it next year. This is definitely
No, doesn’t this seem to be a disadvantage for everyone?”
"The best way is to give the emperor last year's old tea. Even if there is an accident, there is still a stock base to support it, so there will be no mistakes."
"The same goes for this imperial meal. Is the new taste in line with the emperor's taste? Even if you agree with the emperor's wishes, but you let the emperor taste the new taste today, what will happen if the emperor continues to ask for new flavors in the future? Who can guarantee it?
We can often come up with new flavors, and we have to satisfy the emperor's wishes. This is not once or twice a day or two. What should we do if we can't get it out? Who is responsible? So, just don't let the emperor taste it."
"Just tell the emperor that this royal meal is already the best in the world and cannot be exceeded. That's all."
"After all, what can the emperor know in the Forbidden City all day long? If you tell him that this is good, then it is good. This is the case with tea, this is the case with imperial meals, and this is the case with everything else."
Wang Xuan rolled his eyes when he heard this. The emperor was indeed a coward.
The two chatted for a while, and then Wang Xuan mentioned the main purpose of today, and talked about Lin Yan's collusion with the Japanese pirates, "This time, I need Mr. Li to help cover up the matter of the seven major families."
"This is not a big problem. Just follow what you said. The Lin Yan family colluded with the Japanese pirates. However, how do you prepare to deal with those officials in other places?"
"The Lin Yan family committed suicide out of fear of crime or fled and disappeared, and the other families all had accidents..."
Governor Li took a deep look at Wang Xuan and said nothing. He just sighed in his heart at Wang Xuan's ruthlessness and ruthlessness, "There is another problem here."
"Sir, please speak."
"How to report the confiscated land and property? After all, to silence everyone, we need something to stop everyone's mouths."
"I definitely want to keep a large part of the land for other uses, so I'll report it to 100,000 acres. Mr. Wealth thinks the two families should seize an appropriate amount."
Finally, the two people discussed and decided to report the seizure of 1.5 million taels, the sale of 100,000 acres of land for 500,000 taels, and the total property of more than 2 million taels, as well as some antiques, paintings and calligraphy, to be transported to the capital together.