Chapter 196 Chu will go to sacrifice to the sages!
"The last general, Han Kun, has met the Governor!"
Bi Heng stepped off the boat and helped Han Kun up, with a smile on his face and said: "Commander Han must not be too polite. This time Bi wants to fulfill the governor's instructions, so he needs Commander Han's help."
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Han Kun quickly said he didn't dare.
After welcoming Bi Heng into the Tianjin Acropolis, Bi Heng did not rest at all but went straight to Lu Wenyang's mansion, accompanied by the emperor's personal army, Jin Yiwei, and Dongchang's troops.
After all, in order to confiscate Lu Wenyang's family property, the people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei are indispensable. At most, Bi Heng, as the new governor, can take the lead. It can be regarded as several parties monitoring each other.
Han Kun belongs to the military, Bi Heng belongs to the civil servant system, plus Dongchang and Jinyiwei, this is the four forces. Although they are all under Chu Yi, there is a certain degree of internal competition. Several parties jointly confiscated Lu Wenyang's family property.
It's also a way to prevent his subordinates from making mistakes.
You must know that this is a major case involving tens of millions of taels. Chu Yi never dares to test people's bottom line. If the temptation is big enough, there are probably very few people in this world who can keep the bottom line.
Whether it is Jin Yiwei or Dongchang, or Han Kun, Bi Heng, etc., they may not be tempted by hundreds of thousands or millions of silver patterns, but when it comes to tens of millions of taels of silver, if they move a little bit, they can be greedy for ink.
With a large sum of money, no one may be able to hold on to the bottom line.
Lu Wenyang was like a local emperor in Tianjin Wei. He built a large private treasury under the mansion. After Han Kun entered the city, he immediately sent people to surround the entire Lu Mansion.
Now a group of people entered the Lu Mansion. It was the first time for everyone, including Han Kun, to enter the Lu Mansion. They were really shocked by the luxury of the Lu Mansion.
It can be said that everyone present came from the capital. Naturally, they have seen how luxurious the mansions of the powerful people in the capital are. However, compared with Lu Wenyang's huge mansion, they feel that they are not as good as Lu Wenyang's mansion.
"What a great Lu Wenyang. He actually built such a mansion. Even the homes of princes in Beijing may not be able to compare with it. I really don't know how much money he spent on it!"
With a slight cough, as Chu Yi's confidant, this time the people coming from Dongchang were headed by Chu Fang, he heard Chu Fang sharply say: "My lords, let's get started now!"
Looking at each other, Han Kun, Bi Heng and others nodded, and immediately saw a group of carefully selected soldiers, Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyi Guards pouring into the Lu Mansion and began to move all the belongings into the open space.
In the courtyard, several secretaries registered these properties one by one.
Jade, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., can be said to be treasures, but even so, these things are just furnishings in some rooms in the mansion. As for the real private treasury, it has not yet been opened.
When everyone came to the door of the treasure house built by Lu Wenyang, they saw two Dongchang men slowly pushing the door open, and a soft light suddenly came into view. Normally, this underground private warehouse should be dark.
, I never thought that when the door of the private vault was opened, it was not dim at all, and the soft light illuminated the entire underground private vault.
"Night Pearl!"
In this underground private treasury, there were actually several night pearls emitting soft brilliance embedded in them. Even Han Kun, Bi Heng and others were stunned when they saw this scene.
After a while, everyone calmed down and slowly walked into the private vault. They saw neatly placed large boxes in the private vault, which was the size of several houses.
Several fans stepped forward and opened the boxes together, and suddenly box after box of gold ingots, silver ingots and even jade and jewelry appeared in front of everyone's sight.
Some people couldn't help being shocked when they saw this scene. They looked at the boxes of gold and silver with straight eyes and couldn't help but swallowed with a gulp.
In the face of gold and silver property, no one has the ability to resist. However, with so many people present, Bi Heng had the strongest determination. He reacted first and coughed lightly and shouted: "Everyone, please send someone to count these gold and silver and register them in the book. Prepare to install them."
The ship will be escorted to the capital immediately."
With so much gold and silver, how could Bi Heng dare to let it stay in Tianjin Guard for too long? Money and silk are very attractive, and if someone has any inappropriate thoughts, it will be another turmoil.
Everyone suppressed the turbulence in their hearts and began to count the quantity of these gold and silver properties. After sealing the seals, an army began to drive ox carts to transport them onto the ship.
From noon to dusk, hundreds of people worked together and finally ransacked Lu Wenyang's mansion. The dozens of clerks responsible for registering property even had sore wrists from exhaustion. It is conceivable that everything confiscated from Lu Wenyang's mansion was
How much property is there?
Seeing groups of soldiers transporting boxes of belongings under the supervision of Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei, Han Kun, Chu Fang, and Bi Heng breathed a sigh of relief.
Then sit in the huge courtyard.
Bi Heng's eyes fell on the property that was recorded in several books, and then he found the total amount of property. At a glance, Bi Heng couldn't help but shrink his eyes, full of horror.
Seeing Bi Heng's reaction in their eyes, Chu Fang and Han Kun couldn't help but wonder how much of Lu Wenyang's confiscated property was, and why Bi Heng had such a reaction.
Han Kun asked curiously: "Your Majesty Governor, just how much Lu Wenyang has been greedy for ink, so that I am so surprised."
Bi Heng took a deep breath, with a wry smile on his face and handed the account book in his hand to Han Kun: "Commander Han might as well take a look for himself!"
Han Kun took the account book and looked at it. When a line of numbers fell in his eyes, Han Kun couldn't help but exclaimed: "Thirty-four million five hundred and eighty thousand taels!"
Chu Fang on the side couldn't help but open his mouth when he heard this number.
After a while, Han Kun put down the account book and said with a look of horror on his face: "I never expected that Lu Wenyang would embezzle so much property, a total of 34,580,000 taels."
Stroking his beard, Bi Heng nodded and said: "If we exclude the tens of millions of taels of silver that the governor confiscated from Jiangnan, it means that nearly 25 million taels of silver were confiscated from Lu Wenyang's mansion alone.
So much property. And this doesn’t include the hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland and hundreds of restaurants and shops under Lu Wenyang’s name..."
Anyway, Han Kun, Chu Fang and the others were so dizzy that they couldn't even imagine that Lu Wenyang had embezzled so much property. If the value of fertile land, restaurants and shops were also included, wouldn't it be true?
It is said that Lu Wenyang himself was greedy for ink, as much as 30 million taels.
Bi Heng sneered and said: "The total is only thirty million taels. This figure may seem astonishing, but in fact it is not too much. You must know that Lu Wenyang has been sitting in the position of Governor of Water Transport for nearly ten years. In total, it is
If you save three million taels a year, it would be really impossible if you put it elsewhere, but don't forget that Lu Wenyang is guarding the Grand Canal, which is used by tens of millions of merchant ships every year. I'm afraid
He was greedy for more, and part of it was used to manage relationships!"
Han Kun, Chu Fang and others remained silent because what Bi Heng said was true. If Bi Heng hadn't showered him with a lot of gold and silver, he wouldn't have been able to sit on the position of governor of water transportation for so many years.
Bi Heng organized the account books and put them into a box. After sealing the seal, Bi Heng looked at Bi Heng. Chu Fang and the two men said: "You two, the gold and silver property confiscated from the Lu Mansion is also a stick of incense."
It will take time for them all to be loaded onto the ship, I think these belongings should set off for the capital immediately."
Han Kun and Chu Fang nodded solemnly and said, "What the Governor said is true."
Han Kun stood up and said to Bi Heng: "Your Majesty the Governor, I will personally lead the army to escort him. There will definitely be no accidents."
When the last batch of property was delivered to the ship, Han Kun's armor was neatly arranged, and the Emperor's personal army who had escorted Bi Heng as well as the Jin Yiwei and some people from Dongchang boarded the ship.
There were several large ships loaded with more than 2,000 soldiers and horses escorting the ships filled with gold and silver property. They slowly left the dock and headed straight for the capital along the Grand Canal.
The red sun rises and a new day begins. Although it is affected by Lu Wenyang's rebellion, people's ability to adapt is extremely strong. Now the capital has returned to its former prosperity.
The emperor personally selected a mansion for Chu Yi outside the palace as a place for Chu Yi to stay outside the palace, but Chu Yi was currently in the secret prison of Dongchang.
Whether it was Zhu Han or Song Yu, they were sent to Dongchang after they were captured. Chu Yi never came to see them. He finally had some free time in the past two days, and then he took the time to interrogate them.
In a quiet room, there were no torture instruments or anything like that. It was just a simple quiet room. Chu Yi was sitting there, while Zhu Han was brought over in prison clothes.
Because his cultivation was ruined, the innately strong man has been reduced to a useless person. His physique is not even as good as that of an ordinary person, so he does not even have to wear shackles.
When he saw Chu Yi, Zhu Han looked very calm and was not surprised at all when he saw Chu Yi.
A pot of tea exuded the fragrance, Chu Yi smiled at Zhu Han and said: "I never wanted to see you again, but in this situation, I have neglected Brother Zhu!"
Zhu Han's expression changed slightly. Except for a few people, no one knew his real name or identity. But now looking at Chu Yi's expression, it was obvious that he knew him very well.
Seeing Zhu Han's expression, Chu Yi said calmly: "Brother Zhu is from a good background. If the information from Chu's investigation is correct, Brother Zhu is a descendant of the sage Zhu Xi."
"You...how did you know my identity?"
Zhu Han has been hiding his identity since he was captured. He knew very well that his actions would probably bring great trouble to Zhu Zi's lineage, but he never thought that his origins would still be investigated by the other party.
come out.
Chu Yi pushed a cup of steaming tea in front of Zhu Han and said, "You and I were once rivals, so we might as well sit down and talk!"
Zhu Han sat down, looked at Chu Yi and said: "Chu Yi, whether you want to kill or behead him, you have to do whatever you want. Zhu will never frown."
Chu Yi smiled slightly and said: "Chu naturally believes that Brother Zhu will not frown, but Brother Zhu doesn't want to go back to his ancestral land to have a look?"
Zhu Han, whose expression changed drastically, stood up suddenly and stared at Chu Yi in disbelief: "You... what do you want to do?"
Chu Yi picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He looked at Zhu Han's pale face through the rising mist, and said with an increasingly cold expression: "What does Chu want to do? Is it possible that Zhu Han wants to do something?"
Brother, can’t you guess it yet?”
Zhu Han suddenly became extremely excited, stared at Chu Yi and shouted: "You...you dare, that is a lineage of sages. Do you want to disrespect the sages? Aren't you afraid that the world's scholars will attack you?"
Chu Yi said calmly: "Oh, Chu is here to pay homage to the sages, so why not be disrespectful? As for the scholars in the world? Haha, haven't Chu killed too many?"
Hearing what Chu Yi said, Zhu Han's face suddenly became extremely ugly. How could he have forgotten that this man in front of him was willing to kill the so-called literati? If he was really afraid, he would not have killed him all the way from Jiangnan to the capital.
If you use this to threaten the other party, it would be strange for the other party to be afraid.
Scholars in the world have always been the biggest talisman of their lineage. It can be said that as long as anyone does not want to offend the scholars in the world, they must treat them respectfully. Even the emperor would not dare to do anything to them easily.
But for some reason, when facing Chu Yi, Zhu Han suddenly discovered that his family's biggest support seemed to pose no threat to Chu Yi at all.
After a while, Zhu Han gritted his teeth and stared at Chu Yi: "You... aren't you afraid of leaving your name in history and being infamy for thousands of years?"
Chu Yi raised his eyebrows and said: "Chu once heard a Western king say that after I die, I won't care about the floods!"
Sitting down, Zhu Han stared at Chu Yi with a look of collapse and said tremblingly: "You... you are just a madman, a madman!"
Chu Yi drank all the tea in his hand with enough time, then smiled at Zhu Han and said: "Brother Zhu, I will take good care of myself. In a few days, Chu will personally take Brother Zhu to pay homage to the sages!"
Seeing Chu Yi's leaving figure, Zhu Han couldn't help but howl, stretched out his hand and swept the teapot and teacup on the table to the ground, roaring repeatedly: "Eunuch, you don't have to die well, you don't have to die well.
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Just after leaving the quiet room, Chu Yi was about to go check on the progress of the Third Division's interrogation of Lu Wenyang's rebellion case, when he suddenly saw a Dongchang fan coming quickly.
"Greetings to the Lord Governor!"
Although Chu Yi now holds many positions, everyone in Dongchang still calls him the Governor.
Chu Yi nodded slightly and saw Na Fanzi handing over a letter and saying: "Supervisor, hurry up and report!"
Chu Yi took the letter, glanced at it, then went to the fire place, and then took out the secret letter. He glanced at it and saw that the letter was sent from Chu Fang through the Dongchang channel as quickly as possible. It described in detail the confiscation.
The history of Lu Wenyang’s family property, especially the amount confiscated at the end.
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