Chapter 393 Jiangnan falls, the court is full! 【3 more】
Wang Shouren's outstanding performance was naturally reported to the capital. I don't know how many people in the capital were surprised by it. Who would have thought that Wang Shouren, who had always been a scholar, would have such military talent.
If Wang Shouren performed outstandingly in governing one side, then everyone would not be so shocked. After all, Wang Shouren was a pure scholar, and it was normal for him to govern one side. However, he had fought thousands of miles, fought dozens of large and small battles, and never suffered a single defeat in the military.
Where does talent come from?
It can only be said that Wang Shouren was born with talent as a general and prime minister, and he was a rare virtuous person in the imperial court.
It is said that even Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but admire Wang Shouren's performance after learning about it.
A few days later, Chu Yi looked at Fang Li who looked tired. Tang Bohu and others couldn't help but smile and said: "Fang Li, you must take care of your body. If everyone falls down from exhaustion, who will come to help?"
I will share your worries!"
Fang Li stepped forward and presented a thick account book and said: "The General Manager is kind to you, so we should do our best. This is the property confiscated from each family. We have already calculated it clearly. Please ask the General Manager
reading!"
Chu Yi smiled slightly and took the account book and said, "Oh, tell me, how much did you get from the confiscation of family property?"
Fang Li and Tang Bohu looked at each other, only to hear Tang Bohu speak slowly, with a somewhat dry voice: "Reporting to the Chief Manager, according to our statistics, the total confiscated proceeds were 2,380,000 taels of gold and 4,200 taels of silver.
Five hundred thousand taels, including tens of thousands of jades and jewelry, nearly 10 million acres of land, thousands of shops all over the south of the Yangtze River, a total of more than 10 million taels of grain, and hundreds of mines...
All of this, if estimated, is worth hundreds of millions!"
Chu Yi nodded slightly, but his face was calm.
It is not surprising that so much property could be confiscated after the entire city of Nanjing was confiscated. In the vast land south of the Yangtze River, at least 40 to 50% of the wealth was gathered in the hands of these powerful people and tycoons.
Naturally, the imperial court suddenly became rich after this raid, but this was only part of it. Don't forget that the Jiangnan rebellion was not limited to Nanjing City. There were also hundreds of large and small families from all over the Jiangnan region involved. These families may be more than
There is no doubt about the ability of these powerful and wealthy gentry families in Nanjing to amass money, but these families are also local snakes.
Not to mention more, if you occupy a county, you should have a net worth of more than one hundred thousand taels. If you calculate it this way, after Wang Yangming pacified the place, the proceeds from confiscating the houses will definitely be no less than tens of millions of taels. Putting the two together, Jiangnan
At least half of the wealth must be plundered.
Looking at Chu Yi, Fang Li said slowly: "General manager, these properties obtained from confiscating the house..."
If Chu Yi had the will, he could have easily embezzled tens of millions of taels without even realizing it. But if it were someone like Liu Jin who was greedy for money, at least half of the property would have to go into Liu Jin's hands.
But Chu Yi has no interest in these properties at all. When the wealth reaches a certain level, that is, a number, no matter how much wealth you have, it is impossible to take it away. So Chu Yi glanced at Fang Li, waved his hand and said, "You personally
Bring someone to supervise and pack the gold, silver and property into boxes, and I will send someone to personally escort them back to the capital."
Take it from the people and use it for the people.
The Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue is only a few million taels. It can be said that no one in the history of the Ming Dynasty was poorer than the Ming Dynasty. With these confiscated loots, the imperial court will definitely become rich. When the time comes, it will build water conservancy projects, provide relief to the victims, and build soldiers and armor.
You can spend a lot of money by waiting for a while.
Not to mention other things, the construction of water conservancy projects alone must be put on the agenda. Others don't know it, but Chu Yi knows that the Ming Dynasty has entered the Little Ice Age, and more and more natural disasters will break out in the future.
If the imperial court could invest a large amount of gold and silver to build water conservancy projects at this time, it would at least be able to resist natural disasters to a certain extent.
Tang Bohu, Fang Li and others all looked at Chu Yi with admiration. They had never seen a person like Chu Yi who had no greed for gold, silver and jewelry. It was precisely because of this that they
I have great admiration for Chu Yi.
After all, if Chu Yi really wants to be greedy, he can easily steal tens of millions of taels of silver. Think about Liu Jin. Liu Jin just greedily spent tens of millions of taels of silver, and then lost.
The title of the most corrupt person in the Ming Dynasty.
That is to say, Tang Bohu, Fang Li and the others did not know that He Shen was the most corrupt official in the world. If they knew that He Shen was embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars, they would not be surprised.
In the city of Beijing, on the long street, a fast horse galloped towards us, but the expressions of everyone who saw that fast horse changed.
An urgent military report was sent eight hundred miles away. Anyone who dared to stop him would be punished with death. Even if he was hit and killed on the long street, his death would be in vain.
In the Forbidden City, as the good news from Jiangnan came one after another, the smile on the face of Emperor Zhu Houzhao was a little more than usual.
On this day, Zhu Houzhao had just summoned the chief ministers of the cabinet headed by Jiao Fang to discuss political affairs, and was returning to the palace to rest.
Gu Dayong accompanied Zhu Houzhao, and the monarch and his ministers kept talking and laughing.
While he was talking, he saw a chamberlain coming in a hurry and said: "Your Majesty, some ministers in the cabinet have urgent matters and want to see your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. It is said that Jiao Fang and others left not long ago. If there was nothing urgent, even if there was something, they would wait until tomorrow to see him.
To be able to let Jiao Fang and others go and come back again, and to have two visits in one day, it can be seen that there must be something important.
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Quickly pass the message to all the elders!"
After glancing at Gu Dayong, Zhu Houzhao said: "Gu Dayong, in your opinion, why did Mr. Jiao Ge and the others come back again?"
Gu Dayong shook his head and said, "I don't know!"
Jiao Fang and others entered the hall with anxious faces and saluted Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel a sinking heart when he saw the expressions of Jiao Fang and others. If nothing bad happened, Jiao Fang and others would definitely not
Such a look.
With a wave of his hand, Zhu Houzhao said: "My dear friends, there is no need to be polite. Please excuse yourself quickly."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao looked at several people and said, "Jiao Aiqing, you came here in a hurry, what's the matter with you?"
Jiao Fang took out an urgent message from her sleeve and said: "Your Majesty, urgent report from eight hundred miles north!"
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his heart suddenly thumped. At this moment, Gu Dayong took the emergency report and presented it to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao quickly opened it and couldn't help but exclaimed after taking a look: "What, the damn Tatar, actually?
Two hundred thousand troops were sent to the border, and one of them has already broken through Taiyuan and entered Shanxi!"
Seeing the urgent report, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but stand up suddenly. The nine border towns were important border areas established by the Ming Dynasty to defend against the remnants of the Mongols in the north.
Among them, Taiyuan Town, Datong Town, Xuanfu Town, etc. are the most famous. These towns can be said to be the important barrier towns of Beijing. Once they cross Datong, Xuanfu can directly threaten the heart of Gyeonggi, so these towns are extremely
important.
Before the Tatar invaders invaded the border area and Chu Yi went south to quell the rebellion, the imperial court had already made arrangements.
The governor of Beidi Border Town, Yang Yiqing, had full authority to resist the Tatar invaders. For this purpose, the capital mobilized 100,000 troops from the capital camp to go north.
In addition to the hundreds of thousands of troops in the border town, there are more than 200,000 troops in total. Excluding some of the old, weak, sick and disabled in the border town, plus the empty pay, there are almost nearly 200,000 troops in the border town.
It's a pity that as the defensive side, there are nearly ten important border towns alone. Even if there are 200,000 troops, if they are spread out like this, there will only be 10,000 people in one place.
Even in important towns such as Xuanfu and Datong, Yang Yiqing could only leave more than 20,000 people at most.
For example, in Taiyuan Town, Yang Yiqing arranged for a general to lead an army of 10,000 to guard the important town of Taiyuan. However, when the Tatars went south, they did attack Xuanfu and Datong with an army of 100,000 at first, trying to invade Xuanfu and Datong.
It's a pity that the 100,000 Tatar army was blocked by Yang Yiqing with the help of the defense of the border town. For more than half a month, they were unable to advance.
Yang Yiqing originally breathed a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, Dayan Khan mobilized not only a hundred thousand troops, but twice as many.
The third prince Balsbrot quietly led an army of 100,000 to bypass Datong and Xuanfu. Taking advantage of Yang Yiqing's attention to be attracted by the army led by Dayan Khan, he went straight to Taiyuan Town.
Taiyuan Town was caught off guard. In addition, the wealthy Miao family in Taiyuan Town attacked the city gate at night and welcomed the Tatars into the city.
Taiyuan Town fell in just one day. Tens of thousands of imperial troops in the city were killed, hundreds of people were killed, and the rest were all captured.
On the vast land, a majestic big city lies on the earth. It is Taiyuan Town, one of the important border towns. However, at this moment, the Ming Dynasty flag on the city wall of Taiyuan Town has disappeared, replaced by the Tatar people's flag.
banner.
At this moment, among the desolate hills outside Taiyuan City, thousands of captured imperial soldiers and horses were being bundled into a string and brought here from the prisoner-of-war camp.
As the third prince of Tatar, Balsbroat was deeply loved by Dayan Khan, who ordered him to take charge of several places, all of which were wealthy places close to the Ming Dynasty.
And Balsbrot is also very capable. It can be said that there is Balsbrot's shadow behind every victory over the years.
After all, in the border areas, the major Tatar tribes that came into contact with the Ming Dynasty were all led by Balsbrot. Without his leadership, it would be absolutely impossible for so many Tatars to invade the border frequently.
At this moment, Balsbroat was riding on a tall horse, wearing a long robe, with only a small braid left on his head, and a full beard, looking at the Ming prisoners with excitement on his face.
The chubby gentry standing next to Balsborot was Miao Yuan, the head of the Taiyuan Miao family who welcomed the Tatars into Taiyuan Town.
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