All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 72: The East Factory will never let a bad guy go!
"Is this what we can do?"

Looking at the hundreds of 'big watermelons' covering the ground in front of him, Chen Ran squatted down and tried them out. "They are really heavy."

"Grand Commander." The head of the East Depot explained with a smile, "These are worth one thousand taels of silver each. They are big, heavy, and round, and they are very slippery. Even if a master thief comes, he will have to say 'nothing can be done'."

"One weighs over 70 kilograms, which is quite difficult to handle." Chen Ran stood up and clapped his hands. "How many are there in total? Are there any others?"

"Reply to the Grand Commander."

"One hundred and twenty of them, four hundred thousand taels of silver ingots, eight thousand taels of gold ingots, two boxes of antiques and calligraphy and paintings, and a box of jewels and jade." The big boss dared not play any tricks in front of the Grand Commander, who was a tyrant who even imprisoned the emperor. "In addition, there is a room full of copper coins, which I haven't had time to count yet."

"He is just a Jiading Earl. It only took him a few years to make a fortune with his daughter."

Chen Ran's expression was solemn. "They have amassed so much wealth. Needless to say, the other corrupt officials are all blood-sucking bugs lying on the Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes, yes." All the foreign men saluted in unison, their foreheads sweating and their butts dirty as well.

"You are all professionals, and we have never targeted ordinary people." When hiring people, Chen Ran spoke nicely, "As long as you do your job well, I will forgive you for what happened in the past."

"Thank you, Grand Commander~~~"

Chen Ran waved his hand, pointing at the many helpless people on the ground and said, "This governor is trustworthy. According to the rules we set before, you can take one tenth of the silver as hard work fee."

He was very familiar with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

It is possible to force the Dongchang Jinyiwei to do things by relying on coercion, but it is inevitable that they will pretend to obey and slack off, or even sabotage in secret.

If you want to motivate them to do a good job, you have to give them benefits.

Chen Ran was willing to give it. One tenth of the confiscated silver belonged to the person in charge. Now the motivation was immediately aroused.

Of course, it is limited to silver, and other movable and immovable properties have nothing to do with them.

Anyway, they are all royal relatives and civil and military nobles, so Chen Ran doesn't care.

All kinds of valuables were counted, recorded, packed into boxes, sealed, and then loaded onto carts and transported to the palace.

The people from the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard were working, while the people sent by the West Factory, which had just been restored a few days ago, and the people sent by the army were watching and supervising coldly from the side.

It was Chen Ran's idea to re-establish the Western Factory, and of course he followed the path of the young prince.

The first director of the West Factory was Cao Deming, the godson of Cao Huachun.

The function is very simple, which is to check and supervise each other with the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

As for the supervision in the military, it naturally directly reflects Chen Ran’s will.

After all, with such a large-scale house raid, huge amounts of wealth are right in front of us, and there are almost no people who can resist the temptation, so multi-party supervision is inevitable.

A group of crying women were brought over.

"Grand Commander, these are the outer residences of the Earl of Jiading, and there are maids and servants serving them."

Chen Ran looked over and saw that the women leading the group were all very beautiful, with a hint of charm as they wiped their tears.

There were dozens of maids serving them, most of whom were young girls.

"No wonder so many people are single and cannot get married." Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Ran was very emotional. "All the resources are taken up, and the remaining ones are not enough to share. Of course, they can't get married, and of course they have to pay a high price for the bride price."

Zhou Kui, the Earl of Jiading, was previously just a poor traveling doctor who roamed the streets.

He became rich only because his daughter was chosen to become the Princess of Xin.

Only a few years had passed, and he had already seized so much wealth and women, not to mention the royal relatives, civil and military officials who had been lingering in the Ming Dynasty for many years.

Wealth, land, and women are all concentrated in the hands of these people, so ordinary people who make up the vast majority of the population naturally get none of them.

The consequences of not getting a share are either waiting to starve to death, or being like "Are there any kings, princes, generals, or ministers of different races?"
Since I can’t get a share, I’ll just overturn the table and take it from you!

Retracting his gaze, Chen Ran turned around and told the clerk, "Check if there are any children of the Earl of Jiading. If not, release them."

The head of the Eastern Depot was a little confused, but quickly responded.

The premise for not bringing disaster to your family is that not bringing benefits to them either.

If there are no children in the outer house, just let them go.

However, those relatives who enjoy wealth and splendor
When we returned to the lobby of the East Factory, we found that there were new people there.

"Grand Commander." Cao Huachun came running over to report, "Zhou Kui has been taken to prison and sentenced to death."

"Yeah." Chen Ran waved his hand, indicating the man being beaten on the ground, "Who is this?"

"Tian Hongyu, the guerrilla general of the Three Thousand Battalions and the commander of the Northern Pacification Division of the Jinyiwei, is the father of Concubine Tian."

"Oh, it turned out to be him."

Concubine Tian, ​​also known as Concubine Tian in history, has not yet been promoted to Concubine, but is only Concubine Li.

Speaking of Tian Hongyu, he also left his name in history.

After Concubine Tian died, Tian Hongyu found Chen Yuanyuan and sent her to the palace. It is said that she lost three cities within three days of entering the palace, which caused the emperor to shift the blame and send her back to the Tian Mansion.

Soon after, Chen Yuanyuan was given to Wu Sangui by Tian Hongyu.

After that, it is the famous "A Rage for Beauty"!
After finding a chair to sit down, Chen Ran looked at Tian Hongyu's fingers, which were badly swollen, and it was obvious that he had been tortured.

He raised his eyebrows. "That's not a solution?"

Cao Huachun smiled apologetically, "Lord Tian is a tough guy. He fainted three times but still insisted on protesting his innocence."

"Oh?" Chen Ran said seriously, "Have you ever wrongly accused a good person?"

"He was the second one on the list you gave me. How could we have wrongly accused him? If we really did, it was you who did it."

He couldn't say what he was complaining about in his heart, so Cao Huachun explained it with a smile.

There's nothing special about it; it's just a common tactic used by the powerful people of this era.

For example, they would exploit people with high interest rates, forcing them to become ruined. For example, they would seize land, houses and shops, kill people, and use their power to put people in jail and kill them.

It's like if he takes a fancy to a young girl or wife, he will just forcibly take her away. If she resists, the man will beat her to death and drag her away.

Anyway, in this era, these things are commonplace, and basically all the powerful people do this.

The people, powerless to resist, were pent up with anger, waiting for the moment to explode.

"I see, he deserves it." Chen Ran picked up the tea bowl. "The East Factory is only capable of this, can't they do anything to him?"

With an apologetic smile, Cao Huachun stood up and called out to all the foreign soldiers, "Did you hear that, kids? Show us your abilities and don't let the commander-in-chief down!"

"Leader!"

"Kids." The second boss waved his hand heavily, "Get the clamps!"

The so-called clamp, also known as the three-foot wooden punishment, is a wooden rope that is used to clamp the thighs.

Several guards came forward and pressed Tian Hongyu to the ground.

Then someone brought a clamp, which was made of willow wood and was three feet long, with an iron chain running through the middle.

One of the guards held the clamp upright and opened it, while another guard grabbed Tian Hongyu's legs and placed them between the clamps, then tightened the rope on the clamps.

At this time, Tian Hongyu's legs and ankles had been locked by three upright clamps.

"Master Tian." Cao Huachun stepped forward and squatted in front of the trembling Tian Hongyu to comfort him, "Just confess. This clamp is too hard and beyond human endurance. Why should you endure this pain for something outside of your body?"

"Father-in-law." Tian Hongyu said in a hoarse voice, "I am innocent~~~"

"Hey." Cao Huachun clapped his hands and stood up. "Don't cry until you see the coffin. Use torture."

The guard inserted a wooden pawn between the erected clamps, then raised the hammer and hit the clamps.

"Ouch~~~"

With just one blow, Tian Hongyu's teeth were almost broken!

The expressionless man continued to hit the wooden token, and as the wooden token continued to sink, the pressure he exerted became greater and greater.

After three, five, and seven hits, there was a crisp sound, and Tian Hongyu's ankle was broken.

As expected, Tian Hongyu fainted from the severe pain.

The idea of ​​avoiding severe pain by fainting does not exist in the East Factory.

The medical officer immediately stepped forward, pried open Tian Hongyu's mouth, poured him a bowl of ginseng soup, and gave him several injections.

This way, you won't be so likely to faint again after waking up.

Chen Ran just watched all of this coldly.

He went to the modern world and read many books and materials about the late Ming Dynasty.

Knowing that this man and Concubine Yuan’s father Yuan You are even more vicious than Zhou Kui.

Zhou Kui at most committed evil in the capital, but Tian Hongyu and Yuan You sent their relatives and servants to various places to plunder people's property and abduct beauties. For example, Chen Yuanyuan was abducted to the capital by Tian Hongyu's servants.

There are tens of thousands of people whose families have been broken up because of them!

"Old Cao." As Tian Hongyu's sharp howls became louder and louder, Chen Ran called Eunuch Cao to come over and talk.

"They must not tolerate any of their relatives or servants who do evil."

"Don't worry, Grand Commander." Cao Huachun patted his chest and promised, "The East Factory will never let a bad guy go!"

Tian Hongyu had a very strong will. He resisted for more than twenty times and fainted three times before he finally had a mental breakdown and revealed where he had hidden the silver.

"Grand Commander." Cao Huachun came over with a thick stack of files. "Tian Hongyu is really abominable. According to the law, he should be beheaded."

Putting down the tea bowl, Chen Ran waved his hand and said, "I don't know about these. Just go and do your business."

"As I said before, we must not let the evildoers off, and we must take back all the money they have plundered from the people."

"The Grand Commander can rest assured that the East Factory is doing its job."

"Ah."

Chen Ran stood up and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he casually asked, "Who will be tried next?"

"Father of Concubine Yuan, Yuan You."

The Grand Commander was very busy at work. After inspecting the East Factory, he went back to his own work.

As the torture of collecting salaries deepened, more and more materials were confiscated.

Some of these things were difficult to sell, such as mansions, most of which were given by Chen Ran to military generals at all levels to win them over.

There were also fields, which were basically distributed to the soldiers in the army.

The soldiers have to fight, train and stay in the barracks, so they naturally cannot go to farm. They can only hire tenants to do the farming.

Chen Ran announced the maximum land rent standard, and the rent paid by tenants for farming should not exceed 30%.

The tenants must be allowed to survive. If they can't survive, they will become vagrants and bandits.

In addition, a notice was issued that the new emperor would grant amnesty to the country upon his accession to the throne, and all previous high interest rates would be invalidated. Anyone who dared to demand the high interest would be treated as a high treason.

He sent a letter to Zhou Yanru, the governor of Liao, requesting the transfer of tens of thousands of troops to the capital.

There was a lot of work to do and it was very busy. It was not until it was getting dark that I left the Grand Marshal's Mansion and prepared to go home.

"Grand Governor."

Someone from the palace came forward and saluted, "The Empress Dowager has an imperial decree, please ask the Grand Commander to discuss the matter."

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