The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 102: Initial Huge Harvest

This is just cash.

The value of land, real estate, various assets, such as calligraphy and paintings, antiques, etc., is still being further counted and is more than cash.

What was seized from officials was still the least.

The eight major merchant families that smuggled Jiannu goods included more than twenty merchants and landlords.

The total amount of cash and silver seized was 18,637,853 taels.

Hundreds of balls weighing hundreds of pounds and made of silver were obtained.

The assets are even greater, at least several times the cash.

The many accountants they brought with them had several abacuses broken and were busy day and night. It would take at least several days to get a thorough statistics.

The martial arts forces and bandits associated with these businessmen and officials include the Sword Forging City, the Sea Shark Palace, etc.

The amount of cash obtained was relatively small, a total of 10,719,465 taels.

More assets than those businessmen.

What they have the most is still people.

After killing thousands of people, there were still more than 18,000 people left.

Cao Zhengchun and others can understand this point.

The power of the martial arts world depends on people and masters.

In fact, these martial arts forces have gained the most benefits, much more than businessmen and officials.

But they need to feed people.

A person who practices martial arts, does not engage in production, and consumes a lot of energy.

Therefore, they have relatively little cash, but many large industries.

Seeing so much cash, there are at least several times more assets.

How could Cao Zhengchun, Guo Bujing and others not feel heavy?

How much tax did the Ming Dynasty court collect in a year?
In the first two years, converted into cash, it was less than 20 million taels of silver each year.

In comparison, the Ming Dynasty court was like a beggar.

Moreover, the people eliminated in the first step of the plan only accounted for a small part of the total population in Jin.

There are even more officials, businessmen, landlords, martial arts forces, bandits, and even vassal kings who need to be eliminated in the second step of the plan.

They have more property.

Just thinking about it made them all feel terrified.

So much property is occupied by a small number of people. How do the tens of millions of people in Jin survive? How do the countless ordinary people in secret survive?

As he holds a high position and has overall control over the situation, even Cao Zhengchun has to think deeply about this.

On the afternoon of January 5, Wang Shouren and his men rushed to Taiyuan Prefecture at full speed.

Everyone came to greet him, and except Zhu Ye, everyone else bowed.

After all, it is of the first rank.

There was no unnecessary politeness. After Wang Shouren understood the situation carefully, he was silent for a while and then let everyone leave.

He is not in charge of these, he is only in charge of the army now.

Zhu Hui told him about the situation in the army.

The army was also arresting and killing people, and took the opportunity to eliminate a large number of generals.

The cash obtained was more than 3,683,500 taels of silver, which was much more than the assets.

"Duke Baoguo, we are going to be busy from now on. We need to take control of the entire Jin army as quickly as possible." Wang Shouren nodded and said politely but firmly.

Zhu Hui sighed inwardly, thinking that they were going to kill more people.

But he had no right to refuse, so he nodded and said solemnly: "Yes, I understand."

“Okay, the five hundred people I brought with me were all selected from the Martial Emperor Dragon Riders.

They are all middle-level generals who are literate and have some knowledge of military tactics. Next, they will be appointed to the positions of generals who have been purged.

I will personally go and check on the more than 18,000 people in Jianghu, and disperse them little by little to the military forces in various places..."

Wang Shouren and his men started to get busy.

The arrival of Wang Shouren made the tense atmosphere in Jin a little quieter, and all forces became more honest.

Because everyone knew that the arrival of Wang Shouren, the Grand Commander of the Military Cabinet who was second only to the emperor and above everyone else, meant that the court's attention had shifted to Jin.

The army in Jin will be reorganized.

As long as the imperial court is not in chaos, the army in Jin will not be in chaos.

The army of Jin cannot cause chaos, and there are several great masters to suppress it, so no one can cause chaos in Jin.

Naturally, you have to be more honest for the time being.

Anyway, these big shots can't stay in Jin for long.

At that time, after those forces have been eliminated, the remaining interests, money, and assets can be taken away by the court.

But the imperial court could not take away the land and the people on it.

As long as there are territory and people on the territory, the interests will remain and will naturally belong to them.

In the following days, the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard arrested fewer and fewer people, and most of their efforts were focused on stabilizing all parties and confiscating property.

The movements in the army gradually became larger.

However, officials from all over the country, martial arts forces, and even the princes, all breathed a sigh of relief.

The situation in the army has little to do with them.

It's good that the factory guards don't move, which means the factory guards' action is over and they won't do anything to them anymore.

Yes, this time the action was so big that the whole Jin area suffered a serious blow. If it continued, the whole Jin area would really be in chaos.

The imperial court certainly wouldn’t dare to do that.

Among the three major evil forces in Jin, the only remaining Supreme Alliance.

"Qianxing, have you confirmed that all the masters from the Jinyiwei and Dongchang have revealed their whereabouts?" Supreme Alliance leader Guan Yutian said in a deep voice.

"It has been confirmed. They did not hide anything and came and went openly. It is very easy to verify." A young man holding a sword said respectfully. It was Ren Qianxing, a disciple of Guan Yutian.

"Well, it seems that it is indeed over. This open coming and going can also let us all see and put our hearts at ease." Guan Yutian nodded slightly and smiled.

"Master is right. Master, Sword Forging City, and Sea Shark Palace have all been taken over by the imperial court. It seems that they can no longer exist.

Once the power of the imperial court is gone, it will be the time for our Supreme Alliance to unify the evil ways of Jin.

Disciple congratulates Master in advance." Ren Qianxing clasped his fists and saluted, looking quite happy.

"It's not that simple." Guan Yutian shook his head. When he heard the first sentence, a hint of gloom flashed across his eyes.

After a few moments of silence, he said in a concentrated voice: "The imperial power will definitely leave, but those fields, properties, and shops have all been taken away by the imperial court.

You also know the latest news from the court.

This Emperor Shengwu actually wanted to set up a Ministry of Commerce, employ businessmen as officials, and manage those shops and businesses for the court!
In this way, even if the strong men from Jinyiwei and Dongchang leave, the territory is still there, but with the business presided over by the court, the benefits we can get will not be too much.

We must not oppress ordinary people too harshly, otherwise if something goes wrong, the imperial court will not let us off.”

Ren Qianxing frowned and thought, then nodded slightly and understood something.

The businesses run by the imperial court took away all the profits, so naturally they gained less.

With less profit, there are naturally fewer people to support.

Even if he unifies the evil ways, his strength probably won't increase much.

It turns out that this was the purpose of the imperial court in establishing the Ministry of Commerce. How vicious!
"Also, why is Wuzheng Villa trying so hard to help the court this time?" Guan Yutian's tone became more serious.

"Logically speaking, Wuzheng Villa shouldn't be trying so hard to help the imperial court, and even call on all the righteous people in Jin to take action!
If Wuzheng Villa had not worked so hard, the imperial court would never have been able to take action against the various martial arts forces so easily.

On the contrary, the court must also be mindful of the existence of the righteous path.”

"The imperial court may have negotiated something with Wuzheng Villa or even the righteous forces. We cannot act rashly."

"Master is wise, what happened at Wuzheng Villa is indeed too strange this time.

And I didn't expect that Yuan Dongyuan would have such influence that he could call on all the righteous forces in Jin." Ren Qianxing nodded, saying with some fear and envy.

"Wu Zheng Villa has been in the martial arts world for three hundred years and is the number one force in Jin. Do you think this is a joke?
And don't underestimate Yuan Dongyuan. Although he rarely cares about martial arts affairs, few people have seen him take action.

But when Xue Yiren was at the peak of his powers, he came to Jin and did not dare to provoke Yuan Dongyuan.

His ability is no less than that of a teacher.

Don’t underestimate the heritage of Wuzheng Villa. After three hundred years, who knows if there are any old monsters still alive in Wuzheng Villa?" Guan Yutian said seriously.

"Disciple understands. I will be cautious and stay in Wuzheng Villa." Ren Qianxing said solemnly.

"Well, I asked you to keep an eye on the situation in Sword Forging City. How is it going?" Guan Yutian asked.

"There's nothing unusual. Jian Xiong, the son of Sword Master, is fully cooperating with the Embroidered Uniform Guard to organize the assets of Sword Forging City." Ren Qianxing was puzzled as to why he was asked to keep an eye on the situation in Sword Forging City.

But he still spoke honestly.

"Keep watching, watch closely, don't miss any clues." Guan Yutian said seriously.

"Yes."

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Loyalty Hall.

"Remember, everyone continue to restrain themselves and not do anything that may attract the attention of the Imperial Guards and the Eastern Depot." Shangguan Yun, head of the Zhongxin Hall, said in a deep voice.

"Yes." The men should retreat.

Shangguan Yun frowned in thought.

Fortunately, Qiu Shui Villa and Wan Du Men were safe and sound.

The people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang didn't know about the Dragon Ball yet.

No, after the Jinyiwei and Dongchang people leave, we must speed up the search for the Dragon Ball.

You can't worry too much anymore.

Find Meng Baichuan and the others first.

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On the surface, Jin had entered the final stages.

Officials gradually arrived to fill the vacant positions, and people from the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Revenue also came to take charge of the operation of shops related to the people's livelihood.

Except for the increasing noise in the army, the noise in other places gradually calmed down.

Various statistics were still being collected, and the first batch of gold and silver began to be shipped to the capital.

Because the amount was huge and Jin still needed a grandmaster to suppress it, Cao Youxiang came personally to escort it.

In the capital city.

Zhu Houzhao received more and more detailed information about the harvest in Jin.

But apart from being happy, I am not happy either.

Because there are too many bad people like this in the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, he also realized that the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce must be accelerated.

In the past few days, no big businessmen have come to the special investment promotion office set up in the capital.

This was causing him some trouble.

However, a letter from Zhu Ye solved this problem for him.

It turns out that my Zhu family has some business genius.

Just when Zhu Houzhao was expecting someone to arrive in the capital soon, a slightly plump young man in his twenties came to Zhu Wusi's mansion.

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