"Father, the Han family, the Zhang family, the Cao family, and the Qi family have all been confiscated. Among them, the Han Ge Lao was also directly escorted to Beijing by the Jinyiwei. The charge was for colluding with the vassal kings and intending to rebel. The old minister Cao Gong, who had a deep friendship with the Donglin Party Qian Qianyi, was also escorted to Beijing. The charge was for colluding with ministers in the court and doing illegal things. In addition, the second-hand man in the Qi family's new generation was also deprived of his fame, on the grounds that he formed a clique for personal gain and ignored the kindness of the emperor."

After listening to the report of his eldest son Fan Yongkui, the old man of the Fan family slapped the table:

"Hmph, what exactly is Zhu Youxiao doing? Do you have to kill all of us?"

After the old man of the Fan family said this angrily, he ordered: "Immediately send a letter to Mr. Fan outside the pass, saying that if the Shanxi merchants do not protect them, the Later Jin Dynasty will be difficult to save them. I hope the Khan will come to rescue them quickly!"

"yes!"

Not long after the eldest son of the Fan family left, he hurried in. As soon as he saw Mr. Fan, he knelt down: "Master, the eldest son has been arrested by the court, and he is now outside."

"What!"

When Mr. Fan heard this, he hurriedly walked out with a cane. Sure enough, he saw that there were countless officers and soldiers and Jinyiwei standing outside the gate of his house. His son Fan Yongdou was covered in blood and was supported in front of the two Jinyiwei.

Mr. Fan had always loved his wife the most. Seeing that his body was covered in blood, he couldn't help but feel sad: "Son!"

"Get out! I, Fan Yongdou, will never recognize the traitor who betrayed the court as his father!"

Unexpectedly, Fan Yongdou suddenly looked up and roared at Mr. Fan, and said to Xu Xianchun beside him: "Mr. Xu, he is the traitor Fan Ming. The evidence of his collaboration with the enemy is the account book he hid in the house!"

"Very good, take us in and look for it. If you find it, I will report to Your Majesty and will save you from your death penalty!"

Xu Xianchun waved his hand, and a team of Jinyiwei broke into the Fan Mansion with Fan Yongdou. Old Man Fan, who was still stunned, was stunned. Others called him ****, and he would not care, but he was actually called him **** by his favorite son. At this time, he was really like a killer arrow. He couldn't help but sigh, and then directly hit the stone steps.

After Mr. Fan was killed directly, the entire Fan family had no backbone, and no one dared to resist at all.

In order to survive, Fan Yongdou directly dedicated all the wealth that his father had hidden for many years.

In this way, the Shanxi merchants who later generations took great responsibility for the decline of the Chinese nation were finally eradicated before they brought greater harm to China.

There were other Shanxi merchants, not only eight families, but also those involved in smuggling iron and medicinal materials were confiscated until outside the pass.

At this moment, these arbitrary Shanxi merchants began to know that His Majesty the Emperor was not a doll that could be fooled. Even if they had power, they were just fish in front of the emperor.

Although there were people in the court and in the army, almost at the same time when they were unlucky, the officials of the court either followed them into prisons or died under the sword, or became mutes, or even turned against the enemy in the face of the battle.

The trusted generals they placed in the army were either controlled before this, suppressed when they were about to cause trouble, or they also became turtles with their heads.

There is no way, the people's hearts are still on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and the court still represents the interests of the general public. In this Ming Dynasty, where the small peasant economy is still the main body, as long as the people have not abandoned the Ming Dynasty, no matter how big the businessman power is, it cannot escape the sanctions of the court, not to mention that they have really done a lot of things to collude with enemies and sell the country.

"Your Majesty, the property of the unscrupulous merchants represented by the eight major Shanxi merchants has been confiscated. A total of 112.6 million taels of silver, including gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, jade, calligraphy, paintings, silk, and mansions, etc., and a total of 112.6 million taels of silver, and a total of 36,000 hectares of land. Thirty-two civil servants and above ranks and above ranks and above military officers, including Han Yu, the former chief minister of the cabinet, and countless scholars and juren, plus more than 10,000 men and women, including slaves and other men and women."

Half a month later, the action of confiscating the eight major Shanxi merchants was basically over, and Wang Chengen also handed a thick stack of drafted copies to Zhu Youxiao.

However, when he heard that he had obtained 112.6 million taels of silver at once, he was still very surprised, because as far as he knew, the Ming Dynasty treasury added to his own treasury is only about 10 million taels a year, so why did he simply copy a few Shanxi merchants and get hundreds of millions of income at once?

People say that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by property, but now it seems that this is true. The wealth is concentrated in the hands of the privileged class, while the people and the court have no money. However, the court can only collect taxes from the majority of the people. When encountering war, they have to increase the number of people. As a result, the people are more and more sad, and the imperial court's majesty has also declined. However, these gentry and businessmen can take the opportunity to make a fortune in the national crisis, buy and sell, and make a living.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Fortunately, he eliminated these borers in time. If it were a little later, by the end of Chongzhen, he would be afraid that he would not be able to do anything to these big rats that had completely corrupted his foundation in the Ming Dynasty.

Now that he has gained so much wealth at once, Zhu Youxiao can deal with any crisis at least in the next few years. Aren’t the people of Qin going to rebel with Li Zicheng? Okay, I will buy you food and feed you. Do you still want to rebel with Li Zicheng? Didn’t the border troops in various places say that military pay is short of military pay and mutiny? I will make up all military pay for you, and you are so embarrassed not to fight for me to kill the enemy? The Donglin Party thinks that they control the lifeline of the Ming Dynasty’s economy, and will I still be under your control if I have these hundreds of millions of taels of silver?

However, when Zhu Youxiao thought of the Donglin Party, who was addicted to scouting his home, could not help but shine, thinking that the eight Shanxi merchants had been eliminated and their revenge on the Donglin Party had to begin.

"All real estates were sold, and the land was filled in the imperial village and continued to recruit refugees to farm. Except for the 32 court officials including the chief minister Han Yu and all the Donglin Party members were sent to the prison and wait for the execution of the rebels in the Donglin Party, the rest were sent to Liaodong to build the city wall for me. Except for those who were seriously responsible and closely related to the master, the remaining innocent people were filled in the imperial village and distributed their fields, land, money and grain to make their own lives."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Li Mingrui suddenly bowed to him: "You can avoid the death of countless slaves, your Majesty is kind and righteous!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be stunned. He actually thought in his heart that he was too cruel. After all, in modern times, even if one person committed a serious crime, his family would not be implicated. Now he had to be punished for political reasons. However, he did not expect that in the eyes of these ministers, he would become a benevolent and righteous king. Well, benevolent and righteous, and Zhu Youxiao was too lazy to deny it, so he nodded and said, "They were all my people. If they had not had the sin of unforgivable sin, how could I bear to face each other?"
Chapter completed!