All Hail Cousin Brother

Unlike the Yu clan, they are a scholarly family and do not control the military. There are two merit monuments in the family, one is the former Prime Minister and the other is a chaste wife, both of whom are models in the world. There is also a famous Shao Yichang in the north. Princess.

Yu Zongshen nodded: "In this way, I can sell it to King Wu Mu and send the descendants of the Song family to the north to be protected by King Wu Mu. If my life can be saved, he will definitely do it."

The Liang thieves are coming. In this great Zhou Dynasty, no one except King Wu Mu can protect the Song family. Sacrificing one person can protect the entire Song family. In order to protect the future of the Song family's descendants, why not do it?

Today's conversation is destined to leave a mark in the history books in the future.

Mr. Yu Ge found the Marquis of Zhenguo, and the two talked secretly in the study for a long, long time.

Until late at night, the Marquis of Zhenguo, with red eyes, summoned the whole family and made an earth-shattering decision. The entire Marquis of Zhenguo's mansion was filled with sadness and weeping.

Mrs. Zhen Guohou even fainted on the spot.

Fortunately, the Marquis of Zhen Guo had already taken precautions and quickly asked a doctor to perform an acupuncture, so everything was fine.

A few days later, bad news came from Henan. The Liang thieves were unstoppable and effortlessly captured several cities one after another. The fall of Henan was a foregone conclusion.

Since ancient times, Henan has been the heart of the Central Plains and a battleground for military strategists. Losing Henan would be like inserting a sharp knife into the heart of the Zhou Dynasty.

The imperial court began to decline, and the people, fearing that the war would spread, fled to the temporarily stable areas south and north of the Yangtze River.

There are refugees displaced by war everywhere.

Food prices skyrocketed completely out of control.

The news of the southward escape spread quickly in Beijing, and everyone was in danger for a while. Many people had packed up their belongings and planned to flee south to Beitou with their families while the Liang bandits were still in Henan.

The bustling capital became chaotic.

At this time, a group of old nobles headed by the Marquis of Zhenguo, together with the Prince of Long County, the Qi Mansion, and some officials who were good friends with the Yu and Qi families, launched the great cause of "abandoning the capital to protect the north" to protect the soil.

Wealthy businessmen, officials, aristocratic families, nobles, and even clans, all who had some wealth were confiscated, 70% of their family wealth was confiscated, and 30% was kept for themselves.

There were complaints and curses in Beijing.

Prince Liang and his son, who were far away in Henan, were so angry that they almost vomited blood for three thousand feet after learning the news.

Yu Zongshen ransacked the capital all over. When it was their turn, not only could they eat meat, but they couldn't even drink soup. When the treasury was empty, they would have captured the Great Zhou Dynasty. Where would they have the money to manage the country? civil? !

"What a Yu Zongshen," King Liang slapped his palm on a white jade unicorn on the table, smashing the priceless jade sculpture into pieces, and roared: "What a Yu clan..."

What is the difference between this scene today and that of the time when the loyal duke killed the king and ushered in the new emperor? !

The Yu family is indeed the same Yu family.

Liang Jingxuan also had a sigh on his face. Even though he was burning with anger, he couldn't say even a single slanderous word: "Father, please forgive me. The Di people are coming now with great force, which is really unexpected. If the northern border is lost, our future will be ruined." Our great cause will also be hindered. If this batch of money and materials can really help King Wu Mu defeat the Di people and defend the northern border, it will still be beneficial to us."

Of course the King of Liang knew this, but whenever he thought of handing over Bai Huahua and Huang Chengcheng's money to others, his heart felt as painful as bleeding:

"Who knew that King Wu Mu, a young boy, could hold the northern border and defeat 600,000 Di people? Yu Zongshen did not hesitate to bear the infamy and abandoned the capital to protect the north. Don't steal the chicken but lose the rice. He gathered all these people in the world The great fortune has given the Northern Barbarians an advantage."

The political style of the Great Zhou Dynasty was corrupt and corruption was rampant.

Officials at the bottom collude with officials and businessmen to plunder the people's wealth and support, and they also have to pay most of their money to the higher-ups to win protection from above, so that they can make more money for themselves. Often, what they can get is just a small profit, and most of the money goes to the higher-ups. In this way, Exploiting at all levels, officials protecting each other, in the end all rivers finally accepted the sea, and all the money flowed into the hands of the powerful and powerful people in Beijing.

This time, most of the money from the Zhou Dynasty was copied.

Liang Jingxuan couldn't say. If King Wu Mu failed to defend the northern border, he didn't know who would have received the money.

It's not that he embodies the enemy's ambition and destroys his own prestige.

Liang Jun was also an army of tigers and wolves, but the soil and water conditions of the soldiers in the north and south were very different. The Di people were famous for their bravery. There were many generals used in the court, but none of them dared to pat their chests and say that they were sure of it. Better than the Di people. If not, why did the emperor hand over the northern territory to the hands of Yin Huaixi, who was still young and disabled at the time?

After the Marquis of Changxing, no one dared to take over the hot potato of the Northern Territory.

Liang Jun did not have the experience or means to fight against Beidi. Beidi was coming fiercely, and he would definitely suffer losses if he rushed to fight.

The "Abandon the Capital and Protect the North" movement is causing great commotion in Beijing.

What is absolutely unexpected is that in just three days, the Marquis of Zhen Guo confiscated more than 50 million taels of silver, as well as a batch of gold, pearls, jade, gems, as well as a large amount of grain, cloth, etc.

Even a small seventh-grade Sesame Officer can seize one hundred thousand snowflake silver from the mansion.

I really answered that sentence:

After three years of clearing the magistrate's office, he received one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.

It also makes people suddenly understand that the Great Zhou Dynasty opened up water and land trade routes, and domestic trade routes were connected in all directions to exchange goods and needs. During the reign of the first emperor, he respected foreign Confucianism and internal Taoism and recuperated, which brought the economy to the highest peak in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Later, Yu Zongshen opened the sea ban and continuously transported overseas materials into the country. The Zhou Dynasty itself was extremely rich, but this oil did not flow into the national treasury.

It's really hard to calm down.

The Jingwei camp carried out a vigorous raid for ten days. The Ministry of Revenue counted more than 71 million taels of silver and more than 3 million taels of gold. The food hoarded could not even be loaded into the large warehouse of the military quarters.

In addition to money and food, there are also some cotton, wine, medicinal materials, cloth, etc., which is also a huge amount of supplies.

Mr. Yuge was also dumbfounded and shook his head: "I think there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, the Liang thieves rebelled, and materials became urgent. These people started hoarding early in the morning to protect themselves. They hoarded goods wantonly, and the materials circulating in the market decreased. , the common people couldn't survive, so they had no choice but to resist the imperial court. It's no wonder that riots occurred all over the country. This family didn't complain about the looting. In my opinion, even if 70% of the family property was confiscated, it was still a small amount, so they should confiscate everything."

The Marquis of Zhenguo said nothing.

Mr. Qi was convinced: "The Cunning Rabbit has three burrows. If you think you can find out, it will only be part of their property, and the other part will be used as a way out, hidden early in the morning."

Yu Zongshen coughed: "Then continue to copy, control their families, and make them reveal where the materials and money are hidden. Those who resist will be punished on the spot!"

No one present raised any objections. The main reason was that I was heartbroken and completely disappointed with these people!

All this money was taken from the people, but in the end they were so ruthless that they did not give the people a way to survive!

Yu Zongshen suppressed his cough and continued in a hoarse voice: "The confiscated money and materials must be sent to Xiangping City in batches as soon as possible while I can still grasp the general trend of Beijing, so as not to delay any further and cause unnecessary problems and send another person to Xiangping City." The news was secretly sent to Xiangping, and Princess Shao Yichang was asked to send troops to respond."

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After the Qing army entered Beijing, they ransacked everything in the capital. I heard that they confiscated fifty or sixty million taels of silver alone. This was a conservative amount. There were also countless gold and silver treasures. How could the Qing army seize the Han territory so quickly? Go up and lay the foundation, which is inseparable from this group of huge wealth.