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Chapter 65

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen put down the notes in his hand that recorded the detailed inspection of the family property.

The final total on the booklet made even Zhou Chen couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

Zhou Chen did not expect that this time, a total of 150 million taels of silver were confiscated from his family.

This amount of silver was enough for Zhou Chen to spend a lot of money in a big way.

With this money, the problem of severe drought in the four northern states can be solved.

Zhou Chen didn't have much anger in his heart towards these ministers who had embezzled so much money from the imperial court.

No matter how corrupt these officials are, they have all been captured by him now.

And not all the ill-gotten gains from corruption returned to his hands in the end.

Zhou Chen is not afraid of this kind of corrupt official. What he is afraid of is the kind of petty greed and petty troubles where there will be no fish even if the water is clear.

It is not qualified to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan, but if you do not confiscate the family and exterminate the clan, it will be like a stick in your throat.

If it is neither up nor down, it will make you feel uncomfortable.

Such huge greed is exactly what Zhou Chen wants.

Once the house was raided, the treasury was filled with money.

It comes faster than taxes.

After Zhou Chen put down the closed folding book in his hand, he looked at Cao Zhengchun; "Are those other people who were arrested after their homes were ransacked? Have all the money they confiscated been counted?"

Zhou Chen knew that in addition to General Wu Jin and the Minister of Civil Affairs, more than 20 officials had their homes confiscated and their clans exterminated.

In the past three days, many people have been implicated, and those who confiscated their homes and exterminated their families have been thrown into jail.

Although these people don't have as much property as General Wu Jin and other officials, they can't handle the large number of people!

It adds up to a large amount of money.

"Back to the Emperor, not yet."

"Because there are so many people whose homes have been confiscated and the manpower of factory guards is somewhat insufficient, it is estimated that it will take a few days to fully calculate the detailed number."

Cao Zhengchun immediately replied.

When Zhou Chen heard this, his eyes flickered and he said to Cao Zhengchun, "After the statistics are compiled, just send them directly to the Ministry of Revenue and the Treasury."

Put more fish in it.

Only then can the mice be reassured.

Zhou Chen didn't believe that the mice could resist being tempted by putting so many fish in.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cao Zhengchun nodded.

At this time, a house guard came in.

"Your Majesty, Fang Shangshu asks for an audience." The chamberlain guard came in and reported.

Fang Xuanling?

Zhou Chen was stunned for a moment.

Since the morning meeting three days ago, when Zhou Chen appointed Fang Xuanling as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Fang Xuanling had never come to Yangxin Hall to see him as the emperor again.

"Let him in."

Upon hearing this, the house guard and factory guard immediately bowed and left.

moment.

Fang Xuanling walked into the Yangxin Hall.

"Your Majesty, Fang Xuanling, bows to the Emperor." Fang Xuanling walked in, knelt down and gave a big salute.

"Get up!" Zhou Chen raised his head and glanced at Fang Xuanling; "Have the lack of officials in the court been filled?"

"Go back to your Majesty, this is exactly why I came here."

"This is a list selected by Chen Sai. In addition to filling the missing positions in the court, I have also prepared some additional lists."

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Fang Xuanling said and took out a list of names.

Upon seeing this, Cao Zhengchun came over, took the list of names from Fang Xuanling's hand, returned and placed it in front of Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen stopped talking and opened the list booklet and started reading.

I have to say that Fang Xuanling is still very careful in her work.

This list not only records a name, but also records the origins and daily deeds of these people.

What surprised Zhou Chen was that there were actually people from aristocratic families on this list.

This made Zhou Chen frown involuntarily.

Doesn't Fang Xuanling know his thoughts?

Fang Xuanling below seemed to see what Zhou Chen was thinking, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, although the family is a cancer, not all members of the family are like this. There are also honest and upright talents."

"There is nothing wrong with the emperor wanting to eliminate the cancer of the family, but he does not want to exterminate everyone in the family."

"Even if the emperor destroys all the aristocratic families in the world now, within a few years, new aristocratic families will appear."

"A noble family cannot be exterminated."

"As long as rights exist, there will be aristocratic families."

"This is my advice, and I ask your Majesty to think deeply about it."

Fang Xuanling bowed and said.

After Zhou Chen heard Fang Xuanling's words, he pondered for a moment, closed the list of names, looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "You are right, as long as there are rights, there will be wealthy families."

"A wealthy family cannot be exterminated."

"I've read your list and it's very good."

"Just do what you want!"

Zhou Chen returned the list of names to Fang Xuanling.

Zhou Chen knew that what Fang Xuanling said was correct.

He wants to deal with the aristocratic family, but he does not want to deal with everyone in the aristocratic family.

There are also loyal and good people in aristocratic families, just like there are treacherous and evil people in the royal family.

You cannot kill a group of people with one stick.

As an emperor, Zhou Chen felt for the first time that he still had a lot to learn.

…

at the same time.

The situation in the four northwest prefectures has changed drastically.

Taishi Wen Zhong led the twelve most elite Shenwu guards in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Each guard had 30,000 soldiers and horses. They should have been able to quickly quell the civil uprising, wipe out the rebels, and regain the entire territory of the four northwest prefectures.

But the result was a huge defeat at the hands of the rebels, with heavy losses.

Xi'an Fucheng, on top of the city.

Grand Master Wen Zhong looked at the dense crowd of rebels outside the city with a pale face and a heavy expression.

Grand Master Wen Zhong did not expect this. He brought 30,000 soldiers and horses to the four northwest prefectures to quell the chaos and provide disaster relief. In the end, the chaos was not quelled and he was defeated at the hands of the rebels.

Of the 30,000 elite soldiers and horses, there were now less than 10,000 left, and even he, the grand master, was seriously injured.

Not to mention losing the city and defeating the army, now they are trapped in the isolated city of Xi'an Fucheng, and all the other four northwest prefectures have been captured by the rebels.

Grand Master Wen Zhong has never been so defeated.

What's even more terrible is that the two princes, Xiaoyao Wang Zhou Qian and Kang Wang Zhou Qi, also fell into the hands of traitors outside the city.

Grand Master Wen Zhong didn't know how to explain to the royal family or the emperor.

"Master, this is a conspiracy."

"A naked conspiracy."

"The 30,000-strong army only returned to the city with less than 10,000 people, and seven of the ten Grand Masters and Lieutenants were lost."

"They did not die on the battlefield with real swords and guns, but they died in conspiracy and calculations."

"The general will never give up."

"Look at the rebels outside the city. They are not rioters. They are clearly a well-disciplined army."

A middle-aged general next to Grand Master Wen Zhong wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and pointed at the densely packed rebel army outside the city with an angry look.

This middle-aged general is the leader of the twelve divine guards.

There are twelve guards in the Twelve Divine Guards, and each guard leader commands 30,000 divine guards.

Now the 30,000 Shenwu guards under this middle-aged general suffered such heavy losses, with more than 20,000 dead and wounded.

This was unacceptable to the middle-aged general.

If he died on the battlefield with dignity.

He won't say anything.

But looking at the current situation, this is clearly a targeted conspiracy.

(End of chapter)