Sign In a Lu Bu Fengxian at the Beginning

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhou Chen put down the booklet in his hand that recorded and checked the family property in detail.

Even Zhou Chen couldn't help his heart beat for the final total on the booklet.

Zhou Chen didn't expect that a total of 150 million taels of silver was confiscated this time.

So much silver is enough for Zhou Chen to squander it drastically for a while.

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

For these ministers who have been greedy for so much money from the court, Zhou Chen didn't feel much anger in his heart.

No matter how corrupt these officials are, they are all taken down by him now.

But not all the ill-gotten gains from corruption returned to him in the end.

This kind of corrupt official Zhou Chen is not afraid of, what he is afraid of is the kind of petty greed and petty disturbance where the water is so clear that there are no fish.

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

It makes you uncomfortable.

This kind of greed is exactly what Zhou Chen wants.

Once the house is ransacked, the treasury will be filled.

Faster than taxes.

After Zhou Chen put down the folded booklet in his hand, he looked at Cao Zhengchun; "Those other people who were arrested by ransacking their homes, have all the money they got from the raids been counted?"

Zhou Chen knew that, except for the general Wu Jin and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, more than 20 officials had their homes ransacked and their families wiped out.

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

Although these people don't have as much wealth as the general Wu Jin and other officials, they can't stand the crowd!

Adding up is not a small sum.

"Go back to the emperor, not yet."

"Because there are too many people whose homes have been ransacked, and the factory guards are a little short of manpower, it will probably take a few days.

In order to fully count the detailed numbers. "

Cao Zhengchun said immediately.

Zhou Chen's eyes flickered when he heard the words; "After the statistics are out, just send them to the treasury of the Ministry of Households."

Put more fish.

To reassure the mice.

Zhou Chen didn't believe that the rats could hold back so many fish in it.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cao Zhengchun nodded.

At this time, an internal guard walked in.

"Report to the emperor, Fang Shangshu asks to see you." The internal servant and factory guard came in and reported.

Fang Xuanling?

Zhou Chen froze for a moment.

Ever since Zhou Chen appointed Fang Xuanling as Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the early court three days ago, Fang Xuanling never came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to see him, the emperor.

"Let him in."

Hearing the words, the internal servant factory guard immediately bowed and retreated.

moment.

Fang Xuanling walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Chen Fang Xuanling kowtowed to the emperor." Fang Xuanling who walked in knelt down and made a big salute.

"Get up!" Zhou Chen looked up at Fang Xuanling; "Have you made up for the lack of officials in the court?"

"Back to the emperor, this minister is here for this."

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

"Please take a look, Your Majesty."

As Fang Xuanling said, he took out a list booklet.

Seeing this, Cao Zhengchun walked over, took the list from Fang Xuanling's hand, returned and put it in front of Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen didn't say much anymore, he casually opened the list and read it.

It has to be said that Fang Xuanling is still very careful in doing things.

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

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

This made Zhou Chen frowned involuntarily.

Could it be that Fang Xuanling didn't know what he was thinking?

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, and there are also talents with integrity."

"It's not wrong for the emperor to eliminate the cancer of the family, but he doesn't want to exterminate everyone in the family."

"Even if the emperor wipes out the world's aristocratic families now, in a few years, new aristocratic families will appear."

"The family cannot be extinct."

"As long as there are rights, there will be families."

"This is my minister's remonstrance, please think deeply about it, Your Majesty."

Fang Xuanling bowed and said.

Zhou Chen's eyes flickered when he heard the words, he closed the list book, looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "You are right, as long as there are rights, there will be wealthy families."

"Aristocratic families cannot be extinct."

"I've read all of your list, and it's pretty good."

"Just do what you want!"

Zhou Chen returned the list to Fang Xuanling.

Zhou Chen knew that Fang Xuanling was right.

He wanted to deal with the family, but not everyone in the family.

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

You can't 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 prefectures of the Northwest changed drastically.

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

But the result was a big defeat at the hands of the traitors, with heavy losses.

Xi'an Fufu City, on the top of the city.

Grand Master Wen Zhong looked at the densely packed rebels outside the city with a pale face, his expression heavy.

Grand Master Wen Zhong didn't expect that, he brought 30,000 soldiers to the four prefectures in the northwest to quell the chaos and relieve disasters, but in the end the chaos was not quelled, and he was defeated by the rebels.

Of the 30,000 elite soldiers and horses, there are now less than 10,000 left, and even he, the Grand Master, was seriously injured.

Not to mention the defeated army in the lost city, it is even more trapped in the isolated city of Xi'an Fucheng, and the other four northwestern prefectures have all been captured by rebels.

Grand Master Wen Zhong has never been defeated so badly.

What's more terrible is that the two princes, Xiaoyao Wang Zhouqian and Kangwang Zhouqi, also fell into the hands of rebels outside the city.

Taishi Wen Zhong didn't know how to explain to the royal family, to the emperor.

"Master, this is a conspiracy."

"A naked conspiracy."

"The 30,000 army only returned less than 10,000 people, and seven of the ten masters and lieutenants were lost."

"They didn't die on the battlefield with real swords and guns, but they died in conspiracy and calculation."

"The end will not be reconciled."

"Look at the rebels outside the city. What kind of rioters are these? 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, pointed angrily at the densely packed chaos outside the city and said.

This middle-aged general is the guard master of the Shenwu Twelve Guards. There are twelve guard masters in the Shenwu Twelve Guards, and each guard master commands 30,000 Shenwu guards.

Now the soldiers and horses under the command of this middle-aged general suffered such heavy losses, more than 20,000 people were killed or injured.

This made the middle-aged generals unacceptable.

If he died dignifiedly on the battlefield.

He won't say anything.

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