Just when the news of the Confucius family in Qufu and the vassal palaces in various places reached the capital, reports from Lu Xiangsheng and Jinyiwei in Songjiang Prefecture arrived in the palace first.

I've made a fortune again, and this time I've made a fortune!

Zhu Youjian was holding a thick album in his hand, which detailed the harvest of Jinyiwei's trip to the south.

Since he broke through time, Zhu Youjian first copied the Chengyi Bo Mansion and the Eight Great Shanxi merchants in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and then successively copied the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Office, several nobles, and many middle and lower-level officials. These were all worth five or six million yuan in total, and their assets were countless.

These huge wealth has strongly supported the various strategies and plans deployed by Zhu Youjian over the past few years, allowing the Ming Dynasty to successfully escape from the quagmire and embark onto a wide and flat avenue.

Now with the huge profits brought by Sihai Commercial Bank and Yanli every year, Zhu Youjian thought he was numb to wealth, but now the amazing data in his hand refreshed his psychological expectations and cognition, making him repeatedly check the final total number, afraid that he would have visual vision.

This time, the Jinyiwei obtained more than 12 million taels of silver, 240,000 taels of gold, more than 600 ships of all sizes, and more than 140,000 mu of fields, including 70% mulberry and cotton fields and 30% grain fields.

In addition to these materials that Zhu Youjian valued the most, there are more than 200 shops scattered in Jiangnan and the capital.

And those antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver jewelry, Western treasures, etc. cannot be counted. They need to be identified and cashed out before an accurate number can be obtained.

This time, the Jinyiwei found more than 40 criminals involved in the assault of the official, including Gu Lu, Zhou and Xu. The main criminals were the four families of Songjiang Prefecture and the subordinate Huating County, Shanghai County, Qingpu County, Fengxian County, Lou County, Jinshan County, Nanhui County and other county government offices, and the Songjiang Prefecture's chief Guan Zuo Er and others were all involved.

The Jinyiwei confiscated a total of more than 80,000 taels of gold and silver from Xie Ruyun, the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, Huzhou, and hundreds of antiques, calligraphy and paintings. He had four shops under his name. More than 10,000 acres of land in his home were also confiscated.

The family of Huang Shengju, the chief judge of Songjiang Prefecture, collected 60,000 taels of cash in cash, six shops and ten thousand acres of land.

Geng Yuanren, the Promoter of Songjiang Prefecture, collected more than 30,000 taels of cash in his home, including five shops and more than 8,000 acres of land.

Sun Jianren, who was the Tongzhi Songjiang Prefecture, escaped the disaster by chance because Ding You returned home half a year ago.

The Censors, Deputy Envoys and Assistant Office of the Songjiang Prefecture were all involved in the case, and their family property was confiscated, and a total of 70,000 taels of silver and a total of more than 20,000 mu of land.

In addition to the above-mentioned main officials, the official bibliography offices at all levels in the Songjiang Prefecture Office had all received the New Year ceremony of the four major maritime merchants. Therefore, the Jinyiwei judged him as an accomplice and arrested the people involved in the case, with a total of more than 60,000 taels of silver, more than 30 shops, and more than 10,000 acres of land.

Although the county chief Zuo Er under Songjiang Prefecture was not aware of the attack on the official case, he had received all the four seasons of the four major maritime merchants. For this reason, he was also included in the indiscriminate target of attack by the Jinyiwei, and eventually he lost both his people and wealth and his family property was confiscated.

Zhu Youjian spent half an hour to browse the detailed information involved in the case. Then he put down the thick report, stood up and walked down the imperial stairs, paced in the hall of the Qianqing Palace with his hands while thinking about how to deal with this matter.

After discussing with Wen Tiren a few days ago the strategy of gentry collecting food, Wen Tiren, under the instruction of Zhu Youjian, deliberately or unintentionally leaked this unprecedented grand plan, intending to use this to test the reactions and attitudes of the Beijing officials, and then make corresponding arrangements based on the feedback information.

What Zhu Youjian did not expect was that after the wind was heard, it immediately caused a huge shock in the capital.

Most officials and scholars with more than the required land in their homes expressed opposition to this. Almost all relevant personnel were discussing the matter publicly or privately, and their words were very dissatisfied with Zhu Youjian.

Many candidates from the Imperial College also publicly promoted it in teahouses and restaurants, preparing to write petitions together, resolutely prevent the release and implementation of this measure, and made disrespectful words to Zhu Youjian, and even compared him with a tyrant monarch like Jie and Zhou, and just cursed him directly.

Just as the group of emotions were in turmoil, the Dongchang and the Jinyiwei dispatched a large number of official schools after hearing the news and arrested the juren who were clamoring in public. The Jinyiwei's lieutenant in various yamen also severely rebuked the officials. Therefore, the storm quickly subsided in a short period of time.

But Zhu Youjian knew in his heart that the current calmness was only on the surface, but in fact, undercurrents were still surging underwater. It was just because he was afraid of the fierceness of the factory guards, and the people involved were watching the wind direction.

After all, this matter is just a rumor now, and no specific plan has been made public yet, so the officials and gentry involved have adopted a temporary tolerant attitude. If they really force this plan, they might make any noise.

In the following days, the question papers about this reform were filled with Zhu Youjian's desk. He was curious and read a few books casually. The contents in them were indeed all opposed to the rumored moves. But what made Zhu Youjian feel a little relieved was that the lyrics of these questions were gentle, and they were basically tactful persuasion. They did not have the original book of fierce words, snatching the sky and snatching the earth, and if there was a disagreement, they would fight to the death.

Zhu Youjian understood that this was mainly due to his current prestige and greatly improved the treatment of officials.

This is the reason why you eat someone’s short mouth and soft hands.

If I had just crossed over and had an unstable foundation, I would have hurriedly done this, and maybe I would have disappeared from the Ming Dynasty inexplicably in a few days.

From the attitude of the officials, Zhu Youjian quickly came to a conclusion: as long as the operation is done properly, this matter is feasible.

Judging from the ranks of officials in the previous article, they are basically mainly officials from the seventh to third ranks, with almost no senior officials above the second rank, and even no one in the cabinet ministers.

The fact that high-ranking officials and important officials did not agree with this matter does not mean that they agreed in their hearts, but at least this gave Zhu Youjian a room for action and room for maneuverability.

Zhu Youjian took a silent approach to the outside world's opposition, neither admitting nor denying it.

After receiving the order, the dozens of Imperial College Envoys arrested by the Jinyiwei did not prescribe rules to these courageous scholars as usual. They just put them in prison and ignored them, leaving behind this group of regretful literati who spent every day in fear.
Chapter completed!