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Chapter 45

However, it is even more inappropriate to prevent these people from being scattered in all directions. These people have a lot of relatives, friends, children and old officials. If they spread various rumors that are not conducive to the court in the local area, the reputation of the court may collapse. By then, the Qing Dynasty will not come, and there will be wars everywhere. If they are left in Nanjing, they will be still under the eyes of the court in the court, which is easy to monitor. It is really unreasonable and the court in the court is easy to clean up.

Forget it, I didn't expect Nanjing to block Zuo Liangyu 100%. If it was not possible, I would give up Nanjing at that time. It was said that people would do their best to know the destiny. However, when Wang Fu felt uncomfortable when he wanted to escape under Zuo Liangyu's offensive, he didn't know when Tian Cheng, the dead eunuch, would come back. I hope he could come back before Zuo Liangyu arrived in Nanjing. Maybe with the help of the Portuguese hired army and the firearms he purchased, he could make Zuo Liangyu return in vain.

Gao Hongtu was sitting at home, dreaming of Zuo Liangyu leading his army back to Nanjing, and Ma Shiying and others knelt down to beg for mercy. A servant ran over in anger: "Master, it's not good, it's not good."

Gao Hongtu asked unhappily: "What's so panicked?"

The servant said angrily: "Jin...Jin...Jinyiwei is here."

"Ah." Hearing the Jinyiwei, Gao Hongtu's legs and feet suddenly became weak and he almost collapsed to the ground. When he calmed down and was about to think of a solution, several Jinyiwei had already rushed in. Seeing Gao Hongtu, he looked happy and shouted: "Gao Hongtu, your business has been violated, take it down."

Gao Hongtu pretended to be calm: "I am still in front of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. What crime did I commit?"

"Hey, what crime is committed? If you don't know, unless you don't do it yourself, Gao Zhuang is waiting for you as your master in prison."

Gao Zhuang was the trusted servant he sent to deliver a letter to Zuo Liangyu. Gao Hongtu's eyes suddenly turned black and almost fell to the ground. Two Jinyiwei shook the iron shackles in his hands and hung them on Gao Hongtu's neck. At this time, the entire Gao family courtyard was in chaos, and there were screams everywhere. He clearly heard the crying of his sons and daughter-in-law. Gao Hongtu's face was ashamed and he felt regretful. If he had known this, it would be great to be a rich man.

Boxes of silk, satin, jewelry, rare antiques, and precious medicinal materials... I searched from each room and piled up the yard into a bunch of hills, but the silver was pitifully small, which totaled only a few thousand taels. A group of men and women of the Gao family were also concentrated in the yard. Seeing their own things being piled up by the Jinyiwei, fire burst out in their eyes, but seeing the Jinyiwei with bright and shaky mandarin duck knives, no one dared to move.

The Jinyiwei is a veteran of the house search. At present, the silk, satin, and rare antiques are worth at least 200,000 to 300,000 taels. The Gao family's silver cannot be so small. The only possibility is that the Gao family has a secret kiln that has hidden silver.

Feng Kezong glanced at these things and sighed in his heart that if it were in the past, at least half of the property could fall into his hands, and half would be given to his subordinates. It would be nice to just hand over one quarter to the Ministry of Revenue. Now 95% of them have to be handed over. Feng Kezong felt that his heart was already hurt.

"Come here, escort Gao Hongtu."

After a clamor of iron shackles, Gao Hongtu, with his disheveled hair, was led by two Jinyiwei. Seeing Gao Hongtu like this, there was a commotion in the Gao family's crowd.

"Sir Gao, where is your silver treasury? Tell me out, so that I can avoid any physical pain." Feng Kezong asked with a smile.

Gao Hongtu had several ups and downs, but at most he had been dismissed from office. It was the first time that the Jinyiwei had come to the door like this. Knowing that the letter had fallen into the hands of the emperor, he would not be spared for his crime of treason. Gao Hongtu had already determined to die, but he calmed down and said toughly: "I am a clean official, and there is only such a little money. If you want to copy me to make a fortune, you will make a mistake."

After tsk a few times, Feng Kezong still smiled: "Master Gao, you are a clean official. Look at these things in your yard, but can the Qing official afford it?"

"I have little wealth in my family, and these are all bought by the farm."

"The land farm is produced and bought, it's good. Gao Da's family does have 12,560 acres of fertile land, which are all fertile land in Jiangnan. You can collect rent and discount silver for 20,000 taels a year. You have been an official for decades. You can really buy these things, but your Gao Mansion spends more than a year. These 20,000 taels may not be enough for your expenses. Gao Da Da, since you don't have a good memory, then I will mention to me. In the fifth year of Chongzhen, you collected a Laoshan Villa of Zhao Ren, a native of Jiaozhou, and it was worth tens of thousands of taels alone. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, you collected Zhao, a tycoon of Qingzhou, and it was 50,000 taels a time. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, you served as the Minister of War and then transferred to the Minister of Revenue, and collected..."

"Enough." Gao Hongtu became colder and colder as he heard it. He had to interrupt Feng Kezong's words, and he had a stutter on his neck: "I don't have any money, but I'll have one to die."

Feng Kezong shook his head: "Sir, it's all for this. Do you think you can still keep money? If it weren't for your and I used to be colleagues, I would have been out of patience. Come and bring some of Gao's grandsons here."

"Yes, sir." Several Jinyiwei heard the order and pulled out three boys from the Gao family, aged seven or eight to twelve or three years old from the Gao family. Gao Hongtu's daughter-in-law was shocked and held his son's hand desperately. The boys were even more frightened and cried. However, how could the Gao family's daughter-in-law's hand strength be compared with the Jinyiwei? Not only could the son not be able to hold on, but they fought each other, but instead made their son suffer in vain. The few people felt weak and their son had been taken away by Jinyiwei.

"What are you going to do?" Gao Hongtu couldn't help but be shocked and angry. If he came to him, Gao Hongtu believed that no matter what means the Jinyiwei used, he could survive with his strong and strong bones. However, seeing Jinyiwei stretched his hand to his grandson, especially when he heard grandson's grandfather's call, Gao Hongtu felt very sad.

"What are you doing? Can Master Gao forget our Jinyiwei's profession?" Feng Kezong's face was still a smile, but Gao Hongtu was cold. He thought of the Jinyiwei's punishment and gave a chill: "Don't torture them, I will tell you that."

"Okay, let them go."

With Gao Hongtu's guidance, the excited voice of Jinyiwei came from the Jinyiwei: "Sir, I've found it."
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