"Say, where did the silver be hidden? + small,...o"&1t;/p>

In the prison of the smuggling department, a smuggling merchant was hung up, and several Jinyiwei next to him were whipping the smuggling merchant with a whip.&1t;/p>

This person was Fan Yongdou, who later became the best among the eight imperial merchants in the Qing Dynasty. At this time, his business was the largest, and he smuggled the most materials from Jiannu.&1t;/p>

"I've been tricked, I've been tricked, and I've no longer hidden money." Fan Yongdou was beaten to tears, shouting with tears in his eyes.&1t;/p>

"I'm not honest." The Jinyiwei Captain holding a leather whip whipped another whip and a blood mark was pulled out.&1t;/p>

"Ah~!" Fan Yongdou immediately screamed like a pig, extremely miserable. The whip hit a person, and the painful footwork was definitely eroding. While Fan Yongdou screamed, his whole body also twisted wildly.&1t;/p>

But Fan Yongdou still refused to reveal any of the matter of Tibetan silver. The Jinyiwei lieutenant whipped more than a dozen times in succession. The huge pain had already reached the critical point, which made Fan Yongdou unconscious. But the Jinyiwei didn't want to let him go so easily. A basin of cold water poured on Fan Yongdou's face, and then Fan Yongdou woke up.&1t;/p>

"Get some salt water for him to taste." The Jinyiwei Baihu sitting there ordered the prison guard who was executing the execution. Soon a basin of salt water poured on Fan Yongdou.&1t;/p>

"Ah~!!" Another scream, and after a long time, the wound was still extremely painful.&1t;/p>

"How does it taste?" Jinyiwei Baihu smiled and asked Fan Yongdou who was panting and panting. The smile was in Fan Yongdou's eyes. It was a devilish smile.&1t;/p>

"I'll do it." Fan Yongdou knew that if he didn't do it, he would suffer more crimes. Fan Yongdou was a businessman. He lived a wealthy life and did not have such strong willpower. The Jinyiwei had just tortured him in a preliminary manner, so he couldn't hold on. If Fan Yongdou continued to grit his teeth and held on, he would have various tortures to greet him.&1t;/p>

After entering the peace department, if you don’t die, you will lose your skin.&1t;/p>

"Where is the silver hidden?"&1t;/p>

"Hide in the cellar on the back mountain of my house."&1t;/p>

“How many?”&1t;/p>

"One,200,000 taels."&1t;/p>

"When did you help Jiannu smuggle materials?"&1t;/p>

"The 44th year of Wanli."&1t;/p>

"How do you help Jiannu spy on intelligence?"&1t;/p>

"Bribbling court officials and sending spies..."&1t;/p>

Fan Yongdou was completely tortured and said it out like a bean to the Jinyiwei problem.&1t;/p>

In the Fufu Division, Fan Yongdou's family is also being interrogated to verify Fan Yongdou's confession. In the Fufu Division, in addition to Fan Yongdou's family, there are seven other businessmen who participated in the engagement with Jiannu and their families. The Jinyiwei was tortured and was tortured. A group of family members were crying and good days were completely gone.&1t;/p>

In contrast, the other merchants who participated in border smuggling were much luckier. Because they did not engage in the enemy with Jiannu, they only did border transactions with the Mongols and the Yarkand Khanate. So they were not imprisoned in the custody department, but were imprisoned in the Labor Reform Bureau.&1t;/p>

Of course, all the property was confiscated, but they were not sentenced to death. These merchants and their families were sentenced to only half a year of labor reform.&1t;/p>

Some merchants still hid some money in the cellar, and they would not have nothing after the labor reform.&1t;/p>

However, the eight Shanxi merchants who traded with Jiannu, this time the king of heaven really couldn't save them even if they came. After torture, they hid them in the cellar and took out the last penny.&1t;/p>

However, what faces them will be more serious torture.&1t;/p>

Jiannu's intelligence system in the pass was built by Fan Yongdou and eight others to help Jiannu's intelligence personnel enter and exit the pass, provide them with financial resources, and personally send people to spy on the information for Jiannu.&1t;/p>

Most of the spies sent by Jiannu were concentrated in the capital.&1t;/p>

After following the clues, the Jinyiwei immediately launched a thorough sweep operation in the capital. After one night of arrest, hundreds of people were caught. Three days later, more than 130 people were arrested, and Jiannu was basically caught in one fell swoop in the Ming Dynasty's intelligence network.&1t;/p>

After half a month of search and statistics, the preliminary list was presented to Zhu Youxiao's case. Wei Zhongxian looked "smile" and said to Zhu Youxiao excitedly: "Your Majesty, this time I really caught a group of fat pigs. The forty-three stores seized this time have been searched for a total of 9.63 million taels of cash, equivalent to 1.16 million yuan. In addition, there are too many shops, workshops, land, houses, IOUs, etc., and the value has not been counted yet."&1t;/p>

"So much cash!" Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised. When these merchants have money, they usually use a large amount of land to acquire various assets. If they can still have so much money, their financial resources are amazing.&1t;/p>

"In addition to this cash, the usury loans borrowed by these merchants still have more than three million yuan. The value of the grain, goods and goods in their warehouses are still counted. The grain is about one million stones."&1t;/p>

These merchants also do grain business for border troops. They usually buy land in border areas and then find people to farm. The grain is supplied to border town officials nearby, which greatly saves costs. It is the same as the one-stop production and sales of tea. They all start from the source to maximize profits.&1t;/p>

"How much land is there?" Zhu Youxiao asked.&1t;/p>

"From the land deed, the land is about 6 million mu, and the specific number of mu must be measured in the future."&1t;/p>

"Haha! This time I'm rich." Zhu Youxiao looked at the list in his hand carefully again, then laughed, not at all the steady appearance he had on weekdays.&1t;/p>

Stabilizing is often pretending, but before traveling through time, I am just an ordinary person.&1t;/p>

This time it was really rich. These smuggling merchants were simply fat, making Zhu Youxiao rich in his home instantly.&1t;/p>

'It turns out that it's a pleasure to search the house!' Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think that although the search has many side effects, that is, it will make a class hostile to him, as long as he grasps the military power and does a good job in people's livelihood, he will not be afraid of those guys causing trouble.&1t;/p>

1.16 million yuan in cash, plus the subsequent sale of assets, a large amount of silver will be recorded. The losses in the tea and horse trade in the imperial court over the years were instantly earned back.&1t;/p>

Most importantly, the trade between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia and the Yarkand Khanate will be monopolized by the royal capital in the future.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, what should those merchants do?" Wei Zhongxian asked at this time. Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, "Those merchants who smuggled Mongolia and the Yarkand Khanate will be fined and confiscated their property. It will be a symbolic labor reform for half a year! The eight merchants who smuggled materials from Jiannu and collected intelligence for Jiannu, all the men in the family were sentenced to death. They would be scavenged by car, lingchi, peeled, and let them draw lots by themselves. The women in the family were regarded as official prostitutes, and I want to avenge the people of Liaodong!"&1t;/p>

"Emperor, those merchants have many slaves and maids in their families. How do they deal with these people? The shopkeepers and friends of these eight merchants have also participated in these activities." Wei Zhongxian continued.&1t;/p>

"Those maids are not required to be reformed. Let the frontline soldiers hold a blind date meeting. If you like them, betroth them. Those slaves will be released for half a year of labor reform! The shopkeepers and friends who participated in the smuggling with Jiannu, depending on whether the participation is serious or not, the ones who should be punished should be punished and the ones who should be reformed should be punished." Zhu Youxiao decided. (To be continued...)&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!