Chapter 469

The storm didn't completely end until the end of October. Nanzhili and Zhejiang were the most affected, and other provinces had little impact.

Of course, there were many rebellions during the period, but almost all of them were suppressed at the first time. Obviously, without preparation, the gentry, landlords and large businessmen everywhere were like a plate of loose sand.

The targets of this family copying are mainly those aristocratic families and Lianghuai salt merchants. In fact, there are few merchants who are really copied, and most of them are only fines. After all, if these people are also copied, the economy of the whole Jiangnan will be paralyzed.

As for the salt merchants, they must be destroyed. If the salt merchants in the Qing Dynasty were only pigs kept by the emperor, then all the salt merchants in the Ming Dynasty would die.

Daqin firms have spread all over Jiangnan. As long as the salt households in Lianghuai are controlled in time and their production continues to be stopped, the salt supply will not be affected.

The so-called official aristocratic families, in addition to moaning all day without illness, extravagance and debauchery, have made close contributions to the society. Even if they are all killed, they will not affect the lives of ordinary people. At best, the brothel business along the Qinhuai River and everywhere will be greatly hit.

Huang Taiji, who was far away in the north, did not want to take advantage of the weakness, but Houjin also needed to stabilize the occupied territory, buy people's hearts and recruit troops. He also needed to capture Shanxi and Shandong first.

In the imperial study, Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the supervision office, two third grade ladies, and Wang can, the head of the court, all waited nervously.

Qin Huan, who was behind the book case, looked through the thick books patiently. Although his face was calm, his heart was pounding.

This time, more than 500 aristocratic families, large and small, and more than 30 large businesses were raided, of which nearly 100 were to be beheaded, while the other 300 were to be exiled.

Even so, the number of people killed was as high as 6000, including nearly 10000 wives and ladies who were filled with official prostitutes, and more than 50000 exiles.

Qin Huan let go of the slaves and collateral servants of all families, as well as the concubines without children, and only punished the immediate relatives, otherwise it would be as high as hundreds of thousands.

It can be said that all the prestigious official families in Jiangnan were caught.

The property seized was also shocking, with a total of 250 million taels of silver, 10 million taels of gold, other jewelry, calligraphy and painting, cloth, porcelain, grain and livestock.

The number of maids owned by each family is as high as 100000, there are thousands of luxurious houses and forests, and the land is more than 50 million mu.

It can be said that these 500 families almost occupy nearly 80% of the wealth of Daming, 50% of the beautiful women and 10% of the land. They are also these people who actually control the destiny of this country for more than 100 years.

After reading the pamphlet compiled by the supervision office, Qin Yu took a deep breath and had no pity in his heart. It can be said that all these people should die. Even if they were less greedy, the whole Han nationality would not be reduced to the point of eternal disaster in the end.

Zhang Yan on one side was also shocked. Where was the little mouth like the queen with ordinary dignified manners? She completely became a frightened baby.

Qin Huan then picked up the official document submitted by the court and looked through it for a while. He wrote and prepared to sign his name and affix his seal.

"Your Majesty..." Zhang Yan jumped in her heart and cried subconsciously, because once the big seal is covered, it means that 10000 or 20000 people will fall to the ground and 50000 or 60000 people will be exiled overseas, half of them are old and weak women and children.

"What? Do you think these people should not die and should not be exiled? " Qin Huan took Da Yin's hand and looked at her in a deep voice.

"My concubines just don't want your majesty to bear the curse of eternal tyrants. Why don't you exile them all?" Zhang Yan really couldn't bear it and advised carefully.

"Yes, your majesty, I killed too much soon after the founding of the Qin Dynasty. I'm afraid it will cause panic all over the world."

Wang can also quickly kneels down. Although these people were sentenced by the court, he actually doesn't want to be sentenced so heavily. However, his Majesty's holy intention is difficult.

"Kill tens of thousands of people and enrich thousands of people in China. I have forgotten the name of a tyrant." Qin Huan said expressionless, then pressed the seal, picked up the document and handed it to the female official.

Wang can takes over the document with trembling hands and leaves with a heavy face. The prisoners detained in the prisons of prefectures and counties are waiting for the final document, because the trials have been completed and the sentences have already been pronounced.

After Wang can left, Qin Huan began to dispose of the confiscated property. After all, if so much wealth is not disposed properly, it will also cause great social unrest.

Finally, after weighing the pros and cons, all the silver was put under the name of the Ministry of accounts. Of course, it was only the figures on the bank accounts. All the real silver should be transported to the mint and made into ingots.

Jewelry, calligraphy and painting, cloth, porcelain, grain, salt, etc. are all sold by commercial firms. Those luxury houses and gardens are temporarily sealed up, and then slowly auctioned by the interior government. The income is divided equally between the interior government and the Ministry of household.

More than 50 million mu of land is easy to deal with and will be returned to the Ministry of agriculture. It will continue to be planted by those tenant mulberry farmers. Like the situation in Henan, it will receive 20% tax and prohibit private sales. The people have only the right to manage and have no right to dispose of. In the future, all land will be slowly returned to the state.

Lianghuai salt industry has set up a special salt department under the government of the interior to take over. The salt department is only responsible for the production of salt, but not for the sale. It is uniformly sold by Daqin commercial firms in various places according to the specified price. Vendors in various towns and townships can go to the commercial firms in the county to buy salt for sale.

In the past, due to the limited salt produced in Nanyang, the price of table salt remained high. This time, he completely controlled the salt industry in Lianghuai River, and then he had to build several large salt drying farms on the beach, so Qin Huan planned to reduce the price of salt to a reasonable position.

There are also three kinds of salt. One is the yellowing crude salt. The final price of the firm is 30 Wen / kg, the second is refined salt, 500 Wen / kg, and the third is snowflake salt. This kind of salt can be comparable to the quality and taste of previous lives, and the price is 22 silver / kg.

In this way, ordinary people, small households and large households can choose which kind of salt to buy. The salt mixed with sand and mud will be gone forever.

Because if the peddlers do their hands and feet and transport the salt mixed with sand to various villages and towns for sale, the people can go to the county commercial firms to buy it directly. Thirty Wen and a kilo does not have much burden on the ordinary people.

As those who should be killed were killed, those who should be exiled and those who entered the Jiaofang department were temporarily put under house arrest, and the whole Jiangnan slowly began to restore calm. However, the arrogant and domineering people in the streets in the past almost disappeared, and almost all the existing large merchants clamped their tails tightly.

The days of ordinary people are not affected, but getting better day by day, because not only the salt is several times cheaper, but prices everywhere are falling again and again as businesses begin to sell the inspected jewelry, grain and cloth.

The bank also took the opportunity to frantically recycle gold, silver and copper money and sell treasure notes and Yuan Bao to replace it. The economy of the whole south of the Yangtze River unexpectedly began to usher in a big outbreak, which made the local ruffians and hooligans in the city, as well as the water bandits and mountain bandits everywhere active.