Chapter 357: Routine Is King

Zhu Youjian wanted to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys and deter some people with bad intentions. All those who participated in the rebellion would be publicly tried and executed regardless of whether they confessed or not. He was even too lazy to make a little perjury and accuse these people of crimes. The reason why he asked the Jinyiwei to torture them severely was just to squeeze money out of them.

As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Those rich people have the habit of burying a lot of gold, silver and jewelry to prevent accidents. Especially those aristocratic families who know how to survive better are masters of hiding money in a scattered manner. Even if the family suffers a devastating blow, their descendants can make a comeback with the family's buried treasure.

No matter how tough a man is, he can't stand the eighteen kinds of torture of the Jinyiwei. In order to die more easily, he can only confess obediently. However, not all people confessed. Some ruthless people would rather commit suicide than confess in order to keep the family going.

The hidden treasures were taken out one by one by the Jinyiwei and sent to the palace. Together with the property of dozens of wealthy merchants and aristocratic families that were confiscated, Zhu Youjian made a lot of money.

The specific data is still being counted. There are still many antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and real estate that have not been sold yet. It is roughly estimated that it is enough for him to form at least 50 new military divisions and fight a three-year long war with the Qing army.

Zhu Youjian also had to admit that there is no faster way to make money in this world than to confiscate property.

The large-scale arrests must have made the people who did not know the truth afraid of being affected, and they were inevitably panicked. In order to appease the uneasy people, Zhu Youjian once again released the navy, and the cost was only a few thousand taels of silver.

In the Ming Dynasty, he was the unrivaled king of routines.

With the emperor's support and the notorious Jinyiwei secretly taking care of them, the navy's combat effectiveness was very strong. It took only two or three days for the people of the whole city to know the whole story. The tension and fear in their hearts disappeared, and they even knelt in the direction of the palace, calling the emperor wise.

According to Zhu Youjian's explanation, the navy spread internal information among the people and publicized the crimes of those who were arrested. As for why those people rebelled, it was because they opposed the emperor's tax reduction for the people and opposed taxing merchants.

However, the reason why those people dared to rebel was that they were fooled by some powerful people. If you want to blame them, you can only blame them for being stupid. They caused the whole family to lose their heads. No one dared to believe the mastermind behind all this.

You ask me who is the mastermind behind it? I dare not say it. I am afraid of death. However, you just need to find out who instigated and encouraged merchants to close their shops and strike a few days ago, hehe.

Some words, if said too clearly, will make people suspicious. It is more effective to say half and keep the other half, and not to fire.

All the gossips reveal almost the same meaning. In order to make the people of the world live well, the emperor reduced the people's taxes, but some bad people do not want the people to live a good life. They want to continue to exploit and enslave the people. The emperor fights against those bad people on behalf of the people of the world. Everyone should fully support the emperor.

In ancient times, the common people were basically illiterate who could not even write their own names. They were simple, kind and easy to fool. The eloquence of the water army was awesome. They could turn white into black and even make the dead come alive. The fierce operation made the people more and more loyal. The Donglin Party, which once established a tall image in the minds of the people, was slowly collapsing.

The people were simple and honest. Whoever treated them well was a good person. If the emperor treated them well, he was a good emperor and worthy of support.

Zhu Youjian not only made a lot of money by confiscating their homes, but also obtained a large number of soldiers. He formed three new divisions in one go, and they were free soldiers.

In order to avoid war and famine, a large number of people had to leave their homes and sell themselves to the nobles as slaves, cultivate the land for them, and take up arms in wartime to become cannon fodder for the nobles.

Zhu Youjian confiscated the homes of these nobles, and all the farmers who sold themselves as slaves were liberated. In order to settle and bribe these farmers, he played a trick again.

As the old saying goes, routine is king.