Chapter 517 Returning to Beijing
Chapter 517 Returning to Beijing
Shen Ruyi was searching houses and interrogating people at the same time, and as he pulled out the radish, he brought out the mud, and more and more families were implicated.
I was originally investigating this matter, but inadvertently brought up another unrelated matter.
As the case continued, five more households were surrounded.
This does not include the families in the capital.
Shen Ruyi stayed here for more than half a month before she sorted out all the things here.
Almost all the prominent families in Lanling were affected.
The amount of silver seized was more than 38 million taels.
There were so many items and jewelry that were confiscated that even Shen Ruyi’s own ship could not hold them all.
There was no other choice but to requisition these newly confiscated large ships, and use them to transport the remaining supplies.
Shen Ruyi has sent all the evidence and account books to the capital one after another.
This time, Shen Ruyi planned to personally deliver the confiscated property and criminals to the capital.
She was going back anyway, so it was on her way.
I'll go fishing by the way, and try to catch it all at once on the way back.
Otherwise these people would try to kill her every other day.
When Shen Ruyi left this time, the fleet had increased to 16 ships, all filled with various valuable supplies.
Shen Ruyi directly confiscated 60% to 70% of the total wealth of Lanling Mansion.
This is wealth accumulated by several generations of people.
This time, when Shen Ruyi and his group left, Shen Ruyi was given a new nickname, "Prince of Confiscating Property."
As soon as Shen Ruyi left, the wealthy families who were still alive in the area found an excuse to celebrate.
They don't even dare to do it openly, they do it secretly.
In the eyes of the people of Lanling, Shen Ruyi is now someone who can stop children from crying just by mentioning her name.
It's very powerful.
The news that Shen Ruyi's fleet stayed in Lanling Prefecture for more than half a month and raided all the wealthy families in Lanling Prefecture spread like wildfire.
Those who are relieved are relieved, and those who are worried are worried.
The ones who were thankful were the cities that Shen Ruyi had just passed by.
The one who was most worried was naturally the path Shen Ruyi was about to take.
Especially on the way back to Beijing along the canal, the officials and aristocratic families in the prefectures that Shen Ruyi's fleet would pass by were extremely frightened.
This prince is a ruthless young man who doesn't care about feelings at all.
As a result, these adults not only searched the city again and again before Shen Ruyi arrived.
They also checked the river outside the city again and again, for fear that other forces would cause trouble within their jurisdiction.
Let them be scapegoats.
Everyone had the same idea, which was to hope that the prince whose property was confiscated could return to Beijing as soon as possible.
But they couldn't stop and linger any longer, their hearts couldn't take it.
Those families who received orders from the capital to teach Shen Ruyi and his group a lesson also quieted down.
Just pretend you never received this message.
This prince is a bit weird. Anyone who goes against her will be in trouble. She never loses.
They don't want to gamble their entire family's lives on this one-shot chance.
If you disobey the order from above, you will at most get scolded, and your future life will be somewhat difficult.
At least you don’t have to worry about losing your life.
Shen Ruyi thought that the journey would be very difficult.
Yiren, Lieutenant General Li and I made several contingency plans and various response measures in advance, just in case.
I just didn't expect that the journey would be so smooth, so smooth that it was unbelievable.
They didn't encounter any assassinations or murders along the way, so it's hard to comment.
Lieutenant General Li didn't know what to say. So, how many people had been killed and injured along the way? What did that even mean?
Does the killing to silence a witness depend on who the escorting officer is?
Brigadier General Li has become autistic. This is too hurtful to his self-esteem. Should we treat him differently in this way?
Shen Ruyi didn't know what Lieutenant General Li was thinking.
The closer he got to the capital, the more depressed he became. I thought he was thinking about what happened last time.
Thinking that everyone was busy but didn't get any benefit because of her presence.
I decided to use some of the silver I got from the house search to reward everyone, and give it out together with the money I got from last time.
As a result, Agate told her what she did last time.
Shen Ruyi said: "That's good, thank goodness you helped me clean up the mess.
Otherwise, because of me, so many young men lost their lives and got nothing in the end. I would be depressed to death.
This is what we should do. Our family doesn't lack this little money, but these families don't.
With this money, perhaps a few more people could live, and perhaps it would be enough to support their children to grow up."
Agate nodded. "Yes, that's what I thought at the beginning. I did it in the name of the government and asked the government to do it."
"Great, that's what you should do. I'll only send it this time."
"it is good."
What Shen Ruyi didn't know was that many cities and prefectures contributed to her safety on her way back to Beijing.
Just to give her no excuse to stay in the local area and to enable her to leave the place safely as quickly as possible.
Some dangerous elements just showed up as soon as they arrived at someone else's territory.
He was arrested by people sent by the local officials and was dealt with in advance.
As a result, these people had no chance to dance in front of Shen Ruyi.
All those who received the order from the capital pretended to be deaf and dumb, and no one took any action. Saving their lives was the most important thing.
In this way, after wandering around for nearly half a year, Shen Ruyi and his party returned to the familiar capital.
Does Shen Ruyi have any regrets along the way?
That's because there were too many people accompanying her, which prevented her from sneaking out to do bad things.
I had originally planned to empty someone's house, but this time I had to give up.
Just let the other person be happy for a while longer.
First send someone to escort your family back home.
Shen Ruyi, Yiren and Lieutenant General Li first handed over the prisoners to the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice.
Then, the young prince and the Minister of Revenue supervised the handover of silver and supplies.
There were so many supplies that it took five days to transport them all.
The Minister of Revenue was so happy that his eyes narrowed into slits and he called Shen Ruyi "God of Wealth."
Shen Ruyi emphasized many times, "Please change your name."
The other party agreed to it, but when they met again, he still called him "God of Wealth".
Shen Ruyi was speechless after hearing this, and tried her best to avoid this person from then on.
The people in the capital watched as the supplies took five days to transport.
Only then did I realize that I was too narrow-minded before, and I realized that some people are so rich.
Ordinary people were naturally very happy.
But the officials were not in such a good mood.
The government must be completely crazy, allowing a young child to turn Jiangnan upside down at will.
They actually searched so many houses, I don’t know what to say.
But even though their hearts were churning, no one dared to show it on their face, for fear of being spotted by the prince who would confiscate their property.
I can't afford to offend him, I really can't afford to offend him.
Shen Ruyi didn't know this, so after the handover, he took Yiren to see the emperor.
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