Chapter 97 Drastic measures

"Wonderful."

Zhu Houzhao showed joy on his face and supported the royal family members to participate in the division of the family and dismembered the huge lord group. How big a storm could the lord group make in the future?

"Yan Song, if this plan succeeds, I will remember your great contribution!"

"Your Majesty, supporting the feudal princes to divide their families is certainly a good strategy to divide the feudal princes in various places, but who gets how much land is also a big problem!"

Wang Yangming frowned.

A vassal king has many clan branches under him. Whoever gets too much or who gets too little will cause a lot of chaos.

As the saying goes, don't worry about scarcity, but worry about inequality.

"Everything will be divided according to the head. How many people get as much land as possible!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled coldly and said that he had no intention of giving away all the land owned by the local vassal king.

"Since he came to power, he has spared no effort to suppress all forces. He is as ruthless and decisive as Emperor Taizu. How can he be hijacked by them?"

They spend money everywhere and look for favors. However, at this time, no one can save them. In the past, those who were oppressed by them were like Sun Tzu. When they took office in Jiangnan, they had to meet them first and obtain their approval before they could live in Jiangnan.

They were all sick at this time.

"There is no future!"

He was very ill, almost terminally ill, and could not even see them! The doors were closed and no one could be seen.

"Gao Feng, you are going too far!"

The arrests have come to the Duke of Wei's mansion. Gao Feng is so brave.

If it was really to find out the remaining members of Qikangping, how could they find the Xu family of Wei Guogong?

His grandson Xu Pengju was just confused for a moment, couldn't he leave a way for Xu Pengju to survive? The Xu family was also the founding father of the Ming Dynasty!

"Wei Guogong, I would like to advise you not to harm the entire Wei Guogong family for the sake of a grandson."

Gao Feng replied unceremoniously, not afraid at all.

At the Suzhou Magistrate's Yamen, the wife of Suzhou Magistrate Hu Zanzong had a sad look on her face, and was very puzzled by Hu Zanzong's practice of hiding from the wealthy gentry and wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the land of Jiangnan, the great eunuch Gao Feng seemed to have gone crazy, constantly checking the wealthy gentry and wealthy families in Jiangnan, as if he wanted to hollow out Jiangnan.

Gao Feng's eyes were full of ridicule. Xu Pengju participated in dragging Qi Kangping into seclusion and committed many illegal crimes. He wanted to let him go, but the emperor would not agree.

Moreover, the Duke of Wei's Xu family, as one of the old nobles, was originally the key target of the emperor's suppression. Now that he has caught the Xu family's pigtails, how can he let them go so easily.

Duke Xu of Wei gritted his teeth and hated Gao Feng to death, as well as Zhu Houzhao behind Gao Feng.

"How many acres of land can be allocated to one person? Please come up with a charter for me as soon as possible."

The wanton cleansing of Jiangnan was revenge from the emperor. The investigation of Qikang Ping's remnants was just an excuse. The purpose was to completely clean Jiangnan.

"After this purge, the gentry and wealthy families no longer have the final say in Jiangnan. The imperial court is the only authority in Jiangnan."

"Eunuch Gao, you don't tell lies in front of a real person. How do you want to let my grandson go? You might as well say it bluntly."

"Master, if we avoid them like this, we will inevitably be resented in the future!"

He now bears the emperor's orders and has the right to kill first and report later. A Duke of Wei who has nothing left but honor really has no right to be afraid of him.

"Wei Guogong, you must also know why our family is here, so there is no need to pretend to be confused and hand him over. We will turn around and leave without any further offense."

After saying something meaningful, Hu Zanzong kept running the brush on the rice paper and scratching out the four words "Serve the country with loyalty and loyalty", which stirred up waves in his heart.

At that time, almost half of the gentry and wealthy families in Jiangnan were reduced. For a long time, people with a certain status in Jiangnan did not dare to sleep too hard for fear of being suddenly taken away in their sleep!

Now that the storm of the Great Purge is sweeping across them again, they are still as powerless as ever. Apart from fear, there is only fear.

"It was even more stupid to drag Qi Kangping into the water. It gave the emperor a reason to clean up Jiangnan. Look at those people who were captured by the eunuch Gao Feng. None of them had anything to do with Qi Kangping."

His opportunity has come, and he no longer has to live in idleness under the oppression of Jiangnan gentry and wealthy families!

He became an official in the third year of Zhengde. He was also a direct official promoted by Zhu Houzhao, but he was hidden deeper than Qi Kangping, who was dragged into the water.

The shadow of terror shrouded the entire Jiangnan, reminding many people of the extremely bloody purge that took place after King Ning's rebellion was suppressed.

The Xu family was in decline. It was not as good as the British Zhang family, who was deeply trusted by the emperor, or even the Mu family, the Duke of Guizhou, who guarded Yunnan, but it was not something that Gao Feng, a dead eunuch, could bully at will.

First, the Jiang family, a wealthy family in Suzhou, was arrested by Gao Feng on the pretext of bribing court officials with the intention of colluding with officials and businessmen. All their property was confiscated and the whole family was sent to Liaodong.

When an ordinary man is angry, his blood will be splashed five steps; when an emperor is angry, his blood will be scattered all over the place.

Only a few days after the Qi Kangping and Zhu Yueqi incidents, a new wave surged again.

"According to the order!"

"Gao Feng, what exactly do you want to do?"

The already extremely old Duke of Wei, Xu Er, was furious. Looking at the eunuch Gao Feng in front of him, he wished he could kill him with a sword.

"In addition, I will leave it to you, Yan Song, to preside over the division of the feudal king's land."

"But if you are still stubborn, don't blame our family for not giving you face!"

"They are too self-righteous. They think that by relying on their wealth and power in Jiangnan, they can influence the will of that person. They are simply naive."

"Just watch, things are going to change in Jiangnan!"

The Qian family in Qiantang, the Su family in Hangzhou, and the Zhang family in Nanxun were all making waves in the south of the Yangtze River. The unscrupulous gentry and wealthy families were ruthlessly suppressed by Gao Feng. Although they were scolded, it was in vain.

Hu Zanzong held a fine Langhao pen and wrote the four words "Serve the country with loyalty and loyalty" on the rice paper. He said lightly: "After this great purge, there will no longer be any room for them to survive in Jiangnan!"

Hu Zanzong saw the situation very clearly. The emperor had been dissatisfied with Jiangnan for more than a day or two. This time, the Jiangnan gentry united with the civil service group and used Qi Kangping as a pawn to lose the emperor's face, which offended the emperor to death.

The local vassal kings were all first-rate rich men. The land granted by the imperial court and the land they had seized by force were beyond human imagination.

What Zhu Houzhao wanted was to allocate part of the land owned by the vassal king to the royal family members, and then no longer care about their life and death, allowing them to make a living on their own, while the remaining land would be nationalized and redistributed.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Xu Chu forced himself to calm down. He knew that Gao Feng, or the person behind Gao Feng, did not want Xu Pengju's life, but the attitude of his Wei Guogong Xu family.

"Wei Guogong is a smart man after all. Since you have said so, our family will not play riddles with you."

"We can let Xu Pengju go if we want, but the Xu family must unconditionally support His Majesty's reform."

Gao Feng took a deep look at Xu Yan and said, "This request shouldn't be too much!"
Chapter completed!