I want to ruin the country

Mr. Chen thought to himself, could it be that Kong Xiangguo sent someone to kill him? He asked,

"Tell me, who sent you here!"

The man didn't say a word!

Chen Fuen said,

“It doesn’t matter whether you tell it or not, Kong Xiangguo will be arrested tomorrow, and he won’t be able to escape punishment for his crimes!

If you tell the truth and make meritorious contributions, perhaps I can spare your life!"

When the man heard this, he realized it was over, all over. It was no use saying anything, so he had to say,

"Since everyone knows, I have nothing to hide. It was Master Kong who sent me here!"

Chen Fuen thought about it and realized that he had really caused a lot of trouble for the Kong family recently. Kong Xiangguo must be desperate!

After recording the confession, Lord Chen ordered Cai Chenghu to

"Go and arrest Kong Xiangguo!"

Cai Chenghu brought his men to the general's office, but surprisingly, Kong Xiangguo had already escaped!

It turned out that Kong Xiangguo sent more than one person to assassinate Chen Fu. When the others saw that the assassin was caught, they hurried back to report.

Kong Xiangguo knew the consequences of being exposed, so he ran away quickly!

Chen Fuen submitted a memorial to the emperor, telling him about Kong Xiangguo's affairs.

Yining was furious. "Murdering the Qipchaq minister is equivalent to murdering the emperor. Confiscate his property and arrest everyone in his clan!"

Some ministers wanted to speak, but in the end they didn't dare!

The emperor is right. Anyone who commits treason will be executed along with his entire family, no matter who it is!

Not to mention the descendants of Confucius, even Confucius himself would lose his head if he did this, no problem!

Chen Fu'en was not stabbed because he was wearing a golden robe given to him by the emperor, and the dagger did not penetrate him. He was really grateful for the emperor's foresight, otherwise he would not be sure whether he could survive!

The Kong Mansion, which had existed for more than two thousand years, was raided. The Kong family was truly wealthy enough to rival a country!

Countless gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, treasures, and land deeds were copied out. It is no exaggeration to describe them as mountains of gold and silver!

Of course, the more than one million shi of grain from the Kong family also became food for the hungry people.

Yining remembered that when he was a child, farmers had to go to the village grain station to pay summer levies after harvesting wheat every year.

In the most profitable year, each person contributed 170 to 180 kilograms of wheat, and their county could harvest nearly 100 million kilograms of wheat a year.

Now the Kong family has more than one million shi of grain, and one shi is 125 jin. Their family’s grain reserves exceed more than 100 million jin, which is more than the grain reserves of a large county in later generations.

Holy shit, how much space does the Kong family’s granary take up?

If they sold all this grain at a high price, they would have made a profit of nearly two million silver coins. No wonder their family was as rich as a country!

After the Kong family was raided, the situation of buying grain was completely opened up.

The rest of the gentry, including Ma Lao Da, Niu Lao Er, and Lu Lao San, obediently opened their granaries and sold most of the grain to Chen Fuen at a fair price.

The landlords and gentry in Yanzhou Prefecture sold a total of 100,000 shi of grain.

One hundred thousand shi is more than ten million jin, which can save a lot of people. With this great harvest, Yining is more determined to rob the rich and help the poor!

Emperor Jiaqing copied Heshen and left a sentence, "Heshen fell, Jiaqing was full!"

Now we can also say that once the Kong family fell, Yining was overwhelmed!

Now he is finally not short of money!

Yining called Du Shoutian, Duanhua, Ruijin and Wenqing and said,

"Now that the relief work for the famine victims is on track, the people will soon enter the summer harvest, summer management, and summer planting season. Should we do something?"

Du Shoutian Road,

"Just tell me what the Emperor has to say!"

Others mean the same thing. If you have an idea, just say it directly. Don’t play this guessing game!

Yining said,

"I want to send people to buy cattle and horses outside the country!"

Duanhua asked,

"What are you buying cows and horses for?"

Yining Road,

"I want to buy cows, horses, donkeys, and mules and rent them out to the people for farming!"

When he heard about buying cattle and horses, Ruijin was so frightened that he waved his hands hastily.

"Your Majesty, I have no money."

Yining was very happy.

"Shut up first, I have plenty of money, I don't need your money!"

Ruijin muttered softly,

"You confiscated so much money from the Kong family, but you didn't give me a penny to spend!"

Du Shoutian sat upright and pretended not to hear, while Duanhua and Wenqing covered their mouths and laughed secretly.

Ruijin glared at Wenqing angrily and thought to himself, you old thing, is there anyone in the world richer than you?

Yining no longer paid attention to Ruijin and said,

"Nowadays, people rely on carrying things on their shoulders and lifting them up to farm, which is really inefficient!

Now that we have money, we can buy some cattle, horses, donkeys, and mules and distribute them to the people. Let them have one animal for every 20 or 30 people. This will greatly increase productivity!"

Several people's eyes lit up, and Duan Hua asked,

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? How do we do it specifically?"

"I haven't thought it through yet. I just have this idea, like asking the people to pay some rent. We can discuss the specific implementation later!"

Du Shoutian Road,

“That’s a huge number!”

Yining Road,

"We can do it in many ways. Farmers can buy it themselves, and we will provide a certain amount of subsidies!"

"This is a good idea. It will save the court some effort!"

Yining Road,

"I would like to ask Prince Zheng to take charge of this matter. What do you think?"

Duanhua Road,

"No problem, my servant. But how much do you want to buy?"

Yining Road,

"I don't know either, just buy it and see!"

Duanhua Road,

"The slave obeys the order!"

Yining Road,

"There are a lot of cats among these animals, so be careful!"

Duanduan Huadao,

"I'll just find a few more helpers so that they won't cheat me!"

Yining Road,

"I trust your character, but don't expect me to let you go if you mess up!"

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will be extremely careful!"

Yining Road,

"Ruijin, you must cooperate with Prince Zheng on this matter. You still have to deliver the livestock he bought!"

"I'll do my best!"

Yining Road,

"If anything goes wrong with the one I bought, I'll find him. If anything happens to this one, I'll find you! We must get these animals into the hands of the poor! Starting from the capital, Zhili, and Shandong!"

"I've made note of this!"

Du Shoutian Road,

"Your Majesty, after the Kong family incident, I heard a rumor that someone was going to stir up trouble!"

"What's going on?"

"We've raided the Kong family, but we still haven't appointed a new Duke of Yansheng. The scholars want to boycott the exam!"

Yining was delighted when he heard this.

"Haha, I just despise these sour and hypocritical things. If they want to boycott the exam, then don't take it!"

Ruijin Road,

"Your Majesty, holding an imperial examination is the right path after all. I advise Your Majesty to be cautious. If you offend the scholars of the world, some things will be difficult to deal with!"

Yining sneered,

"What I fear is that there will be no one to cultivate the land, what I fear is that there will be no one to raise cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and fish, and I am absolutely not afraid that scholars will not take the examinations!

If they are just angry, I will ignore them. If they go too far, I will punish them. If they want to rebel, I have sharpened my sword and am waiting for them!

Du Shoutian Road,

"A scholar's rebellion would fail in three years. They wouldn't rebel, but they would definitely spread rumors and stir up trouble, misleading the people!"

Yining Road,

"They just make trouble. As long as I can make the people live a good life, I'm not afraid of anything!"