When the new emperor ascended the throne, Yan Song's party was beaten up in one go. Logically speaking, it should be celebrated, but this is not the case.

Most of the courtiers were trembling and full of fear, and they were so anxious that they could be said to be in a panic all day long. Why is this?

It’s very simple. With Yan Song’s “strong promotion”, corruption has become a trend. There are very few civil and military officials in the court who are not greedy or corrupt, and they are all afraid!

What if the emperor goes crazy and as long as there are corrupt officials, they will be severely punished and not loaned.

Of course, Zhu Zai Di would not do this, and Yang Cong did not intend to clean up all the civil and military officials in the court, but he did not intend to spare these corrupt officials just now.

This time, he wants to shock these guys and let them completely get rid of the corruption problem.

As for how to intimidate these corrupt officials, it is very simple. The three clans of the corrupt official Yan Song were killed and all their property was confiscated, so that these guys could gain a memory!

Yan Song has been in the officialdom for more than 50 years and has been a minister for less than 20 years. He has been in charge of the most abundant yamen such as the Ministry of Personnel and the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue for a long time. Regarding the seriousness of corruption, I am afraid that few people in history can compare with it. So, how much money did he greedy?

Yang Cong was also quite curious about this issue, so he decided to lead the team to confiscate Yan Song's home.

On this day, the capital was crowded with people because the court had already posted a notice that the newly promoted cabinet minister, Minister of Rites, Marquis of Hui'an, and Emperor's teacher Yang Cong would personally go to copy the home of the corrupt official Yan Song!

Before dawn, teams of Jinyiwei had already surrounded the entire Yan Mansion tightly. The people who came to see the fun gathered one after another to the periphery of Yan Mansion one after another. People were everywhere on the streets, walls, and even on the big trees on the streets. Everyone wanted to know how much money Yan Song, a corrupt official who "shakes the past and present", greed.

After the morning court, Yang Cong and Lu Bing brought hundreds of Jinyiwei to the gate of Yan Mansion with great courage.

At this time, Yan Song and Yan Shifan had already been sentenced to death, and the servants of the Yan family had already been confined to the mansion, and the gate of the Yan Mansion had already been opened, waiting for them to go in and copy.

Yang Cong specially ordered the Jinyiwei to arrange an array in front of the gate of Yan Mansion, and he was posing like a performer. Then he waved his hand and said loudly: "Let me search in and do not let go of any valuable property!"

Hundreds of Jinyiwei responded to his orders and rushed into Yan's mansion quickly. The scene was really a bit amazing.

What you want is this effect, it depends on whether you corrupt officials dare to be greedy in the future.

Yang Cong sneered in his heart, then he called Lu Bing to walk towards Yan's mansion.

He has never been to Yan Song's mansion. After all, the two are mortal enemies, so he can't come to visit Yan Song.

When he walked into Yan's mansion, even the rich children like him who had a great reputation in the Ming Dynasty were shocked.

Yan's mansion is indeed extremely luxurious. I won't talk about the strange flowers and plants on both sides of the road. Even the flower marbles are made of good white marble. There is no such luxurious in the palace, okay?

When I walked into the welcoming lobby, I saw it even more amazing. Whether it was the tables, chairs, or benches, they were made of expensive ebony and mahogany. How much money did this guy have to pay!

Yang Cong walked around the lobby boredly and accidentally discovered that the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall seemed to have a very charming look. He couldn't help but walk forward curiously and take a closer look.

Good guy, he was shocked when he saw the signature on it, Su Shi, Wu Daozi, Fan Kuan...

All the calligraphy and paintings hung in this lobby were done by everyone in the previous dynasty!

As for whether it is a fake, Yang Cong is not suspicious at all. Just kidding, what character Yan Song can make a joke about the fake?

Since they dare to put it here, it is definitely genuine!

Although calligraphy and paintings are not very valuable these days, it depends on who they are. For example, the calligraphy and paintings of famous masters of the previous dynasty were at least thousands of taels per piece. In other words, just a few calligraphy and paintings hanging in this lobby were worth tens of thousands of taels of silver!

Yang Cong sighed secretly, and then told Lu Bing: "Let them be careful when they see calligraphy and paintings, don't break them, maybe one of them will be thousands or even tens of thousands of taels."

Damn, so valuable!

Although Lu Bing is rich, he doesn’t have that much money. He buys calligraphy and paintings for thousands of taels or even tens of thousands of taels. To be honest, he really can’t afford it!

He quickly explained that all the Jinyiwei who participated in the search of the house were careful and careful not to break the calligraphy and paintings.

In fact, Yan Song’s calligraphy and paintings are also quite valuable. Due to the deliberate pursuit of some shameless officials, Yan Song’s casual calligraphy and paintings are at least several hundred taels. If they could be passed down to later generations, his calligraphy and paintings will definitely be more than a thousand taels.

Of course, these are all later stories, so I won’t be able to explain it for the time being.

Yang Cong and Lu Bing waited in the welcoming lobby for less than an hour, and then Qianhu, a Jinyiwei, came over with the account book. Lu Bing took it and opened it. He saw that he was full of all the account book.

However, the gold and silver seem a bit abnormal. No matter how much Yan Song is, he can't just be greedy for this, right?

He couldn't help but wonder, "That's all?"

The hundred households quickly bowed and said, "Sir, we have just searched the main house, but we haven't started the other place yet."

Lu Bing nodded, handed the account book to Yang Cong, and then stopped talking.

When Yang Cong took the account book, he saw that the gold and silver were indeed a little less, only a few thousand taels, how could it be?

However, Yan Song and Yan Shifan and his son were also luxurious enough. The basin for washing their faces, the bowl for eating, and even the spittoons were made of gold and silver. These food items alone combined for hundreds of kilograms!

Yang Cong flipped through it casually and then told him: "Send some people to dig and dig three feet into the ground to find out the corruption of Yan's father and son."

Hearing this, the thousand households hurriedly bowed their orders and left.

After about an hour, the Qianhu finally hurried over and said happily: "Sir, the secret room where Yan's father and son hide their belongings have been found."

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but say with interest: "Oh, take me to see."

After saying that, he stood up, waved to Lu Bing, and then followed the thousand households out.

Under the leadership of the Qianhu, they turned left and right, and after nearly a quarter of an hour, they finally arrived at a very spacious courtyard. According to the Qianhu, this is the courtyard where Yan Shifan lives.

At this moment, there was no sign of digging in the yard, but the master bedroom had been dug into a mess. It turned out that a huge gap was still dug out of the wardrobe. There seemed to be many Jinyiwei holding torches underneath to count things.

Yang Cong walked down the stairs dug out and saw that it was not a secret room inside, but many secret rooms connected together. The secret room was full of boxes filled with gold, silver and treasures. If you roughly estimate it, it was at least a few million taels.

Is this right? The corrupt property of Yan Song and his son should be hidden in these secret rooms.

In the end, it took nearly a day to search for Yan's mansion.

The gold and silver obtained should not be much, roughly more than 30,000 taels of gold and more than 4 million taels of silver.

However, there are many antique calligraphy and paintings, including more than 3,000 calligraphy and paintings.
Chapter completed!