Chapter 906 Historical greed and Zhu Zilong's determination!
Liu Jin, the super power eunuch of the Zhengde Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, was known as the "establishment of an emperor". The power was so powerful that all officials had to give him at least one thousand taels of silver when they visited him.
After Liu Jin's failure, his home was confiscated, and his number of treasures was "eighty bunches of big jade belts, 2.5 million taels of gold, and more than 50 million taels of silver, and he had no treasures."
The gold and silver exchange rate of the Zhengde Dynasty was roughly 1:62.5 million taels of gold could be converted into 15 million taels of silver. Liu Jin's property was calculated in silver, which should be more than 65 million taels.
How much is 65 million taels of silver worth?
According to the purchasing power of rice, the rice price at that time was about 400 cents per stone. 65 million taels of silver could purchase 160 million stones of rice. One stone of rice in the Ming Dynasty was about 150 kilograms today. We calculated it at 4 yuan per kilogram of rice, which can be seen:
One stone of rice = 0.4 taels of silver = 150 jin = 600 yuan!
In other words, if Liu Jin's corruption property was placed today, it would have been about 96 billion yuan, which is really a terrifying astronomical figure.
The per capita national income during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty was only 4.8 shi of rice, and the per capita national income in the Liu Jin era was only lower.
Even at 4.8 stone rice, Liu Jin's wealth was 30 million times the per capita national income at that time. A civilian in the Ming Dynasty had to do 30 million years of work and not eat or drink, so that he could accumulate wealth equivalent to Liu Jin.
The premise is that the interest on Liu Jin's property is not counted.
Obviously, some Donglin Party members could not reach the level of Liu Jin in nothing. Unless the property of all the Donglin Party members of the Ming Dynasty was calculated together, it would be possible.
No wonder Chen Yan was shocked.
Liu Zongmin wanted to ask him alone and ask so much money, it would be impossible to kill him.
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Looking at Chinese history, if there were anyone who embezzled money that was comparable to Liu Jin.
There are probably only two people!
One is Comrade Qin Hui from the Song Dynasty, and the other is Comrade Heshen from the Qing Dynasty.
Qin Hui's position: the property of the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty: "insatiable intoxication", "his family was several times richer than Zuozang". It was converted into RMB by purchasing power: about 17.6 billion yuan.
Qin Hui's property is several times that of Zuozangku, but Li Xinchuan did not explain how many times it is. We take the median number and just consider it 5 times. In this way, Qin Hui's property is about 60 million guan.
How much would it cost to convert the 60 million guan in the early Southern Song Dynasty to RMB?
The price of rice during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty was roughly 10002,000 yuan per stone. We take the median and calculate it at 1500 yuan per stone. One stone of rice in the Song Dynasty was about 110 kilograms today, while one kilogram of ordinary rice in the shopping mall today usually costs about 4 yuan.
From this we can list an equation: one stone of rice = 1500 text = 110 jin = 440 yuan!
Qin Hui's 60 million guan can buy about 40 million shi of rice. According to the above equation, it can be estimated that Qin Hui's property is about 17.6 billion yuan.
Obviously, he can only rank third among the three corrupt officials.
Let’s look at Comrade Heshen again!
He was the head of the Qing Dynasty military minister, and his home search list was included in the "Heshen Crime Files".
Heshen's property has been estimated at more than 200 million taels of silver, while He's houses, gardens, treasures, antiques, etc. have not been estimated at, and they are not included.
How much is the more than 200 million taels of silver in Heshen’s era worth today?
The rice price during the Qianlong-Jiaqing period was about 10001600 ci per stone. We take the median and calculate it at 1300 ci per stone. One stone of rice in the Qing Dynasty was about 150 kilograms today, and one kilogram of ordinary rice today costs about 4 yuan, so the formula can be listed as follows:
One stone of rice = 1.3 taels of silver = 150 jin = 600 yuan!
Heshen’s 200 million taels of silver could buy 150 million stones of rice, but today the rice price is about 90 billion yuan.
It is the most greedy person in Chinese history, the first champion, and no one can do anything to him.
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At this moment, Chen Yan screamed and fainted again.
Next, he pressed the Grand Secretary Wei Zaode. Wei Zaode never dreamed that he would have today. If he had known about today, he would have escaped from the capital early or defended the city to the end. He would never be a traitor!
Liu Zongmin asked him for money, but he insisted that there was no.
Finally, Liu Zongmin was furious: "You were promoted to a cabinet minister after three years of officialdom. You must have used a lot of money to do things. If you don't give money, you will say that the former emperor is not. The emperor is sorry for you. How dare you accused him of being a foolish monarch in the Wudao? Give money quickly, otherwise you will be better than death than life!"
Wei Zaode howled shrillly, his fingers broke and fainted on the spot!
Immediately afterwards, it was Zhou Kui's turn again.
Liu Zongmin changed the criminal law and imposed a punishment of burning him, causing the sound of burning his flesh to sound.
Zhou Kui screamed and said that he really had no money. Liu Zongmin didn't believe it, so he tortured his son until he died in front of him. The Zhou family immediately lost their sons and grandsons!
This is not over yet. Liu Zongmin still made someone fuck his family of women in front of him and they were all forced to death.
The tragic situation in front of him made Zhou Kui feel like he was in a dream. Before he died, he remembered what Wang Chengen said to him a few months ago: "The big thing has passed, what's the benefit of saving and producing more?"
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world.
Finally, when he was dying, he regretted and realized.
Tears rolled down, murmured into the sky and whimpered, "Your Majesty, I regret it... This world is better for the Ming Dynasty."
After saying that, Zhou Kui took his last breath and the whole family died at this point.
In the dark cell, British Duke Zhang Shize was curled up on the ground, and his body was no longer human. As an official who had practiced martial arts, he could hold on until now.
However, it is almost at its limit.
In a few days, he tried eighteen criminal laws.
He had been pinched, burned, brain-wrapped, etc... and before that, his wife, his son, and his daughter were all tainted and died in front of him.
Especially the sons, Liu Zongmin was even more in front of him and died!
Other Donglin Party officials in the same cell regretted the tragic situation when they saw other people.
"Your Majesty, I am ashamed of you. If I had known this day, I would have supported moving the capital as soon as possible."
"I am ashamed of..."
When they all regretted it, British Duke Zhang Shize also died of anger.
In just a few days!
Liu Zongmin's "Bi Sheng Zhenfu Department" has achieved fruitful results, with more and more stolen silver, up to more than 90 million taels of silver, 20% more than recorded in history. In addition, nnn 10,000 stones of grain and grass and countless treasures, it is a super bumper harvest!
For a time, the officials and relatives in the capital were both honored and wealthy.
In the homes of some officials and tyrants who were fortunately not dead, men acted as cannon fodder, miners or slaves. Female families acted as official prostitutes, thousands of people touched and ten thousand people rode for generations!
Young people with white faces even act as Longyang, giving some thief generals to male prostitutes and chrysanthemums.
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Just when Li Zicheng was in the capital where Zhu Zilong gave up, he followed his plan to clean up property and officials who should have died.
Far from the front line, Zhu Zilong's army and Daming's Wang Jun also fought with the Qing army to the final stage.
The current situation is that if Zhu Zilong leads the team to attack, the final victory will be certain, but the casualties will be very large.
And this is obviously not in the interests of Zhu Zilong and the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, it was also one of the strong support Dorgon believed that he could persevere until now and the two sides were in stalemate. During this period, he kept making detailed arrangements and sent a message of cooperation to Li Zicheng in the capital.
Unfortunately, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin are making all their money, so they don’t care about the life or death of his teammate.
What's more, Li Zicheng came, and he was surrounded by the Qing army and Shanhaiguan. It was the earliest time he died.
The problem now is whether Zhu Zilong is willing to sacrifice such a great person.
Is Zhu Zilong willing?
Haha, of course I don’t want to. What’s the most important thing about his power? Talent! Especially in the Ming Dynasty, where the illiteracy rate is as high as 99%, can my younger brother be sacrificed at will?
Sometimes, he really wants to throw the nuclear warhead in the Dragon Ball space over and finish it.
However, thinking that it is my territory near Shanhaiguan, it will be of great use in the future. It will be a good idea to get a nuclear warhead at that time. But how can I explain it?
And, what should I do if nuclear pollution?
Do you still need to live in this place and develop?
It seems to be even more unsubstantiable!
After thinking about it, Zhu Zilong decided to return to the 21st century of modern times without delay. Buy a batch of conventional, non-polluted modern weapons and take the risk of solving the gold at one time.
You know, the Qing army had scattered its country. If they were destroyed in this battle, there would basically be no Qing Later Jin race in history.
The effort is not proportional to the risk, and it is definitely worth investing.
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Chapter completed!