"How much bail is required?" Jiang Guomao asked impatiently. He couldn't stay here for a quarter of an hour, and it was terrible to see it. At night, he heard the screams like a ghost scream, which was creepy and painful when he heard the sound. Xu Liang smiled and said, "With the value of at least five or six million silver in the shopkeeper Jiang's family, he had to pay one million in bail, right?"

"One million? That's how much?" He was about to take away one-fifth of his property. Without Jiang Guomao's wealth, he still felt very painful.

"Shopkeeper Jiang, we will give you three days to consider. If you think about it, tell us that we will help you send a letter to your family and ask your family to redeem the people with silver. If you don't want to give it, it's okay. You have lived here for a year and a half. Anyway, the major case of rebellion cannot be solved so quickly."

He was frightened by hearing this for a year and a half. If he had lived here for a year and a half, he might have died here. He calculated that he could go out alive and would not have nightmares every day after going out? So he agreed: "Okay, I'll hand it over and let my family get one million."

The next day, Jiang Guomao's family took a bail of one million taels of silver and redeemed Jiang Guomao.

As for the case that the bail will be refunded, don't think about it. How can a major case of rebellion be solved so quickly? Even ten years later, the Jinyiwei can still announce that there are still criminals who are fleeing and have not been arrested yet. You can go home and wait slowly.

Zheng Yuanxun was quite unlucky. Although he did not participate in this major case, he wanted to host a banquet for Chongzhen, and the assassin also appeared in his family. If it were based on the character of Emperor Hongwu at that time, Zheng Yuanxun's nine clans could have been destroyed.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was ruthless and could not bear to kill innocent people. Therefore, Zheng Yuanxun had to choose to lose money and eliminate disasters. His film garden was confiscated by the Jinyiwei, and all confiscated property was regarded as evidence of crime and was confiscated into the warehouse, which allowed the family to survive.

How dare he get the two little maids taken away by Zhang Shuheng? Not only did he not dare to get the maid back, he also compensated a young daughter and a few nieces to serve as concubines for the commendable Jinyiwei.

Although Zheng Yuanxun lost money and lost all his money, his salt merchant qualifications were still there, and his various networks and ways were still there. After giving his daughter and niece to the Jinyiwei, he was protected by the Jinyiwei. Soon after, he became rich again, until he later competed with other salt merchants in the business field and was killed by the ruffians bought by other salt merchants.

Let’s talk about the escaped culprit Chen Zhilin. After the incident, he and Yangzhou City Gate opened the next morning, when the Yangzhou city gate opened, they fled to the capital.

The capital and Northern Zhili had already fallen into the hands of the Qing Dynasty. Chen Zhilin went to the capital and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. After he joined the Qing Dynasty, he first visited Hong Chengchou, hoping that Hong Chengchou could recommend a position to him.

After Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji never valued him. After Huang Taiji's death, Dorgon attached great importance to Hong Chengchou, so he appointed him as the Prince Taibao, the Minister of War and the Right Censor of the Censorate. Hong Chengchou, who was highly valued by Dorgon, was grateful and vowed to serve the Qing Dynasty.

"Chongzhen, Chongzhen, why don't you die? If you die, it will be easy for our Qing Dynasty to seize the world. Just put forward the banner of avenging Chongzhen, and the gentry in the world will come to surrender." Hong Chengchou sat in the study and murmured to himself.

"Sir, there are scholars from the south who come to visit you outside and say that they want to see you, sir." At this time, a Goshha came to report.

"Who is it?" Hong Chengchou asked.

"The man claimed to be a southern scholar Chen Zhilin, who deliberately defected to the Qing Dynasty and said he had to report it again."

After hearing the name Chen Zhilin, Hong Chengchou remembered that this person was a Jinshi for the tenth year of Chongzhen, so he nodded: "Let him come in."

Goshha took Chen Zhilin into the hall and asked him to sit down and wait in the hall. After a while, Hong Chengchou, wearing a robe and a ruby ​​on his head, walked out from behind the screen.

When Chen Zhilin saw Hong Chengchou, he quickly knelt down: "Master Hong, the grass-roots Chen Zhilin fled from the south and wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty..."

"Bold! You are not the Grand Master who screams? You must call Lord Hong!" Goshha next to him roared.

"Sir?" Chen Zhilin was stunned. He thought to himself, "Don't the parents mean? In the Ming Dynasty, he could only call his parents an adult. Why did the officials an adult call him an emperor?

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "Young Master Chen, this is the rule of our Qing Dynasty. Whether the people call officials or the lower officials call Shangguan, they must be called Lord."

Chen Zhilin kowtowed quickly: "Caomin has met Lord Hong!"

Hong Chengchou stretched out his hand and helped Chen Zhilin up: "It's a good thing for the Southern scholars to come to join our Qing Dynasty! Please sit there quickly."

Chen Zhilin sat down and Hong Chengchou asked, "Why did Mr. Chen abandon his southern family business and come to the north to invest in the Qing Dynasty?"

"Mr. Hong, the villain is already desperate in the south! The foolish monarch harms the scholars of the world! He escaped from the capital and passed along the way, and complained that the people were living in poverty! In Shandong, the foolish monarch heard the treacherous Li Laoer bewitched and even bombarded the scholars! When he arrived in Huai'an, the treacherous official Li Laoer attacked Gaoyou and searched all the scholars of Gaoyou! When he arrived in Yangzhou, the foolish monarch valued the eunuch party, searched the houses and killed innocent people indiscriminately! The foolish monarch was so atrocities that were even worse than the Tianqi back then. What's the difference between a thief?" Chen Zhilin said with tears in his mouth.

"Mr. Chen, your house has also been confiscated?" Hong Chengchou asked.

"That's not, but Caomin really couldn't stand the evil deeds of the foolish monarch, so he recruited righteous men to eradicate the foolish monarch. Who knew that the monarch's noses were more effective than dogs. Things failed, Caomin really had no way to survive, so he had to join the Qing Dynasty."

Hong Chengchou looked stern: "Although Chongzhen is a foolish monarch, he is also a king and father! How can you kill the monarch? Someone is coming!"

"Sir!" Chen Zhilin hurriedly left the chair and knelt on the ground, "Let's listen to Lord Hong and then take the villain down after he finished speaking."

Goshha outside walked in and was about to take down Chen Zhilin, but Hong Chengchou waved his hand: "Slow."

Chen Zhilin said: "Sir, since the tyrant monarch escaped from the capital, he is no longer qualified to be the Emperor of Ming. Now the Emperor of Ming is another person, the original King of Blessings, and now Emperor Hongguang, who ascended the throne in Nanjing, and the tyrant monarch of Chongzhen is already a pseudo-emperor. The gentry in the world supports Emperor Hongguang."

After hearing what Chen Zhilin said, Hong Chengchou was overjoyed and said in his heart: It's really sleepy and gives a pillow! That's great! Hong already has a plan to destroy the Ming Dynasty and pacify the world!

Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou quickly helped Chen Zhilin up: "Young Master Chen, I can recommend you and ask the Regent to give you a position. You can go back first and wait patiently."

Chen Zhilin thanked him and left. As soon as he left, Hong Chengchou asked someone to prepare a sedan chair and rushed to the mansion of the Regent Dorgon.

"Prince! Good news, good news!" As soon as he saw Dorgon, Hong Chengchou quickly knelt on the ground and couldn't wait to report.

"What good news?" Dorgon asked.

"Prince, although Chongzhen is not dead, the Nanjing court does not recognize him as the emperor and makes King Fu the emperor." Hong Chengchou said.

"This, the Lone King had known about it for a long time." Dorgon said with a smile.

Hong Chengchou said again: "Prince, it would be great if things were just that simple. Not only that, Prince, do you know that Chongzhen could not escape, and he poisoned the gentry all the way, and complained? Moreover, Chongzhen also valued the eunuch king Chengen and Cao Huachun, reopened the factory guards, and confiscated the homes of countless gentry. The methods were even more absurd and poisoned the people. What's more, the tyrant king actually formed an alliance with the gentry! This move is really a grudge against heaven and people!"

"Heng Jiu, what do you mean?"

"Prince, we can raise the banner of supporting Hongguang's orthodox, exercising the will of heaven, and eradicating the foolish monarchs, and sending large troops to the south! And sending envoys to Nanjing to negotiate with the people of the Southern Dynasties. We can discuss with them and work together to eliminate the bandits and the foolish monarchs!"

"Okay!" Dorgon nodded, "But Hengjiu, do you think Nanjing City can defend Li Laoer's attack?"

Hong Chengchou replied: "It doesn't matter whether Hongguang can block it or not. The most important thing is that once our banner is launched, all the gentry in the world will inevitably come to vote!"

"A clever plan! It's a clever plan!" Dorgon was overjoyed, "Heng Jiu, if you unify the world, you will be the number one hero of my Qing Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!