Chapter 1196 Richness can rival the Nangong family

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Xu Changqing breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully.

"I also know that the more than 30 people caught were directly involved in this case, but this does not mean that the people who came just now are absolutely clean. They have received some benefits in private, and are afraid of involving themselves, so this time comes, on the surface, it seems to be a plea, but in fact it is to test my thoughts and see if this matter can end here."

Li Chen said expressionlessly: "The law does not punish the public. This matter will end here. The benefits they have collected, but since they have not participated in this case in person and have only collected some shut-up fees. I will regard them as paying their salary in advance, but I will not use it as an example."

Xu Changqing was frightened when he heard this.

Because of Li Chen's words, the thoughts of a group of officials were thoroughly understood.

It seemed as if Li Chen was standing by and listening while they were discussing, just as he was speaking.

What’s important is why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said these words to himself?

With blessings in his heart, Xu Changqing bowed and said, "I understand, I will let them all know your highness's painstaking efforts."

"Um."

Li Chen responded in his nose, and this matter was completely over.

"There is another thing. Do you have any idea of ​​the larger merchants and landlords in the Gyeonggi area and the south?" Li Chen asked.

Xu Changqing was stunned for a moment, but replied: "I have some impressions."

"For the big merchants in the Gyeonggi area, after His Highness's siege of the four major merchant families before the New Year, and this case, basically nothing can be left behind. The empty markets were all forcibly occupied by foreign merchants such as Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants. However, they operated legally and did not commit crimes against the wind, so there was no problem."

"As for the three families in the south, Chen, Wei, and Nangong, they have done a lot of business. Among them, the Chen family is the leader of Zhejiang merchants. The Wei family comes from the southern Fujian family. This Nangong family is the local rise of Jinling and does not belong to the Shanxi merchants, Hui merchants, and Zhejiang merchants, which are very strong."

"The above are for merchants."

"As for landlords, there are many, and most of these families are big landlords. Among them, the strongest one should be the Nangong family. In the autumn of the eighth year of the Daxing period, the emperor ordered the statistics of the ownership of land acres across the country. At that time, the Nangong family had more than 23,000 acres of land, which was recorded. Some of them were not listed. With the accumulation over the years, the real numbers would probably be even more exaggerated."

Although he had long been mentally prepared for land annexation in the feudal era, when Li Chen heard the number 23,000 acres, he could not help but be moved.

"In the eight years of national statistics, our palace has read the information. On average, the average arable land area in the country is only 2 acres and 3 cents of land. The Nangong family has 23,000 acres? The entire capital city has only 20,000 acres of land, and the Nangong family has more than the entire capital city!?"

Faced with Li Chen's questioning, Xu Changqing smiled bitterly: "This is just a land, other land deeds, shops, house deeds, etc., and the real wealth of the Nangong family may only be described as wealth that can rival a country."

"Okay, OK."

Li Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "From Jinling, it means he has an inseparable relationship with King Wen."
Chapter completed!