Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't speak clearly enough, Chongzhen simply asked, "How much did they charge? What are they doing after collecting this money? You also paid it willingly?"

Seeing that Chongzhen didn't take Dongchang and Jinyiwei seriously in his words, the shopkeeper was a little uncertain about Chongzhen's origin, and hesitated to speak.Seeing this, Wang Chengen shouted: "My son asks questions, you just answer honestly. My son is the second son of Zhou Guozhang's family. Even if the Commander of Jin Yiwei is here, you have to call Uncle Guo when you see our son!"

Hearing the words, the shopkeeper said, "I have seen Uncle Guo. If you return to Uncle Guo, the people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang will charge you one and a half floors of the small store. I heard that Fanbang and foreigners will charge two and a half floors." Well. They only said it was a management fee when they collected the money. Those who have little knowledge don’t know what kind of regulations the management fee is. Go find them, and they will solve the problem. It’s a small shop, and there’s nothing you can do if you don’t pay. If you don’t pay, they’ll make a fuss. There’s no business to do. If you pay the money, you’re buying peace. Listen Other people in the store said that their money is really not for nothing. If someone makes trouble and finds them, it is really for the little ones. If this is the case, the money is willing to pay, and it is all a business. Taxes are."

Chongzhen continued to ask: "Then they just took your small shop? Do they dare to take those shops that are related to the big people in the court?"

The shopkeeper said: "Uncle returning to the country, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, one is the emperor's pro-army, and the other is the emperor's slave. They collect money, if they don't have the same background as the country's uncle, or they have something to do with the chief minister of the dynasty. , who dare not hand in?"

After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Chongzhen turned around and asked Wang Chengen: "I remember that our family also has a shop near here. Have you heard about it?"

Wang Chengen immediately felt bad all over. My long live Lord, how does this servant know if there is a shop near Uncle Guo's house?You have to ask Jin Yiwei and the fans of Dongchang about this matter.But you are the emperor, if you say there is, then there must be, and if you don’t have it, you have to have it, and immediately said: "Master Hui, it is near here, why don't we go over and have a look later?"

Chongzhen immediately said to Wang Chengen: "You will settle the account, let's go and have a look."

After the account was settled, Chongzhen began to walk into the street with a wobble - I'm going to see how Jinyiwei and Dongchang collect money!Is there any unsightly thing that dare not pay!

Chapter 7 Shoufu's ticket number?smashed!

Emperor Chongzhen led Wang Chengen and Dongfang Bubai to continue walking along the street, just in time to see a group of Jinyiwei Xiaowei and Dongchang Fanzi leading a group of soldiers around a ticket office, and they were talking with the ticket shopkeeper entanglement.

The captain of Jin Yiwei grabbed the clothes of the ticket shopkeeper and said, "You really don't intend to pay the money, do you? I would like to advise you, don't make mistakes!"

Although the shopkeeper was apologetic, the meaning inside and outside the words also revealed your attitude of trying to move me: "Mr. Jun, Mr. Jun, it's not that the small ones don't pay, it's just that the small ticket number has the chief assistant of the court. Mr. Huang is in it, if the younger ones are handed in now, they won’t be able to repay the account at that time, and if Mr. Shoufu asks, the villain can’t explain it?”

While the two were tearing apart, there was already a circle of melon-eating people around them, and they were all talking about it.

"Hey, this ticket office is tough enough, how dare you not give Jinyiwei and Dongchang face?" One person watching the fun didn't think it was a big deal, and said with a sneer: "My real man, I just don't know what to do when I arrive in Dongchang. Can you still be so tough in the prison of the factory?"

Hearing the words, the person next to him rolled his eyes and said, "What do you know? Didn't you hear what the shopkeeper said just now? There is someone who is the chief assistant of the court, Mr. Huang Xiangye, in this ticket office. Jinyiwei and Dongfeng No matter how domineering the factory is, how dare he refuse to give face to the head of the court? After all, this old Huang Ge has a close relationship with Jiuqiantui, and I heard that the current emperor has disliked the eunuchs and Jin Yiwei for a long time, so how can he tolerate them? Such nonsense? If you really angered Mr. Shoufu and handed a booklet to the imperial court, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang are not afraid that the current emperor will deal with them ruthlessly?"

Chongzhen was overjoyed when he saw it. Does anyone really dare not pay this money?Slapping Jin Yiwei and Dongchang in the face, isn't it slapping me in the face?Thinking of this, he couldn't help frowning, so he winked at Wang Chengen.Wang Chengen understood, so he squeezed into the crowd, found a Jinyiwei Xiaoxiao, showed his badge, stopped the Jinyiwei Xiaoxiao who was about to meet, and asked, "What's going on inside?"

The little school knew that Wang Chengen's waist card was a property in the palace, and replied after hearing the words: "If you go back to your father-in-law, the ticket numbers in it are Huang Liji, the chief assistant of the dynasty, Huang Xiangye, Shanxi Fan's family, Wang's family, etc. It is owned by a few big wealthy merchants, and today the younger ones came to collect the management fee, not only did they not pay the money, but they even threatened the younger ones to perform in front of His Majesty, so that the younger ones can’t afford to go around.”

When Wang Chengen heard Xiao Xiao say this, he also felt troubled. After letting Xiao Xiao go back, he came back to report to Chongzhen. Chongzhen was very happy when he heard it.

What is this ticket number?In future generations, it is a bank, and it is even darker than a bank. The bank still has interest. Not only does the ticket number not pay interest, but if someone deposits money in the ticket number, they have to pay a storage fee to the ticket number.

As for the chief assistant Huang Liji having a part in it, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter whose shop he is, if he dares to block me from collecting money, he won't do it!As for Huang Liji belonging to the eunuchs?Forget it, kill him first, and he wouldn't dare to do anything to Wei Zhongxian!And the Fan family in Shanxi?Isn't that one of the eight major locust merchants? It's just a matter of time, let's take this old thing first and give them a chance to dig grass and find snakes.

Chongzhen immediately ordered Wang Chengen: "Go in again and tell them that even if it is smashed, everything will be there, and let them show the prestige of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, no matter who it is, even if it is the ticket number of the current emperor, I also smashed it, and then smashed all the ticket numbers in the capital, sealed it up, and brought everyone back to the imperial prison, but torture is not allowed, so they will be locked up first."

After Wang Chengen took the order, he squeezed back again, found the captain of Jinyiwei and the team leader of Dongchang, showed his waist card and said: "His Majesty's word of mouth, no matter which family has members in it, no matter what is involved Anyone should smash the ticket number first, then seal it, and bring everyone back to the imperial prison for custody, but torture is not allowed. All ticket numbers in the capital are handled in the same way."

Xiaoqi, led by Jinyiwei, only knew that the badge belonged to the palace, and didn't know Wang Chengen, but the head of Dongchang had seen Wang Chengen before, and knew that Wang Chengen was a celebrity around Emperor Chongzhen. Since Wang Chengen appeared here , then Emperor Chongzhen was probably nearby, and immediately made up his mind to perform well.

After bowing and saluting together with Jinyiwei Xiaoqi, he took a reassurance in his heart. He put aside the idea that the emperor had thoughts about the factory guards, and he greeted Fanzi loudly: "This matter was arranged by Eunuch Cao. Yes, little ones, regardless of whose shop it is, it was smashed, the ticket number was sealed off, and everyone in the ticket number was sent to the imperial prison of Jinyiwei." The same is true for the captain of Jinyiwei next to him. Instruct Jin Yiwei and Junyu.

All the fans and Junyu were invigorated when they heard the words, hey, let's talk to you about it, right?If I don't teach you a lesson, you don't even know how awesome Jinyiwei and Dongchang are!

All the fans, Junyu, and many school lieutenants of Jinyiwei shouted in unison, and immediately rushed to the ticket office and started smashing them. After the things were smashed, they put seals on the doors, windows and other places. The clerk at the ticket office wanted to rush over to stop him, but he also fell to the ground, tied an iron chain around his neck, and was about to be escorted back to prison.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper was completely dumbfounded. Not only was it useless to use the name of Mr. Shoufu, but Jin Yiwei and Dongchang jointly smashed the ticket number!Just as the shopkeeper was in a daze, an iron chain was put around his neck, and the voice of Jin Yiwei sneered: "Please, the prison has prepared a room for the shopkeeper, but I don't know you When will the chief assistant of the family get you out?" Suddenly, his face turned cold, and he shouted at the shopkeeper: "A dog-like thing, what kind of a good man is it? Jinyiwei and Dongchang Joint Office You also Dare to stop? What a dare!"

The shopkeeper and the onlookers seemed to have just remembered the vicious names of Jin Yiwei and Dongchang at this moment. It was rumored that almost no one could come out alive after entering the imperial prison!Although there are rumors that the current emperor looks down on Jinyiwei and Dongchang and wants to carry out rectification, but that is just a rumor after all!As for now, it has not been rectified yet!Even Eunuch Wei, who is nine thousand years old, dare not call him nine thousand years old, and heard that he is still demolishing his own ancestral hall, but he is still a serious admiral of the East Factory, he is a devil who can eat people!Whoever dares to regard Dongchang as a philanthropic hall is really a birthday guy who eats arsenic and is tired of living!Thinking of this, the surrounding crowd immediately dispersed in twos and threes, secretly hating what they wanted to watch, if Jin Yiwei and Dongchang were to target them, what good would there be?The more I thought about it, the more afraid I became, and the speed became faster and faster. In the end, I just hated my parents for giving me two missing legs.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he felt as refreshed as if he had eaten a popsicle during the dog days. He thought to himself, this is the factory guard in my heart!With the factory guard in hand, I want to see who dares to fool me!What happened to the dictatorship and terror, I have factory guards in hand!When the time comes to grasp the military power, let the Jinyiwei watch the country, the East Factory watch the officials, and the West Factory watch the outside of Daming. I can do whatever I want in this world, cool!As for the unclear and overlapping functions of factory guards and the chaotic relationship between personnel, Chongzhen said that these are all temporary.After all, the functions of Factory Guard, Xing Department, Official Department, and Dali Temple still overlap in many places. It doesn't matter, just sort it out slowly.

Chapter 8 Whoever makes me and the people unhappy for a while, I want him to be unhappy in the nine clans!

During this private visit out of the palace, Chongzhen saw what he wanted to see and what he didn't want to see.Regarding the previous edict of never adding an edict, the people outside are rumoring that the emperor is really a wise emperor through the ages. Could it be that the good emperor he met at first sight, under the secret promotion of Dongchang Fanzi and Jin Yiwei, is far away from Tang Zong and Song Zong, and can be called A sage monarch comparable to the Three Sovereigns and Five Sovereigns.Chongzhen knew in his heart that as long as this spread continues, he is not a Mingjun but a Mingjun, and he already has the largest base - the mud legs of the whole world are standing behind him. In order to protect his interests that will never be added, they can tear up All enemies standing in front!

As for what I don’t want to see, it’s nothing more than the ticket number of the Shoufu’s family. Once it comes out—the Shoufu of the dynasty had a part in the ticket number, and the money was paid by the eight major locust merchants who were later cleared. There is something ulterior in this PY trading, you can think of it with your toes!

Chongzhen was very satisfied with his private interview on Weibo, and felt that if someone made a "Private Interview on Chongzhen Weifu" in the future, what he saw and heard today would be very good material, and the ratings would definitely break the chart.

Chongzhen's good mood disappeared soon after returning to the palace.

The reason for Chongzhen's displeasure lies in Cao Huachun's report: "Your Majesty, according to reports from the children below, Mr. Huang Liji currently has about 20 taels of silver in his family, most of which come from the income from the Yongchang bank, and the rest are collected. All kinds of filial piety. If valuables are also discounted, there are about six million taels. The Yongchang ticket number has also been checked. Among them are not only Mr. Huang, but also Mr. Zheng, the servant of the household department. The establishment was funded by merchants. As for the other cabinet ministers, ministers, and ministers, the price ranges from tens of thousands to 10,000+ taels to several 10 taels. The servants and servants have already sorted out the booklets. Your majesty please order."

Emperor Chongzhen laughed back angrily: "Okay, it's very good. My ministers, it's very good! The Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party are such bastards! It's very good! Just a dozen ministers Putting it all together, it is richer than the Ming treasury!"

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, building slaves in a mere area, let alone a serious affliction of his confidants, could not even be called sibling affliction, at best it was a scabies disease.When the Ming Dynasty was founded, Meng Yuan was beaten to the north and fled to the west. After the death of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Chengzu Zhu Di also led troops out of the fortress many times, and also beat the Tartars to kneel on the ground and sing conquest.When it comes to the mighty military power, the Meng Yuan at that time, in terms of war potential or actual combat power, which one was not much stronger than the mite Qing Tartars, wasn't it also pressed to the ground and rubbed?To put it bluntly, the reason why Jiannu suffers now is nothing more than that the infantry has no fighting spirit, the cavalry is not strong, and the armaments and guns are easy to explode.If you have money, you will have a good source of soldiers. If you have money, you can make better guns.

But the reality slapped Chongzhen in the face. Emperor Tianqi reigned for seven years, Wei Zhongxian spent his life on money, and there were only a few million taels of silver in the treasury. That's all, and he was still in arrears with the frontier army's food and salary!However, there is only 700 million taels in a Shoufu family, which is worth two treasuries!

Chongzhen was in a bad mood, and he didn't ask any concubine to attend the bed at night. He just sat in the imperial study for a whole night. Wang Chengen tried to persuade him many times, but Chongzhen didn't pay any attention to it. He went to court directly the next day .

Generally speaking, those who can live in the temple are good at observing their faces. All the ministers knew that something was going to go wrong when they saw Chongzhen's face, and there might be big problems today.

After the ministers had finished their ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen said directly: "Today, dear friends, if you have a book or not, don't play it. If you have a book, you can hand it to the Supervisor of Rituals in a while. Zhen, I have something to say today. I would like to ask you dear ones."

"Huang Aiqing, you are the chief assistant of the court. I'm here to ask you, how much did the Ming treasury earn last year? How much is the balance?"

Huang Liji immediately went out to play and said: "Your Majesty, last year was the sixth year of Tianqi, and the treasury's annual revenue totaled more than 350 million taels. After various expenditures, the balance...the balance...the balance is less than 50 taels."

"Okay, Ming's treasury has an annual income of 300 million taels. It is said that the salaries of hundreds of officials in the Ming Dynasty are low, but your hometown in Huangge has more than [-] million taels, and there are more in your hometown. I don't know why the old man taught me?" Chongzhen was too lazy. If you act again, you will directly tear your face.

"Your Majesty, minister, minister..." Huang Liji couldn't make it up anymore. The emperor even knew the approximate number, and it must have been checked by the factory guard. It would be useless to deny it.

"Wang Chengen, let's announce the edict." Chongzhen didn't bother to look at Huang Liji again, and directly asked Wang Chengen to announce the imperial edict he had drawn up last night.As for being dismissed or someone disobeying the order, it doesn't matter, Jin Yiwei will teach them how to behave!

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: After investigation, Huang Liji, the chief minister of the cabinet, corrupted more than six million taels of silver, which is deeply disappointing to me. Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Officials jointly ransacked the house. All the proceeds of his corruption were poured into the treasury. The criminal minister Huang Liji, peeled off the skin, and hung the real grass at the Meridian Gate, punishing the three clans! Think of the latecomers as a warning! I respect this!"

When Wang Chengen finished reading the imperial edict, immediately a big Han general stepped forward to take away Huang Liji, who was limp on the ground, for disposal.

Slowed down, and after glancing at the trembling ministers below, Emperor Chongzhen also said again: "Huang Liji, the first and assistant minister of my cabinet, just a few days ago, I still placed high hopes on him. Today, I have no choice but to peel him off!"

"Today's Daming is suffering from drought, waterlogging, earth dragons turning over, and natural disasters everywhere. The people in the country are waiting to be fed, and even changing sons to eat happens from time to time! And in Liaodong, there are slaves rebelling and rebelling. It's a man-made disaster. It also happens from time to time. It can be said that today's Ming Dynasty has reached the most critical moment, and if it is a little careless, it will end in the end of the country and the species."

"But what about you? How are you cleaner than Han Yu? Fighting for power! Seizing profits! Scheming! Fighting! Instead of thinking about rejuvenating Daming, you keep getting money out of your own pockets!"

"Yue Wumu once said that civil servants are not greedy for money, and military generals are not afraid of death, but look, look at my ministers! Civil servants are all thinking about how to make money, and military generals are greedy for life and afraid of death! Xun Your nobles are also rotten! You tell me, which of your titles was not earned by your ancestors! Now you are squandering the shadow of your ancestors like this! You are not comparing who has contributed to the country. It's about who is more greedy! Who is better at making money!"

"I, I didn't sleep all night last night. I just sat in the imperial study all night. I was thinking, what happened to this country? I asked myself that I was diligent, and I didn't care about the life and death of the people like Jie Zhou, but, Why did my Great Ming become what it is today? Ladies and gentlemen, come and tell me that I have lost my virtue? I have just issued an edict that will never add a tax, and then you have staged such a scene for me Good show, huh?!"

"It is said that the emperor is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the emperor humiliates the ministers to death, but I have not seen such a shadow in you! All I see is the word greed!"

"If one of you dies, all of Daming will die. If all of you die, the ordinary people who can't eat can take the whole court, even me, with you, and eat them together! What kind of minister is a subjugated minister? The treatment of the people is written in the history books of the past dynasties! You are also well-read poems and books, but you have all forgotten!?"

"Zhen, I have something to tell you first today. If one day Da Ming dies, I will hang myself on the crooked neck tree in the Meishan Mountain behind. But before that, I will definitely hang you all. go up!"

"Think about it carefully, if there is no skin, how will the hair be attached? If Daming dies, before you find a new master, will those mud legs that can't eat eat you first!"

"Think about it. That's all I said. If anyone makes me and the people unhappy in the future, I will make the nine clans unhappy!",

Chapter 9 Wang Chengen's trip to Phi Island