Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 217: Only tens of millions of taels of silver are spent, this is how wealth is hidden among the people!

Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province.

Poyang.

Li Yu, the prefect of Raozhou, entertained Jin Zhong.

Li Yu is a veteran of the four dynasties, having lived through the Hongxi, Xuande, Zhengtong, and Jingtai dynasties.

He was still just a local magistrate, but he was unwilling to be promoted and refused promotion many times. He served as a local magistrate for 30 years.

"Your Majesty's imperial edict has been received by my subordinates, and the city gates have been ordered to be closed. The officials are sitting in the government office, waiting for orders, and do not dare to make any changes."

Although Li Yu has a low official position, he has seniority.

"When the governor came, there were still merchant ships moving on Poyang Lake, but they were all forcibly detained by the governor."

Jin Zhong smiled but said: "No one in the world dares to disobey His Majesty's decree."

"What the Governor said is true."

Li Yu reported to him the number of officials in Raozhou Prefecture and how many of them were sitting in the government offices.

Jin Zhong listened carefully.

During the report, Li Yu was also sizing up the eunuch.

It is said that this person is His Majesty's loyal dog. He has been in Jiangxi for several months and has not made any movement. Whenever he moves, he shakes up the situation and makes His Majesty angry.

Jiangxi was under martial law, officials were in office, city gates were closed, and no one was allowed to move without permission.

It made people panic and fearful.

"Prefect Li did a good job."

Jin Zhong looked indifferently: "Raozhou is a good place. This is the second time I have come here. This time it seems too depressed."

Can it not be depressed?
Your Majesty is not allowed to open the city gates or allow people to flow.

What's the reason you still don't know?
Seeing that Li Yu didn't answer, Jin Zhong smiled and said: "Jingdezhen is divided into imperial kilns, official kilns and private kilns. The governor has given orders to arrest all the middle officials! Come to Poyang for interrogation!"

Li Yu's pupils narrowed.

If I really want to interrogate him, I should go to Fuliang, or wouldn't it be better to interrogate him directly in Jingdezhen?
Both the imperial kiln and the official kiln had eunuchs appointed as supervisors by the imperial court. The imperial eunuchs were supervised by the eunuchs, and as soon as the money came in, they should return to the palace.

But not only did the palace receive no income, it also added money to it every year.

Even so, the lower-level workers were dissatisfied with the palace. Although they did not rebel, they were passive and sabotaged.

Not satisfied from top to bottom.

The last time Jin Zhong came to Jingdezhen was in the second year of Jingtai.

"His Majesty is very dissatisfied with the imperial kilns and official kilns in Jingdezhen."

"The purpose of sending this governor is to rectify Jingdezhen!"

Jin Zhong said calmly: "With the help of your precious government office, I will interrogate those eunuchs and Tao officials. Magistrate Li won't have any objections, right?"

"I don't dare to lower my rank." Li Yusha thought about the meaning. He felt that Jin Zhong was deliberately targeting him.

"With Magistrate Li's qualifications, he can join the central government as an official."

"But Magistrate Li is dedicated to serving the people and is willing to do things for the people locally."

"Your Majesty thinks very highly of you."

Jin Zhong drank tea while making detours.

Li Yu became more and more confused as he went around: "Governor, if you have anything to say, please speak directly. If I, Li Yu, only focus on fame, I will not be the prefect for 30 years!"

Jin Zhong put down his tea bowl and got straight to the point: "Master Magistrate, you have been in Raozhou Prefecture for four years, do you know the richest families in Raozhou Prefecture?"

"Of course we know that the Fang family in Poyang, the Yue family in Fuliang, the Chen family in Dexing, and the Bao family in Baisha are all local wealthy people."

The four companies Li Yu reported to were all pure businessmen.

To put it bluntly, it’s white gloves.

"Do you know what these families do for a living?" Jin Zhong asked again.

"The Fang family in Poyang relies on running boats, the Yue family in Fuliang relies on porcelain making, the Chen family in Dexing relies on transshipment, and the Bao family in Baisha runs a escort agency."

A supply chain.

"Have you checked these four companies?" Jin Zhong asked.

Li Yu smiled bitterly: "The lower official is just the magistrate, in charge of the affairs of the government."

"If these four families commit crimes, a lower official can take charge of them."

"The key point is that these four companies are all law-abiding traders, pay taxes regularly, and are local grain chiefs. They are good citizens."

"I really don't know why I want to investigate?"

"You really don't know?" Jin Zhong asked with a smile.

Li Yu shook his head and said he didn't know.

Jin Zhong's face darkened: "You have been in Raozhou for four years, don't you know the person behind this Raozhou merchant?"

"I would like to remind you again, my surname is Hu!"

"Do you remember?"

Li Yu was surprised and said: "But he is a descendant of Duke Hu Wenmu?"

"I remembered?"

Jin Zhong sneered: "Hu Guang didn't serve as chief minister for nothing. Don't you know what the surname of the entire Raozhou is?"

Li Yu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "I really don't know."

Clap!

Jin Zhong smashed the tea bowl on Li Yu's head: "I have a sacred order in my hands. I can ask the emperor's sword to kill you! You still haven't told the truth!"

Li Yu's face was in severe pain. If he knew this, he would be killed if he didn't admit it.

Otherwise there will be endless troubles.

Avoid jumping horizontally repeatedly.

"Xiaoguan really doesn't know. If the Governor thinks that Xianguan is guilty, he will ask the emperor to kill him with a sword. Xianguan will have no complaints at all!"

Jin Zhong finally found out that Li Yu was too mature to accept threats.

"Quickly, ask the doctor to take a look at it, Lord Fu." Jin Zhong changed his face again and smiled.

"No need, it's just a minor injury. Just calm down the governor." Li Yuzhu said harshly.

Jin Zhong really can't do anything to him.

At this time, Jin Yiwei invited someone in.

Even if he asks, this person has such great background that Jin Zhong doesn’t dare to use force.

It was Hu Sui, Hu Guang's third son.

Hu Sui was over seventy years old and hobbled when he was invited to the public office by Jin Yiwei. He did not have stage fright, but instead bowed with reason.

"Mr. Hu, please take a seat." Li Yu was full of compliments.

Even though Hu Guang is dead, his influence is huge.

Yang Shiqi was recommended by him.

And Yang Shiqi is from Ji'an Prefecture.

Moreover, Hu Guang's second daughter married Xie Jin's son, Xie Zhenliang.

Xie Jin was unjustly killed, and there were many sympathizers.

Therefore, in Raozhou Prefecture, it was not the prefect or those merchants who had the final say, but Hu Guang's son, Hu Sui.

This trembling old man.

Jin Zhong did not dare to shout and kill because he did not know where His Majesty's boundaries were.

Whether he wanted to completely cut off the roots of civil servants in Jiangxi or just make a small fuss and just copy some money, he was timid.

He has already written to the Emperor, and the reply is almost due.

"Mr. Hu, please take your seat."

Jin Zhong stood up.

"It's just an old and broken body. Relying on the legacy of my late father, I still have a place in my hometown. I don't dare to sit in court. It's unreasonable."

The old man was more refined and even had to kneel down to show off.

Li Yu didn't dare to accept his courtesy.

"Okay, there's no need to be polite to each other. Today is not a court meeting, just talk as usual. You are old, so you sit high on the throne, and others can't find fault."

Jin Zhong personally helped Hu Sui to the main seat.

Hu Sui kept saying she didn't dare.

Li Yu was observing Jin Zhong's expression.

Jin Zhong was helpless. He didn't know what His Majesty was going to do. What if His Majesty wanted money? If he killed Hu Guang's son, things would be very serious.

When he was in Ji'an Mansion, he had to visit even Yang Shiqi's Mansion without daring to move.

Think about it, can the Fei family in Ji'an Prefecture be so big without a backer?

Jin Zhong didn't dare to investigate further.

Jiangxi is such a special place. In the early Ming Dynasty, half of the court were from Jiangxi. Now everyone in the court is inextricably linked to Jiangxi.

He must get the emperor's order to know how to act.

Hu Sui asked Li Yu where the injury on his forehead came from.

"I bumped into it accidentally." Li Yu smiled bitterly.

Hu Sui smiled and comforted him, talking about the imperial edict from the center.

Hu Sui knelt on the ground respectfully: "Your Majesty is the heaven of the Ming Dynasty. If your Majesty is angry, the world will be in chaos. All ministers must obey the king's orders, and they will die without mercy!"

Jin Zhong felt tired.

The so-called four major merchants in Raozhou Prefecture are all white gloves of your Hu family.

Your Majesty wants to investigate, and the person you are investigating is your Hu family!

Why are you pretending to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country?
But at this time.

Someone hurried in and said in a low voice: "Admiral, the secret decree from the palace."

Jin Zhong hurried to Pian to listen to the order.

When I unfolded it and took a look, I felt reassured.

Stepping into the main hall of the government office again, a fake smile appeared on his face: "Please tell Mr. Hu again."

"What?" Hu Sui was stunned.

"If you are loyal to His Majesty."

Hu Sui stood up again and knelt down in the direction of the Forbidden City: "Hu Sui, a commoner, was born to benefit from the emperor's grace day and night, and has been grateful to the saint's grace day and night since then..."

Snapped!
suddenly.

Duotou slapped Hu Sui on the face.

Hu Sui was completely stunned. He put his hand into his mouth and pulled out a tooth.

The hand holding the tooth kept shaking.

He was 70 years old and had only a few teeth left, but one of them was knocked out by Jin Zhong.

"Duke Jin, what do you want to do?" Li Yu was shocked.

Jin Zhong stared at Hu Sui and asked, "Are you grateful for the divine grace?"

"What does Eunuch Jin mean?" Hu Sui was puzzled.

"The governor is asking you, do you feel blessed by the Holy Grace?"

"Of course!" Hu Sui means, even if I don't feel sick, you will know it!

"Take it out and show it to the Governor!"

Hu Sui looked at Li Yu helplessly, and Li Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Why is the Governor so unreasonable?"

Snapped!
Jin Zhong slapped Li Yu on the face: "Are you grateful to Emperor Mu or to Hu En?"

The difference of one word makes a huge difference!

"Master Governor, please don't spread rumors!" Li Yu knelt down in the direction of the Forbidden City in horror.

Snapped!
Jin Zhong slapped him in the face again with his backhand: "Did I spread rumors? Are you a subject of His Majesty or of his Hu Sui?"

Hu Sui opened her mouth in horror: "My father-in-law, please don't slander people's innocence. Common people are also your Majesty's ministers! Don't talk nonsense!"

"Are you His Majesty's minister?" Jin Zhong asked.

"The common people are loyal to His Majesty, as can be seen from the sun and the moon!" What can Hu Sui say?What can you say?
"Okay, I'll ask you this."

"The Fang family in Poyang, the Yue family in Fuliang, the Chen family in Dexing, and the Bao family in Baisha."

"What do these four companies have to do with you?"

Jin Zhong asked directly.

Hu Sui's face changed slightly, but he said truthfully: "These families are all related to the Hu family by marriage."

"If these four families violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the common people are willing to write to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to deal with them justly."

"For the sake of my late father, don't show mercy outside the law!"

directly admitted.

Jin Zhong raised his palm, but Hu Sui turned to face him: "My father-in-law didn't like the old man, so he beat him to death. The old man has nothing to say!"

This is a master.

Jin Zhong chuckled.

"Admiral, the Zhongguan, Du Taoguan and others from Jingdezhen have been escorted." Someone came in to report.

Jin Zhong is a very narrow-minded person and hates being called the Governor.

Because with the word "公", it seems to remind him that he is the father-in-law.

Father-in-law likes to be called lord, not father-in-law.

The military commanders called him Sir, and the civil servants called him Governor or Father-in-law, which was regarded as a contemptuous title.

"Come in!"

Soon, more than twenty eunuchs and many Tao officials were escorted in.

Yesterday morning, they were controlled by Jinyiwei Fanzi, then put on a boat and taken to Poyang.

The reason why I didn’t check Jingdezhen.

Since we want to investigate, we must first investigate the root cause, and the subsequent problems will naturally be solved.

Hu Sui and Li Yu were both kneeling.

Both of them were in a trap. Jin Zhong seemed to listen to the edict. After receiving the edict, his expression changed. What exactly was written in the edict?
Does the emperor want to cut off the foundation of civil servants?
Isn't he afraid of backlash from civil servants?

Aren't you afraid of supporting the eunuchs and generals so that in the middle Tang Dynasty, you can depose and establish emperors at will?
Jin Zhong sat upright and said: "You are all servants in the palace. No matter what you do outside, you will eventually return to the palace. The palace is your root."

"You have lost your own roots, do you still want to lose the roots of your livelihood?"

"Who said it first?"

He tapped his fingertips on the table.

Every knock seemed to hit the eunuchs' hearts.

There were more than a dozen eunuchs with disheveled hair and a stinky smell.

"Eunuch Jin, slave, slave, speak first!"

This eunuch is called Tan Qi. He was sent to Jingdezhen from the Zhengtong Dynasty. He stayed in Jingdezhen for more than ten years. In the past two years, he used money in the palace and wanted to be transferred back to the central government.

He gave Jin Zhong a lot of money, so he knew Jin Zhong.

"This slave is very greedy in Jingdezhen. He earns more than 100 million taels of silver a year!" Tan Qi did not dare to hide it.

Jin Zhong interrupted him: "I am not interested in your family background. Tell me something that interests me."

"Ah?" Tan Qi was stunned.

Aren’t you here just to fight corruption?
What else are you interested in?

He glanced at Hu Sui subconsciously, and his expression changed slightly. Is the palace going to break with the civil servants?
Or do you simply want to drain Hu's money?

Is the emperor crazy about money?

"It seems you don't know either. Let's talk to someone else." Jin Zhong lost his patience.

"The servant knows!"

Tan Qi said quickly: "Someone is smuggling things from the imperial kiln!"

"After the pottery is fired in the imperial kiln, there will be some defective products."

"In order to smuggle porcelain out of the imperial kiln, the good products were turned into defective products and resold."

Jin Zhong is not interested in this trivial matter.

This kind of reselling has been around since ancient times. How much greed can be taken?

"When one piece of porcelain is fired in the imperial kiln and sent to the palace, ten defective pieces will be produced."

"These defective products are sold for millions of taels of silver every year!"

Swish!
Jin Zhong stood up suddenly: "What did you say?"

All the kneeling eunuchs looked pale.

"A few million taels?"

How could a piece of broken porcelain be worth so much?

impossible!

Who would buy it at this price?

Jin Zhong was confused.

Tan Qi kowtowed: "I don't dare to lie, it's all true, it's all true!"

"How many millions of taels does the royal kiln sell for in total, or is it just one kiln?" Jin Zhong asked.

"Total!"

Jin Zhong asked again: "How many million taels exactly?"

Tan Qi looked at a eunuch in charge and gritted his teeth: "We sold 600 million taels last year!"

hiss!
Jin Zhong gasped.

When the emperor was in the palace, he was reluctant to eat eggs and reluctant to change his dragon robe.He was also very stingy with his rewards for his ministers because they were too poor.

This mere imperial kiln in Jingdezhen was resold for so much money?
"Who did you sell it to? Why did you sell it for so much money?" Jin Zhong was shocked for a long time before he could calm down.

"The Zhengtong Dynasty can sell tens of millions of taels of silver every year!"

"Now because of the rise of Dehua in Fujian, Jingdezhen has declined."

"I don't know who the slaves are sold to, but they are all Zhejiang merchants."

That is to say, they all went to sea.

Dehua probably got the recipe from Jingdezhen.

Coupled with Dehua's offshore location, transportation is convenient and quiet.

Unlike shipping from Jingdezhen, it has to go through many places, which is inconvenient to manage and easy to be discovered.

So Dehua porcelain emerged.

Jin Zhong's eyes flashed: "Where's the money?"

"If you divide the profit and profit, it will be gone!" Tan Qi was horrified.

Report to His Majesty, Jiangxi may be in chaos.

With so much money, according to His Majesty's temper, the whole of Jiangxi will have to be spent.

"Thousands of millions of taels of silver, who are you sharing the profit with?"

Jin Zhong suddenly shouted and pointed at them: "Did you all receive it?"

The eunuchs were so frightened that they cried.

"No, this is just the imperial kiln, what about the official kiln?" Jin Zhong looked at Yin Shou, the eunuch in charge of the official kiln.

Yin Shou trembled: "Sir..."

Snapped!
Jin Zhong slapped him in the face: "Say!"

"The official kilns don't have as much porcelain as the imperial kilns, but they can still be divided into three to four million taels of silver!"

That adds up to 1000 million taels!
One year!

Snapped!
Jin Zhong slapped him again: "You eat everything inside and outside! Why don't you repay the favor to the palace? Why?"

"Come the knife!"

Jin Zhong reached out to take the knife and slapped Yin Shou hard on the face with the blade.

"You are the eunuchs of the palace!"

"I'm working for the emperor!"

"The person who lives is the emperor's son, and the person who dies is the emperor's ghost!"

"Why don't you have the emperor in your heart?"

"why?"

Jin Zhong went crazy and whipped people with the blade of his sword. After finishing Yin Shou, he whipped the other eunuchs one by one.

All the eunuchs had injuries on their faces.

"A dog slave who eats everything inside and outside, a white-eyed dog who has forgotten his master!"

"Without the emperor, you are worse than a wild dog!"

"Why don't you report it to the palace!"

Jin Zhong thought of the emperor's reluctance to eat eggs, and anger brewed in his heart.

These damn slaves deserve to be punished!
Do not!
It took 100 years for Ling Chi to resolve his hatred!
"Sir, we don't dare to retaliate, we don't dare!" Yin Shou kept screaming, his whole face swollen.

Jin Zhong held the knife and breathed heavily: "The emperor supports you, but you lie to the superiors and conceal the truth. Don't you have any loyalty in your heart?"

"Your Majesty is so kind to a dog, even dogs know how to repay His Majesty!"

"what about you?"

"Broken the Emperor's trust and deceived the Emperor! You are worse than dogs! You are worse than beasts!"

Jin Zhong's eyes were stern: "Tell me everything you know today!"

Yin Shou smiled sadly: "Sir, so what if I say so?"

"So what if the slaves are loyal to His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is far away in the capital. Can you make decisions for your slaves?"

Snapped!
Jin Zhong slashed his head hard with the back of his knife: "Crazy white-eyed dog!"

"The Emperor has given you everything, but you still dare to complain against the Emperor?"

"what?"

Jin Zhong couldn't get rid of his hatred even if he chopped it with a knife.

A few chops in a row.

Yin Shou lay on the ground, and Jin Zhong struck him hard on the back of the head: "Get up and speak!"

The skull is visibly sunken to the naked eye.

The people above the government office were trembling.

"My father-in-law, calm down your anger, my father-in-law, please calm down your anger, my servant said, my servant said!"

Tan Qi said tremblingly: "The slaves have no way out after taking other people's money."

"What I dare not say, I really dare not say."

"A few years ago, there was a eunuch who felt sorry for himself and wrote a letter to the palace. Within a few days, he disappeared. The palace did not send anyone to investigate, and the matter was over."

"No one dares to say it, father-in-law, no one dares to say it!"

Jin Zhong sneered: "Now that the governor is here, don't you dare to say it?"

All the eunuchs bowed their heads.

It seems to be saying that even you, Jin Zhong, cannot leave the borders of Jiangxi.

"I am the eunuch of the Imperial Guard. Do you think anyone dares to kill me? Can he kill me?"

Jin Zhong sneered.

To deal with eunuchs, threatening family members is useless, and torture to extract confessions is of little use.

Because I have become a eunuch, my six sense organs have to be purified.No flaws.

After all, it was impossible for the emperor to show mercy and spare the lives of these eunuchs.

He took out the secret decree from his arms and read it loudly:

"Jin Zhong, I will leave Jiangxi in your hands and clean up Jiangxi for me."

"Anyone can be investigated, anything must be investigated, and anyone can be killed."

"No need to be afraid, I have your back."

"I have ordered Zhu Yi to lead an army of 20 into Jiangxi and put it under your command. There will be no trouble in Jiangxi!"

finished reading.

Jin Zhong placed it on the case and kowtowed respectfully to thank him.

In the public office, everyone opened their mouths.

The emperor's determination was terrifying.

2000 million taels of silver excited the emperor.

"Hu Taigong!" Li Yu helped Hu Sui, who fell to the ground with a horrified expression.

"Speak!"

Jin Zhong said coldly: "If this governor is dead, Your Majesty will send new eunuchs until Jiangxi is understood. Whoever dares to disobey Your Majesty's will will be punished by the nine tribes! We will kill everyone in Jiangxi, and we will not hesitate!"

Tan Qi heard the emperor's determination.

"It's him!"

Tan Qi pointed at Hu Sui: "The entire Jingdezhen porcelain has something to do with him!"

"Shut up!" Li Yuji shouted.

"You're not a good thing either!"

Tan Qi shouted: "You are all in cahoots, and you all got the money!"

Li Yu pointed at him: "You crazy dog, you are grabbing and biting randomly!"

"I have evidence!" Tan Qi smiled at him.

Li Yu looked at Mr. Hu Sui.

Hu Sui fell on his back and pretended to be dead.

"Wake up!"

Jin Zhong has the emperor's secret decree and is not afraid of anyone.

Even if Hu Guang is reborn, he still has to kneel down.

Hu Sui is nothing.

"Bring out the evidence!" Jin Zhong looked at Tan Qi.

"In, at the slave's residence."

"I will send someone to get it," Jin Zhong said.

"They can't find it. I'll go back in person and get everything back. It's all evidence."

Tan Qi noticed that Jin Zhong's eyes were suspicious: "I dare not run, and I have nowhere to run."

"Go."

Jin Zhong could only agree.

At this moment, Li Yu said in Hu Sui's ear: "Old lady, for the sake of everyone, just die."

Hu Sui's eyes widened.

This is to let him bear the trouble.

"The Hu family will be fine, don't worry." Li Yu knelt down.

Hu Sui looked at the world with nostalgia, slowly closed her eyes, bit her tongue, and tried hard...

Snapped!
The person who made fun of him found out that Hu Sui was going to commit suicide and slapped him twice.

puff!
Hu Sui opened his mouth and spit out a bloody arrow and half of his tongue.

Blood poured into his throat.

"Quick, save him!"

Jin Zhong shouted, but it was too late.

Hu Sui was too old. Even if he was not drowned in blood and his tongue was severed, he would not survive.

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Jin Zhong's eyes looked over: "Prefect Li, you seem to be very relaxed!"

"No, I am also very sad."

As long as Hu Sui is dead, they will be given time to destroy the evidence.

As for Tan Qi, he will definitely die on the road.

Wait for Jin Zhong to find out thoroughly.

All evidence disappeared.

All money disappeared too.

Even people are missing.

Let's see what Jin Zhong can find out.

The emperor is determined and cannot find an enemy, so what can he do?Is it really possible to kill all the people in Jiangxi without any explanation?

Snapped!
Jin Zhong slapped him hard in the face: "I think you are a traitor!"

"Come here, get punished!"

Li Yu was immediately confused: "Governor, what did the subordinate commit, and why should he be punished?"

"His Majesty's imperial edict, this governor has jurisdiction over the entire Jiangxi."

Jin Zhong glared at him: "I can investigate however I want!"

"Inspect whoever you want to investigate!"

"Do you dare to resist the order?"

The agency is too clever.

Li Yu thought Hu Sui was dead, but he relaxed instead.

Who knew that Jin Zhong would put him to death.

No matter how it ends, it hurts.

He really didn't expect that the Jin Yiwei would be so arrogant and could easily punish a prefect. Is there any law of heaven?
The entire public office was filled with Li Yu's screams.

The good magistrate of Raozhou, a veteran of four dynasties, was tortured by eunuchs in his own court to extract a confession.

"Go and bring Tan Qi back to the governor." Jin Zhong felt that there was a big monster hiding under the water in Jiangxi.

Originally, he thought Hu Sui was the big boss.

Now it seems that Hu Sui is just the one who came to the forefront, and there are others behind the scenes.

"Don't, don't do it there!"

Li Yu screamed.

His good magistrate was stripped naked in his own court, and those damn bastards stabbed him there!
He grew up reading books about saints and sages. He went through four dynasties and refused to be an official in the central government several times. His whole life was pure and bright, but it was all gone!
The key is that there is an audience.

In addition to the eunuchs and officials who were escorted from Jingdezhen, there were also officials from Raozhou Prefecture, who were all kneeling in the public office and watching.

Jin Zhong made people serve tea, drink tea, and taste it.

Tasting screams.

"Tell me, this governor, how much property do you have in your family?" Jin Zhong still had to get money for the emperor.

The eunuchs were crying.

"What? Can't bear to part with those external possessions?" Jin Zhong frowned.

"no no!"

Yin Shou cried: "Sir, we are all eunuchs and have no descendants. What's the use of asking for those yellow and white things!"

"Then why are you still protecting me?" Jin Zhong put down the tea bowl and tasted the good tea.

Especially paired with this scream.

It's really nice.

"My slave has 400 million taels of silver at home..."

Jin Zhong spat out all the tea with a pop, and stood up suddenly: "Cash money? Not treasure money? Where did you get the cash money?"

The Ming Dynasty did not produce silver.

The emperor wanted to print silver coins and use silver coins instead, but he was reluctant to waste money.

Because Da Mingqi is short of money.

There are millions of taels of silver in Jiangxi, is it paper?Where did the money come from?

"My slaves don't know that they make money by reselling porcelain." Yin Shou said in horror.

It’s not that they are reluctant to part with yellow and white things.

But I dare not retaliate.

The family has too much money.

"Do you all have so much money in your family?" Jin Zhong's voice was trembling.

Not as rich as Yin Shou.

But at least there are several million 10 taels of silver in cash.

The total is more than 1200 million taels!

Jin Zhong was still very shocked: "Where did you get the money?"

"The slaves and the others don't know. Those merchants are very generous and pay in cash directly, as if the silver is worthless."

and many more.

They said it was just cash.

There must be something valuable.

"There are also houses, beauties, antique calligraphy and paintings, shops, and village houses at home. There are all kinds of things. I also need to have a million taels!" Yin Shou whispered.

The combined wealth of these people exceeds 2000 million taels.

Is Jiangxi so rich?

Jin Zhong was confused. Is there a silver mine underground in Jiangxi?

how can that be possible?
"This slave is willing to hand over everything to the Emperor. Please forgive me and spare my life!" Yin Shou kowtowed.

Jin Zhong looked at Li Yu.

Li Yu was miserable. That thing was a blessing. He had never played with something so exciting in his life. It was full of needles and was being played with.

"Go and bring his family over here."

"Let them see their beloved husband and father look so disgusting!"

Jin Zhong's eyes were stern: "Bring their family members here as well and see the consequences of committing a crime!"

Outside the public office, Kneeling Raozhou Tongzhi, Tongpan, recommended officials, experience and so on.

When I heard that my family wanted to come over to see him.

He fainted from fright.

"I haven't done anything wrong, and I'm not afraid of ghosts calling the door."

"Arrest those who passed out and interrogate them rigorously!" Jin Zhong vaguely guessed that none of the officials in Raozhou Prefecture were clean.

He also asked the emperor how far he wanted to investigate.

What if all the officials in Jiangxi are caught short? How will the emperor end it?

He was still worried about one thing. Will the memorial he sent to the center be delivered to the emperor?
at this time.

in the palace.

Zhu Qiyu is in Chengqian Palace.

"My beloved, your belly looks like a boy." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you for your comfort, Your Majesty."

Concubine Tang also received news that her Majesty did not plan to establish a queen.

A feeling of deception lingers in my heart.

"If the emperor grows up, he can share the government affairs for me, and I will be free." Zhu Qiyu began to draw cakes again, and the old cake king became king.

Concubine Tang's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, if the fetus in my concubine's belly is a second son, how can I overstep my bounds?"

"My beloved, there is no need to worry. I will take good care of my children."

The reason why the harem fought fiercely for the position of queen.

The main reason is that the feudal king is too miserable.

The emperor ordered the feudal princes to stay in the capital and kill them at will.

Who wouldn’t think about their children?

The emperor was fine when he was there, but when the new emperor came to the throne, he wouldn't follow suit and attack his brother?

"Do you know why I want to conquer such a large territory?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I want to entrust it to my son."

"So it doesn't matter whether he is the prince or not."

"I will be the king of the land, and I will not be a loser in the capital."

Concubine Tang's eyes brightened, then dimmed: "Your Majesty, what's the point of being a toil king in a barren land?"

"My beloved concubine, I don't understand."

"Do you think Ming Dynasty occupies the anointed land?"

"I tell you, it's wrong!"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I have published the History of the Yuan Dynasty. You can read it carefully when you have time."

"Look at the archives of Zheng He's voyages to the West."

"You know that Ming Dynasty is also a frog in the well."

The chosen places, America and Australia, are the foundation for dominance.

Concubine Tang was surprised: "Your Majesty means that there is a richer place in the world than the Ming Dynasty? I don't believe it!"

"Hahaha, then why do you think Wala went to the west? During the Genghis Khan era, why didn't the kings who went to the west return to the east?"

Ming Dynasty has long opened its eyes to see the world.

Unlike the Tatars, they knew nothing about the outside world.

Zheng He only died a few years ago. The Age of Discovery was started by the Ming Dynasty, and Fo Langji was also a younger brother.

"My beloved concubine, I want to have more children with you."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I and King Mobei are brothers. Don't you still know what will happen in the end?"

"As long as there are vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor must guard against them."

"How can such a small rich man find it comfortable to be king and dominate?"

"I am the emperor and I know the benefits of being an emperor, so I hope that all my sons can become emperors."

Concubine Tang's eyes shone with hope: "Your Majesty, our sons will not fight against each other."

People in the world always think their sons are good.

When my son grew up, he realized that all sons are the same.

"Why doesn't Your Majesty trust your own child?" Tang Guifei looked unhappy.

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's that I see through people's hearts."

Zhu Qiyu stood up, blew out the lamp, came over and lay down: "How can the royal family have any family ties? I, King Mobei, and Changde are all the closest people."

"How far has it come in the end."

"I don't want my son and brother to kill each other, and my sister and brother to become enemies."

"So, I want to conquer the largest territory and entrust all my sons to it."

"My daughters all marry well. When their children are born, they will marry my grandchildren."

"By marrying like this repeatedly, we can preserve our daughters' eternal wealth."

"I, the emperor, am too selfish."

Zhu Qiyu was in a low mood.

He did this to reassure the future prince and not to point the knife at his brother.

Emperors Taizu, Taizong, Renzong, and Xuanzong all thought this way.

But their descendants are all fighting each other.

How tragic.

"Your Majesty, you are too tired." Tang Guifei hugged Zhu Qiyu.

"My beloved concubine, I will do these things well before I close my eyes. This is the only thing I can do for the children."

"I am the emperor, and everyone in the world is my son and daughter."

"I can't just care about my own children and ignore the world."

"My dear concubine, don't blame me."

Zhu Qiyu slowly closed his eyes.

There were tears in the corners of Tang Guifei's eyes. She looked at the emperor's handsome face and murmured: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about how it feels for a concubine to be a mother? To separate a mother and her son is the greatest pain in the world..."

She touched her belly, her eyes shining with unusual determination.

the next morning.

Zhu Qiyu exercises, eats, and goes to court.

"How is the coal mine selling?"

"Your Majesty, people who want to buy coal mines are flocking to them like ducks." Geng Jiuchou replied loudly.

This is the privatization of public ownership.

He also needs to think about how to prevent complete privatization and not ignore the livelihood of the people in order to put the country on the fast track of development.

Water can carry a boat and it can overturn it.

If the people live well, the Ming Dynasty will be really good.

Zhu Qiyu pondered: "Hurry up. The problem of heating for so many people in Gyeonggi, and even the problem of heating in the entire north, is a big problem."

"Next year, the central government has decreed that no trees are allowed to be cut down."

"I will issue the most severe felling order and give free saplings to the people of the world so that they can be planted and grown up."

"Thirty years from now, I hope that the Ming Dynasty will be green everywhere, and even the Loess Plateau will be revitalized."

Wang returned to work: "Your Majesty, protecting water and soil is extremely important, but Your Majesty wants to send saplings for free. I think the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot afford such a heavy expense."

"What good advice do you have?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Your Majesty, places like Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangxi, Liaoning, Rehe, Jilin and other places should cut down trees on a large scale to facilitate management."

"And provinces such as Gyeonggi, Henan, Shandong, and northwest China should plant it vigorously."

"It's better to neutralize it."

“Lumber was brought from the frontier provinces and planted.”

Wang Fu said with a smile.

What he meant was to transplant mature trees to Gyeonggi to make Gyeonggi green first.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Your method is more expensive."

"Your Majesty likes lush greenery, so you can quickly transplant the trees from the border areas to the capital." This was a compliment from Wang Fu.

"Sure, let's try it first next spring. If it works, we can plant it in Gyeonggi Province first."

After discussing this matter.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "My lords, the name change is very efficient. I like all the names you have sent to the palace."

"It's not limited to two words, three or four words can be used."

"Chinese civilization has always been inclusive, and I can accept five or six characters."

"All names with the same name must be changed."

"There are also some names like Ning, Hua, Ding, Xing, southeast, northwest, etc., add a word to them all and change them to meaningful names."

Zhu Qiyu said: "For example, Dehua, Fujian, has mountains and rivers such as Daiyun Mountain, Jiuxian Mountain, Shiniu Mountain, and Daixian. The name is so beautiful, why not choose one of them? How ugly is it to call it Dehua!"

"Your Majesty, Dehua is an ancient name. It was a pseudonym after Dehua. It was chosen in the fourth year of Changxing in the later Tang Dynasty. It has been used for hundreds of years and has never changed." Bai Gui smiled bitterly.

"change!"

Zhu Qiyu said calmly: "How many names like this are there in the country? Have you counted them? They must have the same name."

"You are all well-educated people, please use some thought."

"I believe it can be improved."

"Let's discuss the changes."

Finish this thing.

"My lords, I intend to re-divide Southern Zhili."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The court officials fiercely opposed it, believing that the Ming Dynasty was a two-capital system and that the Southern Zhili must exist.

"I do not want to abolish Southern Zhili, but to reduce the territory of Southern Zhili."

"Although we are two capitals, I am not in Nanjing."

"There is absolutely no need to spend a lot of money on Nanjing."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Last year, the palace spent 678 million taels of silver, of which Nanjing spent 233 million taels."

"I have never been in Nanjing since I was born."

"How was this money spent?"

"I'm puzzled."

At the mention of money, the courtiers all bowed their heads.

I don’t know since when money was discussed openly in the court. Scholar-officials no longer felt ashamed, but were willing to wallow in the stench of money.

"Beijing was good in the past, but Nanjing needed to maintain such large-scale expenditures."

"But in the Zhengtong Dynasty, Beijing has been decided as the capital."

"More than twenty years have passed now."

"There is no need to spend so much money in Nanjing."

Zhu Qiyu points his sword to the south of the Yangtze River.

"Is Your Majesty going to give up Southern Zhili?" Hu Hui asked him.

"It's not that I'm giving up, it's that I want to reduce expenditures."

"Your Majesty can reduce expenditures, and I fully support it."

Hu Xi said loudly: "But if Your Majesty wants to give up Nanjing, it is absolutely impossible!"

Geng Jiuchou, Ye Sheng and others all supported Hu Hui.

"I don't want to give up on Nanzhili, but I want to use such a large place to support Nanjing, which is a waste of people's power and a waste of national power. The gain outweighs the loss." Zhu Qiyu softened.

"Your Majesty cares about the people and cares about the people, which is a blessing to the people of the world."

"but!"

"The existence of Nanzhili has greater political significance!"

Hu Hui firmly objected: "We must not move easily."

Zhu Qiyu frowned and expressed confusion: "Please teach me, old master."

　I must have a fever, because the dog has a fever, and I said he has been feeling uncomfortable these past few days.This person must not get angry. Diseases come from the fire. He must not be in a bad mood. If he is in a bad mood, he will definitely get sick. Being happy is the most important thing!I hope my friends will take this as a warning. If you want to keep a pet, or are currently raising a pet, you should think carefully~
　　
　
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