golden scales

Being put on the neck with a knife, everyone will have a bit of thoughts of fighting.

Wei Zhongxian was like this back then, and so is Xu Wenjue today.

At that time, Wei Zhongxian approached Cui Chengxiu, Minister of the Ministry of War. Cui Chengxiu was afraid that there would be Qin Wang Yijun.Today's Xu Wenjue is looking for Uncle Xin Cheng and other nobles from Nanjing, but everyone can't find an army that can be used.

Just as the crown prince said, 300 guards from the Guard Division solved the Nanjing Jingying. All the soldiers were pulled out of the city and sent to Huaibei, where they were handed over to Yuan Jixian to lead them, mainly responsible for road construction and mining.

In addition, the closest to Nanjing is only the Zhejiang Fang Guoan Department.

If the relatives really controlled the crown prince and fought against Beijing, Fang Guoan, a warlord who was about to be demolished, might really take the risk and join them.

But the people under control now are their nobles who can't carry their hands. The crown prince occupies the city of Nanjing, which is high and wide, and has elite tigers under his command. Does Fang Guoan have the courage to rebel?

"Their relatives are really so lucrative that they make people speechless." Zhu Cihong did not hide the slightest in front of the officials of the East Palace: "The country has developed so far, but in fact they have become purely dispensable people. But I can't tell Clearing up the situation, they actually mixed with the civil servants to fight against my family! To eradicate the civil servants, I still worry that there will be no one to do business, even if they are really brought together, will it hinder the country at all!"

After Xunqi became a Xunqi, he only served as the governor of the Five Armies, admiral of the military administration of the Beijing camp, and at most he went to sacrifice for the emperor during festivals.The Nanjing team is redundant, and the Nanjing Jingying has been completely abolished. What's the use of keeping them?

If he had a clearer mind and stood beside the crown prince and waved the flag, the crown prince would not do too much for the hearts of his subordinates.He just ate the ecstasy soup of those civil servants, thinking that his relatives from generation to generation could be considered celebrities, and looked down on the petty nouveau riche of the Zhu family.

The officials of the Eastern Palace in front of me are all outstanding among the family members, and Lu Suyao carefully selected them one by one.Those who are going to be sent to the new province to serve as officials.Recently, I often appear in front of the crown prince, and I am familiar with the face, and I am doing the final "training" before the release.After hearing what the crown prince said, everyone secretly woke up.It is more important than anything else to identify the big tree of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Now all the public opinion positions are open, aiming at the two major crimes of the relatives: the crime of unidentified sources of huge wealth, and the crime of privately accumulating family members and dead men plotting to commit crimes." Zhu Cihong stood in front of everyone: "When it comes to capital crimes, don't miss any of them!"

Everyone was refreshed, knowing that there must be another long holiday after this battle, and it would probably affect the appointment of officials in the future.

"Quyuan Miscellaneous Tan" took the lead, starting with Wei Guogong Xu Wenjue, while listing the family properties reported by his own family, and at the same time comparing the properties obtained from the search and inspection.

The difference between the two is nearly a hundred times!

This is only the movable property acquired by one government, and the other real property is named in the contract of Tianpi Tiangu.It cannot be regarded as ironclad evidence, but one thing is certain, all the land not under the name of the Xu family will no longer be owned by the Xu family in the future.

How to explain the difference between the two phases?The highest food salary of the Duke of Ming Dynasty was five thousand shi, and the lowest was only [-] shi.How many generations would it take for Wei Guogong's mansion to accumulate such a large family fortune without eating or drinking?Xu Wenjue dared to say that he still has a computer room at home.Is there still the silk business, the income from the sea trade, and the blood of the soldiers?

It's too late to say so.

In addition, various local tabloids under Tian Cunshan's control also followed up, all of which flayed the greed of these relatives.Many of the tabloids established during the anti-prince turmoil have changed their previous theories and criticized the relatives from the perspective of the justice of the national court.The Jiangnan Shilin Newspaper had no choice but to follow suit, otherwise it would not be sold.

Although the owners of Jiangnan Newspaper don't care about the money, their view on sales is influence.A drop in sales is a drop in influence, something they cannot tolerate.Burning so much money, isn't this influence what you want?

At this moment, they really feel that there are more literate people.It doesn't seem to be a good thing. Instead of growing his own power, the crown prince's side is getting stronger.

On March 20, the [-]th year of Chongzhen, the crown prince basically completed the confiscation of Xungui's property.Because these relatives themselves, like the Tian family, follow the eldest son inheritance system.Therefore, the Dazong must be the most powerful branch of the clan. Using this Dazong as the guideline, one can easily sort out the list of distant and near relatives, as well as their property.

If you want to do it, you must do it thoroughly. Within five servings, not one can escape.

During the entire operation, Zhu Cihong collected gold, silver and jewellery, land deeds, and securities—shares, bonuses, and bonds of many commercial firms—and the total profit amounted to more than 2000 million taels.Moreover, this figure is only a guaranteed minimum amount, which is calculated based on the starting price of gold, stone, antiques, calligraphy, painting, jewelry and other objects.

On March [-]th, a special banquet was held in Fengtian Gate of the Imperial City of Nanjing.

Those who participated in the banquet were all the "shareholders" of shipping companies from all over the country.Except for the Shibo Department in the east of Liaodong, all of them belong to the imperial court. From Tianjin down, all the way to southern Fujian and Guangdong, all the people who paid for the shares of the Shibo Department received the invitation from the crown prince when he was in Fengyang, which made They have enough time to rush to Nanjing to participate in the event.

The first half of the banquet was just like the traditional feast between the monarch and the people, but the meal was a bit simple, in line with the crown prince's reputation for being stingy.

In the second half, it makes people's blood rush and their breathing short of breath.

More than [-] pieces of rare treasures were put on the booth one by one, and these shareholders were allowed to approach and inspect.These are the treasures collected by the relatives' family for more than [-] years, or even more than [-] years. If you release one or two, they can be sold for sky-high prices.

As for many small objects, such as the fans of Shen Shaolou, a famous fan maker, even the fans are sold in a minimum of ten pieces, and the starting price is only 20 taels, which is half of the market price.And this level of goods can't even be put on the table, they were just placed around the periphery of the banquet, and they didn't attract people to ask for a price at all.

In order to dispel the buyer's concerns, Zhu Cihong also arranged for a knowledgeable eunuch from the inner palace, as well as shopkeepers of well-known merchants in Nanzhi and Zhejiang, to come for appraisal.Every treasure has a document with the same origin, and the rare official seal of the National Museum is printed on it.

"This is the emerald Guanyin that Myanmar paid tribute to during the Tianshun period. Its quality is like ice, like waxy, transparent and thick. It's just a carver, not as good as the craftsmanship of my famous Chinese craftsman. But, this thing is kept at home and I don't eat it. So if it wasn't for this accident, it would not have been obtained by outsiders." A middle-aged scholar stroked his beard and talked eloquently in front of a Jade Buddha, surrounded by a group of wealthy guests, who were fascinated by it.

"Then how much silver is this Guanyin worth?" someone asked.

"Five hundred gold is like picking up a treasure. If I want to make a move, three thousand gold will be willing." The scribe said leisurely: "If there are lay Buddhists who believe in Buddhism, it will be even more serious. This is the male body of Avalokitesvara , it’s not that there are none in my middle-earth, but it’s really rare.”

"Three thousand gold, it's too expensive...By the way, what's your address, sir?" Someone asked again, and they became friends.

"My next one is Zhang Baosheng."

"I'll offer three thousand gold!" Someone heard Zhang Lianfang's name and immediately called out the offer.

As soon as the offer came out, people immediately surrounded him.But the more expensive the thing, the more popular it is, the higher the price will naturally be.

A few other people who didn't know Zhang Baosheng's name were afraid of missing the baby, so they also increased the price by three or five hundred taels.

Shen Tingyang was in the middle of it at the moment, because his mother believed in Buddhism and also practiced the Avalokitesvara method. He wanted to quietly win it with a starting price of 8000 gold, but he just watched this jadeite Avalokitesvara being bid for [-] taels all the way.Even if he controls the Shachuan Gang, he can't spend a lot of money to this extent.

——Most of them are salt merchants in Lianghuai.

Shen Tingyang flicked his sleeves, withdrew from the crowd, and went to observe elsewhere.As the crown prince's earliest able-bodied general, the founder of the Shandong Navy, and the sacrificial wine of the Huangming Naval University, the crown prince will naturally not forget his contributions when he wants to establish a naval department in Shanghai.

Unlike others, Zhu Cihong told him clearly that Shibo would not be able to be placed in the private sector in the future, and that he was now allowed to invest in shares and share dividends, just to thank him for his previous donations for the country.

In fact, this is also impossible.At the beginning of the cooperation, Zhu Cihong made a condition that the Shen family use the technology of the Institute of Technology for free.However, now that the Institute of Technology has been established for three full years, it has been divided into two large schools, Huangming Jingshi University and the Institute of Technology, but the technology that can really be achieved makes people blush.

Even the steam pump brought by Shen Tingyang this time, the crown prince felt that it was suspected of fooling people.

This thing does have a practical purpose, and can drain the stagnant water in the mine faster.But it is far from enough to trigger a drastic change in productivity.

"I heard that this kind of jade is not worth much in Myanmar, and the carvers are so-so. Why should the general regret it? In the future, a trustee will find a good kind from Myanmar, and let the domestic master craftsmen use the knife. It will be worthless." Zhang Baosheng walked up to Shen Tingyang and smiled familiarly.

Shen Tingyang smiled reservedly and said, "Does Mr. Zhang know Shen?"

"Know a thing or two." Zhang Lianfang said: "But the key is still there."

Following Zhang Lianfang's instructions, Shen Tingyang looked around and saw a young man in a blue Taoist robe smiling at him, and when he took a closer look, it was the crown prince himself, who hurried forward to salute.

"The things here are all for the philistines to buy for fun." Zhu Cihong said: "If Lord Wumei is interested, follow me to the hall and let Lord Baosheng tell you about it."

Zhang Lianfang was full of energy and high spirits.

His understanding of antique treasures has reached a level, he will not regard these treasures as his own like a miser, but only as a person who handles them, from which he can feel the accumulation of history and culture and the enjoyment of beauty.After coming to the Crown Prince's side as the curator of the National Museum, although it was too late to open the museum, the treasures have been seen for countless times, and he lives in happiness every day, even eating a lot more.

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