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Chapter 17 Zhou Yanru's Attack

Faced with the chaos of the Ming Dynasty, all the interests of all parties had their own land to ensure the stability of vested interests. What Emperor Chongzhen could do was to check and balance each other, take advantage of the advantages of the imperial power, and go to the A little blow.

Emperor Chongzhen felt that he had concealed his conversation with Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and others, and did not make them realize that he would get rid of the Liaodong generals in the future.

In the three camps with deeper water, Zu Dashou and others were called to act as catfish first to reduce unnecessary expenses in the dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen felt it was very necessary.

Leaving the right-shou station of Shenshu Camp, Emperor Chongzhen left the Wang Zaijin who was with him, and had a good exchange with the group of honorary relatives who worked in the Beijing Camp to play a role in banging.

"Parent Wang, did Li Ruzhen's side, have you been tricked?"

On the way back to the Ganqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "In addition, the wealth found in the Li family, including those hidden, has been found to be missing."

As a case derived from the Yuan case, the so-called tax resistance case was killed, all the small fish and shrimps, and the real big fish were secretly seized by Emperor Chongzhen.

As for what Li Ruzhen had previously involved in Liaodong, he was treated gently and coldly in the Tianqi Dynasty. If there was nothing wrong with this, Emperor Chongzhen would not believe it if he was beaten to death.

The late Ningyuan Bo Li Chengliang has been out of Liaodong many times, so the foundation of the Li family is not simple.

Even Emperor Chongzhen was convinced that the so-called predecessor of the Liaodong generals had the right to speak within the Li family.

If it weren't for Li Rubai and Li Ruzhen's brothers, they would have been afraid of death in the end because they were greedy for life and feared death. At some critical moments, they watched the eight banners of Jianlu rage and did not send troops to help, which indirectly led to the loss of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong and were eventually brought back to the capital to discuss crimes.

Such a situation caused the Li family to experience a vacuum period in front of Liao.

If this were not the case, the Zu family, led by Zu Dashou, could not have taken the banner of Liaodong generals.

After all, the Zu family truly rose in front of Liao, and was promoted to the corresponding official position when Li Chengliang was in charge of Liaodong, so that it was able to accumulate a solid foundation.

"Li Zhei has recruited some of it, but the situation is more serious than expected."

Wang Chengen bowed slightly and frowned and said, "The Emperor... The Li family may have secretly communicated with Jianlu, and even had unclear connections with the eight major thieves.

At present, the internal factory is stepping up the interrogation of Li Zhe and others who are detained, striving to pry open Li Zhe and the others' mouths in the shortest time.

The search for the Li family has been carried out in secret, and the current search is less than half. The silver, land, jewelry, antiques, etc. recorded in the archives exceeds four million taels of silver.

As for the possible hidden property, Li Zhe and the others have not yet recruited it, so I will..."

"I didn't expect that there was a big rat hidden in the capital under the emperor's feet!"

Emperor Chongzhen's expression was cold and interrupted: "Before Fang Zhenghua and his team came back, the internal factory would handle the case well. The current turmoil in the court, so no one has the mind or energy to put the matter on Li Ruzhen and the others.

But when the court clears, it will be different again. I don’t want to be passive in this matter. Parent Wang should know what to do, right?”

"Don't worry, I will do this."

The fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty was affected by the environment of corruption and corruption in the administration, and the fiscal deficit increased over the years, which caused an illusion.

There was an extreme shortage of silver under the Meiji.

But is this really the case?

Affected by the overall trade surplus, even though most of the Ming Dynasty explicitly prohibited going into the sea, the interests of all parties in the southeast coastal areas, such as honors and relatives, powerful officials and gentry, landlords, maritime merchants, etc., all ignored these policies and kept secretly.

When conducting foreign trade, a lot of silver flows in every year.

This generation, generation after generation, no one knows how much money has flowed into the Ming Dynasty, just by porcelain, silk, and tea.

‘The Li family can accumulate so much wealth, but I’m afraid the situation will become even more different from the eight major Shanxi merchants.’ Emperor Chongzhen, who had given the mail, said in a serious expression.

‘Led in Shanxi, backed by Zhangjiakou Fort, he used money to open the way, took advantage of the convenience of economic sanctions in the Ming Dynasty, and secretly engaged in smuggling and selling stolen goods.

Even if bribery costs a lot of money, the eight major Shanxi merchants have a much richer family than the current treasury. There are really many things that have opened their eyes to the Ming Dynasty.’

Although Emperor Chongzhen was unwilling to admit that the extent of the Ming Dynasty was far more serious than he expected, facts were better than words.

Everyone crying on the surface, but in fact they are rich.

Is this a moral distortion or a degeneration of human nature?

The imbalance of civil and military politics has led to the formation of many bad policies and cancers over time. No matter from any perspective, it is a manifestation of the weakening of imperial power.

Similar to what happened in the late Ming Dynasty, if you dare to put it until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, only Emperor Taizu Gao and his elders would definitely kill blood and make them look light.

Lighting the sky lantern, lingchi, cracking the car, halving it... can all be used in different ways.

Back at the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen calmed down his mood. Since it became a fact that he could do it, all he could do was to correct it step by step.

Don't be impatient.

Avoid being greedy.

The existing bad policies and cancers of the Ming Dynasty were quite inconsistent, and they involved all forces. It was like cutting the mess quickly, which was no longer suitable for the current national conditions.

Even the strong army that shocked all forces had not yet been trained, so they made great changes and killed corrupt officials, which would cause everyone to be in danger. It would be better to change the emperor of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

"Emperor, this is the memorial received by the Siliguan Institute, and Zhou Shufu also submitted it." When Emperor Chongzhen returned to Dongnuan Pavilion, Han Zanzhou, who had been waiting for a long time, held a stack of memorials and reported it to his emperor.

"I won't check it out and transfer it to the cabinet immediately." Emperor Chongzhen said, "I'll ask Han and others to draft the ticket as soon as possible and submit it to the Silijian."

"Here!"

It seems that Zhou Yanru has contacted officials in the court and prepared to launch a corresponding offensive in the form of a memorial.

The cabinet formed by the temporary stabilization period is mainly composed of ministers from conservative schools. If you want to give them relatively more authority to assist them in handling the government affairs, the responsibility system must be clarified.

As for the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, if there is even the responsibility system and the accountability system, Emperor Chongzhen could not decide. No matter how many things were done and the state-owned economy developed well, it would not be able to withstand the disaster of corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty.
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