Chapter 110 Drag him out and kill him with a stick!
Xingyuan Waterside Pavilion.
Wang Chengen walked into the central stage with two silver ingots worth ten taels and handed them to Li Shiniang and Zheng Tuoniang respectively.
"Boss of you, the Holy Father has said that the current state expenditure is scarce and we really cannot give more rewards. We only have these ten taels for tea, so don't think it's too little."
"Thank you, Eunuch, for the reward." Li Shiniang and Zheng Tuoniang stood up and saluted.
"Oh, that's wrong." Wang Chengen smiled and waved his hand, "This is the money for tea that Long live the Lord rewards you."
"I'm waiting to thank you for your reward." Li Shiniang and Zheng Tuoniang saluted Chongzhen again in the direction he left. After saluting, they stood up and found that Wang Chengen had left by himself.
Li Shiniang was stunned for a moment and hurriedly shouted: "Father-in-law, please stay."
Wang Chengen turned around when he heard the sound and asked with a smile: "Do you have any other instructions from Mr. Li?"
Li Shiniang picked up the pipa and asked, "Is there a different place down there?"
"Change a place?" Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and hurriedly said, "There's no need to change places. You two can go back. Please come back."
"Ah?" Li Shiniang and Zheng Tuoniang were both stunned on the spot.
This is something they never expected. Is this the end of it?
The Holy Spirit summoned them to the camp just to show their skills to the salt merchants in Yangzhou?
"You two, please help yourself. I'll excuse you for now." Li Shiniang bowed her head, turned around and left in a hurry.
The two courtesans walked out of the palace from the side door, feeling neither happy nor sad, nor confused. It seems that the current emperor is very much the same as the legend among the outsiders.
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"Father, why is he fighting for these 13 million taels of silver?"
Yan Tianjiong asked Chongzhen with a gentle look on his face: "Right now, Bianzhen is in urgent need of money. Without those 13 million taels, we will use them within a year at most because we have to worry about military pay."
Looking at Zhu Cijiong who was becoming more and more daring to express his opinions, Chongzhen nodded secretly.
That is the most basic quality of a general, the courage to express and stick to one's own opinions.
Well, Chongzhen was actually learning from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. I trained Zhu Cijiong and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty trained Huo Qubing in the same way. To put it bluntly, there are two words - arrogance! But it is definitely arrogance.
Arrogance is the arrogance of thinking under thinking.
If you are arrogant, you will always be arrogant in life.
At least from the perspective of the eyes, the effect is still wrong.
Chongzhen smiled and said to Qu Shangzhong: "Xun'er, let him tell you."
"Yes." Qu Shangzhong responded and said to Zhu Cijiong, "Eighth brother, there is no cloud in Chapter 77 of the Tao Te Ching. I only fight with you, so no one in heaven can fight with you!"
After glancing at Chongzhen, Qu Shangzhong said again: "Father and Emperor seem to be fighting, but in fact it is just a small fight!"
"Small quarrel?" Zhu Cijiong asked blankly, "Why is my father so quarrelsome? How could you see it?"
"This is a small dispute between my father and my father," Qu Shangzhong said, "because what my father wants is 13 million taels, one hundred million or even one billion taels. What my father wants is far less than the money that Yangzhou merchants can offer now.
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"You understand," Zhu Cijiong said immediately, "but that's a relief."
"Even if we fight, it will be a relief." Chongzhen rubbed Zhu Cijiong's big head and said, "Because Ma Mingluan can't recover so little at all, let alone 13 million taels, I can recover 400
It's a mistake to be ten thousand liang, after all, it's been a year."
10% of the 13 million taels was divided up and squandered by Wang Chengen's followers and the sticks in his hands. Even if there were some real estate and jewelry left, they were still worth a few bucks.
So it would be incredible if Ma Mingluan could finally recover 4 million taels!
This also includes Wang Chengen's belongings, including the Yangzhou garrison behind him.
Just as he was talking, Xie Xuelong ran back angrily: "Long live my lord, it's a pity that that bitch slave Wang Cheng'en should die. I actually hid so little tax money from outside the palace and from His Majesty!"
Chongzhen chuckled and asked, "How much money have I been greedy for?"
"The amount of cash found from the cellar alone is less than 700,000 taels!" Jie Xuelong said with a white face, "In addition to the calligraphy and paintings, porcelain and jewelry I have accumulated, I have not used it in Yangzhou.
Expenses, that bitch slave, over the past few years, he has embezzled seven million taels from the tax bank!"
Yan Tianming was really angry.
I originally thought that Wang Chengen had not given me the small amount of tax money yet.
But I never thought that Wang Chengen’s filial piety to me would only be a fraction!
"It seems that Yangzhou is really a cornucopia." Chongzhen smiled and opened the account book under the table, "Yes, Han Banban is right, right? Wang Chengen's greed should be eight million taels!"
"That..." Jie Xuelong's eyes suddenly rolled around.
"Where did the less than one million go?" Chongzhen suddenly emphasized, "Eunuch Han!"
"Long live the Lord!" Yan Tianming immediately knelt down with a pop, "Old slave, the old slave deserves to die. It's time for the old slave to get greedy and reach out to the tax bank. Long live the slave, please spare that dog of the old slave.
Take your life."
"Drag him out." Chongzhen said solemnly, "kill him with a stick together with Yan Tianming!"
"Long live the Lord!" Jie Xuelong was so frightened that he lost his mind and screamed like a pig.
The two Yiding had already set up Jie Xuelong and left the small hall, and the screams could gradually be heard.
"The courage of those domestic slaves is too small." Qu Shangzhong said, "They only extended their hands for tax money, and the amount of money they embezzled was so small. It is really impossible to atone for their sins by a hundred deaths!"
Zhu Cijiong said: "Father, I'm afraid the other garrison eunuchs from various places are gone."
"The eunuchs outside the palace are basically honest and self-responsible." Chongzhen glanced at Li Shiniang and said, "If there is a garrison eunuch from the inner sect, I'm afraid there will be one who is clean and rich, but facing huge taxes and money...
There is someone to supervise, but how many people in the world can do it? It would be difficult to replace anyone."
"Long live my lord, what should Wang Chengen do if he doesn't have these followers yet?"
Seeing that Xie Xuelong and Wang Chengen ended up in that position, it was inevitable that they would be like rabbits and foxes if they were too low-minded. At the same time, I was also a little lucky. Fortunately, I was an eunuch in charge of the military, and my subordinates never had such a small amount of tax money.
"Leave it all to the Yangzhou government office." Chongzhen said enthusiastically.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The cash and my belongings that have not yet been copied will also be handed over to Yangzhou Prefecture."
"Ah? The money copied will also be handed over to Yangzhou Prefecture?" Qian Qian asked with some pain.
"What?" Chongzhen's eyes became cold and hot as he stared at Di Qiqian, "Didn't he refuse to see me, my companion?"
"Uh, are you there? Have you seen me inside, old slave?" He Qiqian shook his hands repeatedly, almost frightened out of his soul.
"Is this the best thing?" Chongzhen groaned and added, "I didn't bother him to go to Yangzhou Mansion and hand over all the prisoners and stolen money to the Yangzhou Mansion Office."
"Old slave, let's do it."
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The Tang newspapers from Huai'an and Yangzhou were delivered to Nanjing almost at the same time.
Also sent to the cabinet was a secret letter from Huai'an.
Yan Tianming immediately asked the old servant to invite Gao Hongtu and other eight people over.
After reading the two newspapers and a secret letter, the seven of them fell into silence.
The two Tang newspapers described the whole story of two events that happened in Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture. They were concise but vague.
The secret letter was sent by a student of Zhu Cihong and a colleague of Huai'an Prefecture. In the letter, I told some inside stories that were not mentioned in the newspaper, such as Chongzhen's visit to Shi Kefa in prison.
Even the dialogue between Chongzhen and Shi Kefa was clearly written.
The energy of the Donglin Party is really great, and all kinds of secrets can be found out.
After a long while, Gao Hongtu frowned and said: "What do you want from His Majesty? All the governors in heaven want to learn history and law, so what use does your cabinet have?"
"Mr. Beige, be careful what you say!"
Zhu Cixiang rarely spoke with an accentuated tone.
Di Hongtu snorted again and then said nothing. It was indeed taboo to criticize the emperor and his father behind his back.
"Let's end Yan Tianming's matter here. Let Luo Wanxiang and Qi Biaojia withdraw all the memorials." Yan Tianming finally came up with the first assistant's decision, "We will discuss the rest after His Majesty returns to Beijing."
"Let's do it according to the chief assistant's wishes." Yan Tianming said.
"I reject the opinion of the chief assistant." Jiang Yueguang agreed.
Di Hongtu snorted from his nostrils, which was barely enough.
Zhu Cixiang's mood improved and he asked again: "What do they think about the Yangzhou incident?"
"This is a great thing!" Yan Tianming said with a smile, "The people of Yangzhou have been suffering from the mine supervisors and tax envoys for a long time. His Majesty's removal of the Yangzhou garrison eunuch office is really too slow!"
"That's right." Jiang Yueguang also echoed, "You are so arrogant!"
"But I think it's enough to just remove the eunuchs guarding Yangzhou." Gao Hongtu grunted, "You should take advantage of this small opportunity to convince the Holy One to remove all the eunuchs guarding the sky!"
"Removing all the guarding eunuchs in the sky at once? Is that possible?"
Lu Zhenfei shook his head and said: "His Majesty will reject it no matter what."
"It all depends on human effort." Gao Hongtu said with enthusiasm, "What if it's done?"
Yan Tianming said: "If this matter is accomplished, it will be a great success for the country and benefit the future!"
Zhu Cixiang was not moved at all. I am an honest official, and my family and clan are extremely complicated. The only thing I pursue is not a clear name. What Jiang Yueguang said about merit lies in the country and benefit in the future speaks to my heart.
If we can really accomplish a political event that will be remembered for eternity under the leadership of the Chief Minister, then my name, Yan Tianming, will not be recorded in the annals of history and will be remembered by the predecessors.
Thinking of that, Zhu Cixiang immediately lost his mind.
"Old Bei Ge is right, everything depends on manpower." Zhu Cixi said solemnly, "And you might as well set a smaller goal. You only need to convince His Majesty to remove all mine supervisors and tax envoys in the world, and you also need to convince His Majesty.
I will add a line to the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty: the previous kings will always set up mine supervisors and tax envoys to exploit the people!"
"That's right, it's the first assistant who sees everything." Gao Hongtu was sincerely convinced that time.
"We must establish Yong Shizhun's mine supervisors and tax envoys into the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty. We must establish rules for the kings in previous lives. Even the four-seven emperors can do whatever they want!"
"I completely agree." Yan Tianming and Jiang Yueguang nodded in succession.
It is rare that the seven cabinet elders have a low degree of agreement, so the matter will be decided immediately.
Gao Hongtu then suggested: "This time His Majesty returns to Beijing, he will definitely discuss the amount of state expenditure with the servants. Let Zhang Wuyu take the opportunity to raise this matter."
