"Your Majesty, how are the shares of this machinery factory calculated?"
A businessman is a businessman after all. The first thing that comes to mind is how to calculate the shares of a machinery factory.
According to the example of steam engines, if Gewuke also wanted to invest in lathe technology and hold 30% of the shares, the shares of the Weng family and other shareholders would be diluted a lot.
"Weng Qing, you are worrying too much." Chongzhen said, "Lathes do not hold shares solely based on technology."
Just like cultivating the steam engine market, Chongzhen also hopes to cultivate a mature machine tool market as soon as possible.
It is worth sacrificing some interests for this, not to mention that in the long run the benefits actually outweigh the disadvantages.
Weng Zhiyi was overjoyed and immediately expressed his attitude: "Thanks to the great love of the Holy One, I dare not to kill myself in return."
"There is no need to kill yourself in retribution." Chongzhen said with a smile, "You should think about how to put the lathe into mass production as soon as possible and expand production capacity to the maximum in the shortest time."
"I will fulfill my mission." Weng Zhiyi responded solemnly.
After all, the Weng family also holds half of the management shares in Daming Machinery Factory.
Therefore, mass production of lathes as soon as possible is also a good thing for the Weng family, which means more profits.
While they were talking, a young eunuch rushed in excitedly and reported to Gao Qiqian. After Gao Qiqian got the news, he hurriedly came to Chongzhen to congratulate him: "Long live my lord, the Crown Princess has been born, and I, the Ming Dynasty, have gained another grandson."
"Oh, really?" Chongzhen said with a smile, "Then today is a double blessing."
According to the usual practice, Chongzhen had to give a name to the emperor's grandson. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Why don't we just give him the character Gui?"
Gao Qiqian immediately shouted at the top of his lungs: "The Holy One has decreed that the emperor's second grandson should be named Gui, Zhu Hegui."
"The emperor has decreed that the emperor's second grandson should be named Zhu Hegui!" The young eunuch received the decree and shouted all the way to Nangong.
Gao Qiqian looked at Chongzhen helplessly. Chongzhen frowned and asked, "What are you doing? Do you want to ask for a reward?"
"Old slave, I don't dare." Gao Qiqian hurriedly denied it, but secretly thought in his heart, shouldn't he be rewarded for such a happy event as the birth of the emperor's second grandson?
Chongzhen snorted softly, looked around and said: "In my opinion, it is necessary to add one more line to the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty. From now on, no matter whose birthday or birthday it is, no one is allowed to make a fuss or give excessive rewards. Even if it is
The birthday of Emperor Taizu Gao, or my birthday, is not allowed to be grandly organized. If it is not just a birthday, what is there to celebrate? Formalism is harmful and useless."
"Holy, Holy Ming." The surrounding officials, craftsmen, and eunuchs immediately knelt on the ground.
Gao Qiqian also knelt down, but he cursed in his heart. He said it sounded nice, but in fact he just didn't want to spend money.
Long live my lord, you are really stingy. The Ministry of Internal Affairs’ annual income is almost over 100 million, but you are not even willing to pay for three melons or two dates. You are really treating our internal servants like cows and horses, and you are not willing to feed us any grass.
…
It is true that Chongzhen spent money very generously in some areas, such as the supplies for the army, and the bonuses paid to Qinwang scholars at the end of the year.
In the 21st year of Chongzhen's reign, each scholar's dividend was as high as 500 yuan.
However, there is no limit to the greed of people. Even if the Ministry of Internal Affairs provides such a high dividend, there are still some people who find it too little.
In fact, corruption is an inevitable phenomenon. It cannot be avoided in any country or dynasty. No matter what system is adopted, it cannot be completely eliminated. Corruption is inevitable.
Chongzhen went to Nangong to see the emperor’s second grandson and had just returned to the Imperial College.
The Supervision Section was aware of the incident, so Huang Zongxi came to the door with a small notebook.
"Huang Xiaozi." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "I am looking forward to your coming, but I don't want you to come."
Huang Zongxi said: "Your Majesty is looking forward to my coming because only by coming can I prove that I and my colleagues in the Supervision Department do not have corpses to serve as decorations. But if I really come, it means that some of my colleagues have committed crimes. This will
It is a disgrace to the scholar who committed the crime himself and to the entire group of diligent scholars."
Chongzhen sighed: "But what is supposed to come will eventually come."
"What the Holy One said is absolutely true. What is supposed to come will eventually come." Huang Zongxi deeply believed it.
After a pause, he continued: "Song Mumin, the deputy manager of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, accepted bribes from Xi Jiaomin, the original owner of Songjiang Lianghao, and maliciously raised the valuation of Lianghao, causing the bank to overpay.
The cost caused economic losses to the bank and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of more than 50,000 yuan."
Chongzhen asked: "How many bribes did he receive?"
"Four thousand." Huang Zongxi said sadly, "less than one-tenth of the loss."
"It makes sense." Chongzhen said, "Although fifty thousand yuan is a lot, it is not the money of the herdsmen of Song Dynasty. Although four thousand yuan is small, it is private property that the herdsmen of Song Dynasty can spend as they please."
"The following three are somewhat unreasonable."
Huang Zongxi turned over and continued: "The Shizhong Meng Xueli is from the Shibo Department, Feng Guofan is from the Propaganda Department, and Yuan Fuzhong is from the Transport Department. In the past six months, he and Chen Zhenhui have often gone to Meixianglou to drink wine."
Chongzhen frowned and said, "Taichong, are you worrying too much? Isn't it normal to drink flower wine?"
"Of course it's not strange to drink flower wine. I often go there to drink flower wine, and even often stay overnight in Meixiang Tower." Huang Zongxi waved his hand and said, "But there are not many Qinwang scholars who go there as frequently as Meng Xueli and the others.
, the three of them have to go there almost every few days, and their salaries simply cannot support it."
"Is it possible that Chen Zhenhui invited them there?"
"Because of this, these three people are even more suspicious."
"Have you checked the accounts of the four of them?"
"It has been checked." Huang Zongxi replied, "There are no major problems with the accounts of the Shipping Department, the Mission and Education Department, and the Transport Department. Meng Xueli's popularity among his colleagues is also very good."
While talking, Zhang Huangyan hurriedly walked in.
"I have sent you a secret report to your Majesty," Zhang Huang said.
"Huang Taichong doesn't need to avoid it." Chongzhen said, "Just tell me."
"Yes." Zhang Huangyan nodded to Huang Zongxi and said, "I have found out that there is a deeply hidden spy who was sent to Nanjing by the slave chief Dorgon to instigate rebellion against Prince Qin."
"Is this happening?" Huang Zongxi's expression moved slightly when he heard this.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I wonder if Meng Xueli and the other three people had contact with the Jian slaves, right?
Chongzhen asked: "Since this person is so hidden, how did you find out?"
Zhang Huangyan said: "The reason why I say that this person is extremely hidden is because this person was ordered to come to Nanjing as a top secret. Even the Luo family brothers did not know his inside story. Moreover, this person rarely appeared in public after coming to Nanjing. It is extremely secretive."
Most of the time it is hidden in one person's apartment, and I would not be able to discover it unless by chance."
Huang Zongxi asked: "Whose apartment is this person hiding in?"
"Chen Zhenhui's apartment!" Zhang Huang said, "I discovered it accidentally."
"This person actually knows Chen Zhenhui?" Huang Zongxi asked, "Is it possible that he is still an acquaintance?"
"Brother Taichong hit the mark." Zhang Huangyan said solemnly, "This person is none other than our old acquaintance, Hou Fangyu!"
"Hou Fangyu? He is still alive?" Huang Zongxi was a little surprised. Hou Fangyu was one of the four young masters and a leader of Fushe. He was known as Mo Ni along with Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi, Gu Gao and others.
Huang Zongxi didn't believe it and asked: "Brother Xuanzhu, are you mistaken?"
"Absolutely not." Zhang Huangyan said very firmly, "Although Hou Fangyu has many scars on his face, and even broke one of his legs, making him lame and ugly, he is completely different from the original charming and suave person.
But I still recognized him from his back and a few details, so there is no doubt that this person is Hou Fangyu."
Chongzhen's face fell and he said in a deep voice: "Who has Hou Fangyu had contact with?"
Zhang Huangyan said: "I just said that Hou Fangyu is very cunning and never comes into contact with Prince Qin. It was Chen Zhenhui who contacted Prince Qin on his behalf. All the scholars who have had contact with Chen Zhenhui recently have been recorded in the eucalyptus. Earlier,
At that time, there were more scholars who had contact with Chen Zhenhui, and the Secret Investigation Division was secretly visiting and investigating."
Chongzhen took the list and opened it, but he saw the three characters Fang Yizhi written on the first line.
There are more than a hundred names at the bottom, including Meng Xueli, Feng Guofan and Yuan Fuzhong.
"Taichong, look." Chongzhen read the list and handed it to Huang Zongxi, "Behind everything that is unreasonable, there are actually reasonable explanations hidden. The reason why they feel unreasonable is that they have not found the real reason. Meng Xueli and the three of them
She must have been bribed by Hou Fangyu, or is in the process of being bribed, so Chen Zhenhui will look at her differently."
"That's it." Huang Zongxi also looked relieved.
Zhang Huangyan was a little surprised: "Brother Taichong also discovered that there is something wrong with Meng Xueli?"
"I just discovered that Meng Xueli and three others have financial problems." Huang Zongxi said, "But they have been secretly bribed by Hou Fangyu without knowing it."
Zhang Huangyan said: "Feng Guofan and Yuan Fuzhong are verifying, but Meng Xueli has indeed been bribed by Jiannu. I just found that Meng Xueli and three others often went in and out of Meixiang Tower with Chen Zhenhui and others. I felt strange, so I secretly investigated, and the result was...
After checking, we found the problem."
"Just recently, Meng Xueli actually sent a huge sum of eight thousand yuan to his home!"
"After learning about this plan, I secretly arrested Meng Xueli."
"Meng Xueli tried to deny it at first, but it was not until he saw the irrefutable evidence that he was willing to tell the truth, telling the truth that someone was hiding behind the scenes to bribe Prince Qin through Chen Zhenhui."
"Then I saw Hou Fangyu from Chen Zhenhui's apartment."
Huang Zongxi was very frightened and said: "Thanks to your secret investigation department, otherwise we would be in big trouble."
"Yes, a thousand-mile embankment breaks down in an ant nest. If Meng Xueli and the ants are not caught out as soon as possible, the Shiziying embankment will most likely collapse." Chongzhen said with a dark face.
Zhang Huangyan asked Chongzhen with a straight face: "Your Majesty, is the next step going to be screening and review based on the list?"
"Your Majesty, you must be screened according to the list." Huang Zongxi said categorically, "This matter is too relevant to be careless. All scholars who have had contact with Chen Zhenhui must be screened, and those who have accepted bribes like Meng Xueli must be severely punished!
