() "Oh, there are still three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, which I plan to keep for Uncle Zhongxing to make money for." Emperor Chongzhen explained after hearing this, and then turned around and returned to the throne.
"Did Uncle Zhongxing make that kind of cement?" Bi Ziyan asked in surprise after hearing this.
"Not yet." Emperor Chongzhen sat back on the throne, then looked at Bi Ziyan and shook his head.
"Then..." Bi Ziyan was a little disappointed and wanted to ask for the 350,000, but he couldn't open his mouth.
"We can't let Mr. Zhongxing make things, but I don't have any silver for him to bake them? Moreover, as long as Mr. Zhongxing bakes cement, other profitable things will follow, and then he will set up a state-owned enterprise, and the money will be used
There is plenty of room. I just considered your difficulties, so I only prepared 350,000 taels for Uncle Zhongxing." Emperor Chongzhen explained.
When Bi Ziyan heard this, it made sense, but there were other contents in Emperor Chongzhen's words that he seemed to have not known before, so he asked: "Your Majesty, what else can be built, and what are state-owned enterprises?"
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"Haha, let's wait until Uncle Zhongxing makes it." Emperor Chongzhen decided not to announce it for now because Zhong Jinwei didn't confirm it with him.
Bi Ziyan was very curious and wanted to ask more questions. At this time, Wen Tiren came to see him.
The first assistant of the cabinet rests at home, and the second assistant is the boss of the cabinet, the head of the hundred officials.
After Wen Tiren saluted, he said: "Your Majesty, the Chief Minister is not feeling well. He has submitted his resignation to the cabinet and requested to retire and return to his hometown."
Emperor Chongzhen actually knew that Cheng Jiming was unclean, but he had to consider the impact if he wanted to move the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. In the assassination of Zhongxing Bo, there was no direct evidence to prove that Cheng Jiming was an accomplice, so Emperor Chongzhen just sued Cheng
Just a basic destiny.
Cheng Jiming's performance in the cabinet has never been liked by Emperor Chongzhen. Now he consciously proposed to retire and return to his hometown, which just saved his own time. After Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, he refused to approve his resignation.
Both Wen Tiren and Bi Ziyan knew what it meant to stay in middle school without a job, and Cheng Jiming certainly knew it too, so they submitted their resignations and proposed to serve again.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year in the third year of Chongzhen, Cheng Ji, who had the shortest tenure as chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, resigned and returned to his hometown. Wen Tiren became the new chief minister of the Ming Dynasty. Bi Ziyan, the minister of household affairs, and the bachelor of Jiadongge were added to the cabinet.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year in the third year of Chongzhen, Liang Shixun, the former Marquis of Baoding, and Li Fengxiang, the former Admiral of the Beijing Camp, were executed for treason and escorted to Caishikou for execution. Also executed at the same time was the captain of the Beijing Camp who participated in the assassination.
The assassination of Zhongxing Bo was carried out so quickly, far beyond the previous Wei Ni case. Emperor Chongzhen considered that now is an extraordinary period. If it is delayed, it will cause unrest in the hearts of the people, which will be detrimental to the stability of the capital and the war against Jianlu.
.In addition, it also has the intention of showing one's determination and intimidating those who are potentially similar to Xiaoxiao.
All the people in the Beijing camp stayed in the camp and were not allowed to go out. They were monitored by the military officials from the Royal Horse Prison. The people who maintained the execution order were the Five Cities Military and Horse Command Department and some of the King Qin's troops outside the city.
All the civil servants and nobles in the capital lost their voices on this matter. There are several reasons. First, Liang Li was convicted of treason, and no one dared to touch this matter. It was too serious. Second, Liang Li colluded with horse thieves. This behavior made Liang Li
They are all shameless; thirdly, Liang Li dared to attack his colleagues, but there is no guarantee that he will attack him if he offends them. You can go to Zhongxingbo and kill him, but you cannot kill people in private. That is beyond the limit. As for Liang
Li and Li drank Jingying's blood, but that wasn't the reason why they didn't save him.
The people in the whole city looked at the men from the former Baoding Marquis Mansion who were crying and screaming in the prison car, and they talked a lot.
"I really took the courage of an ambitious leopard, and even dared to kill gods. This is my retribution."
"Yes, you still dare to collude with the horse thieves outside the city, and kill hundreds of people without killing any of them. You are overestimating your own capabilities."
"I heard from people that Uncle Zhongxing was hit by an arrow in his chest, which penetrated his back. He just didn't care, so he pulled out the arrow and killed the horse thief while talking and laughing."
"You heard it wrong. Uncle Zhongxing was hit by eighteen arrows in his chest at that time, and the arrows pierced his heart. This is the news that came from my neighbor Lai Er's second uncle's brother-in-law, who was working as an errand in the East Factory."
"That's for sure. The gods sent by the Jade Emperor to assist the emperor cannot be the three-legged cat gods. They must have great supernatural powers."
"..."
At this time, Zhong Jinwei did not know the strange remarks made by the people in the capital about him. He was immersed in excitement. The new kiln was completed ahead of schedule today.
Zhong Jinwei praised Wu Sheng Dalianlian who came to report, and then took An Guiyi to visit.
At this time, a military captain in Jinyi came to report that Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, and Xu Guangqi, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, came to see him.
Zhong Jinwei was stunned at first when he heard this, and then he was ecstatic. The great man was here, and he hurriedly went out to greet him. When An Guiyi heard that his godfather was coming, he did not lag behind Zhong Jinwei, and went to greet him together.
Originally, Wang Chengen could have come in directly. After all, he was the leader of these guards. But he respected Zhong Jinwei, so he asked someone to report first.
This incident made Xu Guangqi quite surprised. The master of the East Factory treated Uncle Zhongxing with such care. It seemed that the emperor sent himself to work under him, not because he was looking down upon himself, but because Uncle Zhongxing held a very important position.
Before Xu Guangqi came, Emperor Chongzhen had explained to him the purpose of sending him here. Xu Guangqi was very grateful. But on the other hand, he was allowed to be a sixty-eight-year-old man to do technical work under a young man and accept the favor.
It's still rather hiccupful.
Xu Guangqi stood at the door of the ceramics factory, facing the Jin Yiwei and Dongchang fanmen who were guarding both sides of the door, with a conflicting mood, waiting to see the new star that suddenly emerged in the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhong Jinwei walked quickly to the front yard, he passed the open door and saw Wang Chengen at the door. He quickly raised his hands to welcome him and said with a smile: "My lord, you are here to visit us. I apologize for any delay in greeting you from afar."
Zhong Jinwei had stayed in the Ming Dynasty for such a long time and experienced assassinations. He had paid more attention to human relations than before. Wang Chengen was the top leader of the Ming Dynasty's secret service, and he was protected by many of his men. Therefore, Zhong Jinwei did not
Be stingy with his enthusiasm.
Seeing how enthusiastic Zhong Jinwei was, Wang Chengen felt happy in his heart. He raised his hands and returned the greeting: "I don't dare to accept it, I don't dare to accept it."
At this time, Zhong Jinwei had already walked to the door and greeted them. Then he looked at the old official standing next to Wang Chengen. He was wearing a peacock scarlet robe, was of medium height, and had a thin face. He probably had a hard life.
Seeing Zhong Jinwei's appearance, Wang Cheng'en introduced him: "Uncle Zhongxing, this is Xu Guangqi, the Minister you highly recommend to the Emperor."
"Shilang Xu, this is the young and promising Uncle Zhongxing." Wang Chengen turned to Xu Guangqi again and introduced Zhong Jinwei to him.
Sure enough, it was Xu Guangqi. Zhong Jinwei quickly raised his hand and saluted: "I have admired Mr. Xu for a long time, and when I saw him today, he is indeed extraordinary." He learned the flattery from the TV series and sent it over.
Xu Guangqi was a little confused as to why Uncle Zhongxing respected him so much. He thought he was always impetuous when he was young, and he was a bit arrogant when he showed favor to himself. He didn't expect to be so respectful to a virtuous corporal.
After thinking about it, Xu Guangqi was not slow in his actions and quickly returned the courtesy: "I don't want to be a lower-ranking official. Thank you Uncle Zhongxing for your recommendation."
Seeing that the two of them were being polite, Wang Chengen interrupted with a smile: "It's cold and windy outside, so go inside and talk."
Zhong Jinwei smiled sheepishly and quickly led them to sit in the lobby of the ceramics factory.
Zhong Jinwei sat at the top, while Wang Chengen and Xu Guangqi sat on the left and right. An Guiyi did not say anything and kept standing aside making soy sauce. Zhong Jinwei asked him to serve tea to entertain the guests.
Naturally, Wang Chengen had no time to pay attention to him, and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Uncle Zhongxing, our family is here today on the order of the emperor. There are two things."
"Please say."
"First, the emperor attaches great importance to the situation here and specially asked our family to accompany Mr. Xu here. You should discuss it more and strive to complete the cement development as soon as possible."
Zhong Jinwei nodded: "That's for sure. I still want to ask Mr. Xu for more advice."
Wang Chengen smiled, thinking that this was the best, and then continued: "Second, the emperor asked our family to tell Uncle Zhongxing that Liang Shixun and Li Fengxiang have decided to execute the whole family and execute them today. It is not only the law of the court, but also a tribute to Zhongxing.
Please give me an explanation."
An Guiyi had already brought tea over at this time and diligently served Wang Chengen a cup first, followed by Zhong Jinwei, and then Xu Guangqi.
After hearing the message conveyed by Wang Chengen, Zhong Jinwei did not feel as happy as after taking revenge. He pondered for a moment, then just nodded and said: "I understand. Thank you, Your Majesty, for making the decision for me."
Wang Cheng'en was slightly disappointed when he saw that Zhong Jinwei didn't have that overjoyed expression. Now that the message had been delivered, he stopped lingering and said to Zhong Jinwei: "We still have things to do at home, so I won't disturb Uncle Zhong Xing."
Zhong Jinwei quickly got up to see him off, and asked Wang Chengen to tell Emperor Chongzhen that he would live up to the emperor's trust. After he was sent to the hall, Wang Chengen asked him to stay without seeing him off again. Zhong Jinwei asked An Guiyi to see Wang Chengen off for him, which was just right.
An Guiyi's thoughts kept on agreeing.
After seeing Wang Chengen off, Zhong Jinwei and Xu Guangqi were the only ones left in the lobby.