After a while, a chamberlain hurriedly entered the Wenhua Hall, knelt down and held up an urgent delivery and said: "Mr. Zhou Ge sent an urgent delivery from Nanjing 800 miles away!"
The chamberlain in the palace quickly stepped forward to pick up the express delivery and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen on the dragon throne.
Zhong Jinwei and Wen Tiren looked at each other, and they were very confused. What big event happened in Nanjing that they needed to be delivered by express delivery over 800 miles away?
The two of them said nothing, facing Emperor Chongzhen and waiting for the result.
Emperor Chongzhen's face was stern, and he took out the memorial and started reading it.
The more he looked at it, the more angry he became. He suddenly slapped the memorial on the imperial desk and shouted angrily: "It's nonsense, how can it be justified!"
Wen Tiren and Zhong Jinwei were surprised to see Emperor Chongzhen so angry. The emperor was so angry, and it seemed that something bad had happened.
Zhong Jinwei asked first: "Your Majesty, what happened? Does it have anything to do with Fushe?"
Dongchang had previously sent back news that there was a large gathering for the restoration of society, which was vaguely related to Zhou Yanru. Wang Chengen said that he had sent a capable officer to investigate in detail.
Now suddenly Zhou Yanru arrived with an urgent delivery of 800 miles, which made Emperor Chongzhen so angry. Could it be that he found out that Dongchang was investigating him and came to complain first?
Although Zhong Jinwei thought so, he was not sure. After asking the question, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen and waited for his answer.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhong Jinwei after hearing this, his expression softened a little, he shook his head, and then said in a hateful tone: "Zhou Yanru sued the Nanjing Branch of the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty for committing evil and causing a civil uprising. He wanted the court to cancel the Royal Bank and punish him.
People who propose such evil policies are trying to calm the people’s minds.”
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked the chamberlain to forward Zhou Yanru's memorial to Wen Tiren and Zhong Jinwei for review.
Zhong Jinwei and Wen Tiren were obviously startled after listening to Emperor Chongzhen's summary narration. Then their brows furrowed as they did not expect that there would be a civil uprising in Nanjing.
This time Zhou Yanru said that he would punish those who proposed evil policies, didn't he mean that he would punish Marquis Zhongxing, and even Wen Tiren could not escape.
The impact of this memorial is really broad. What is Zhou Yanru planning to do, fire a map cannon?
Zhong Jinwei thought to himself, if this was really going to happen, wouldn't it be too irrational? Because the person who fired the map cannon had too much hatred and would not end well.
He was very curious about how the Nanjing Branch of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty did such evil things that it actually triggered a civil uprising.
The express delivery arrived in his hands first, and Zhong Jinwei immediately unfolded it and read it.
The more he read, the more he felt that this was nonsense. How could there be such a bold person? He really thought that the imperial censors and factory guards of the Ming Dynasty were all dead and could do such nonsense.
Zhong Jinwei commented while watching: "Absurd, ridiculous!"
Wen Tiren became even more curious after hearing this. Emperor Chongzhen said it was nonsense after reading it. How could it be reasonable? Marquis Zhongxing said it was ridiculous while reading it. What is the content of this memorial?
Fortunately, Zhong Jinwei finished reading it quickly and handed the urgent report to Wen Tiren, who was waiting impatiently.
"Your Majesty, I believe that this civil uprising is definitely not that simple. The things described in this emergency report may not be true!" Zhong Jinwei told Emperor Chongzhen categorically. Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and he also agreed with Zhong Jinwei's view.
: "The Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty was doing well in the capital, but it did such a thing after being sent to Nanjing. Who would have such courage!"
Wen Tiren listened to the discussion between the two and quickly read the emergency report.
It turned out that the emergency report said that after arriving in Nanjing, officials from the Nanjing Branch of the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty used their power to do evil, extorting bribes from Nanjing banks, and even directly embezzling the bank's money. There were also incidents of rape of women, which made the people's livelihood miserable. In the end, the people
Unable to bear it any longer, tens of thousands of people gathered around the branch of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty and asked them to get out.
With Zhou Yanru's literary talent, it is easy to write these things vividly. He depicts the officials of the Nanjing Branch of the Royal Bank as heinous corrupt officials, and then eloquently accuses the establishment of the Royal Bank in a long paragraph as being extremely wrong and competing for profits with the people.
, is against the ancestral system, etc.
Finally, he sincerely requested Emperor Chongzhen to bring the people of the Nanjing Branch of the Royal Bank to justice for the sake of the people's anger; and to appease the people's concerns, revoke the management status and functions of the Royal Bank as a banking industry.
Wen Tiren returned the urgent report to the chamberlain, and he understood why Emperor Chongzhen and Zhong Jinweihui had said that just now.
"Your Majesty, I think this matter should be done with caution," Wen Tiren said.
"I understand that the functions and benefits of the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty have been reflected in the capital, and it is absolutely impossible to stop eating because of choking. Even if something happens to the Nanjing branch, we can only discuss it based on the facts!" Emperor Chongzhen's attitude was very clear, absolutely
I will not agree to Zhou Yanru's request.
Wen Tiren was very satisfied with Emperor Chongzhen's statement. Although the newly-created Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty was not created by himself, it was established by him when he was the first assistant. It can be regarded as one of his achievements. How can he allow others to overthrow it casually?
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He continued: "Your Majesty, what exactly happened in Nanjing? We cannot accept one side of the story. The most important thing now is to find out what the real things in Nanjing are like."
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren and nodded, saying with a serious expression: "I know."
Zhong Jinwei suddenly remembered something and quickly reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, didn't Dongchang send people to investigate in Jiangnan? We should see what news there is in Dongchang about this matter?"
At this time, he actually didn't really believe in the reports from other civil servants in Nanjing. Instead, he believed in the factory guards more.
Because in history, the civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty were really unruly.
After Emperor Chongzhen heard what Zhong Jinwei said, he also remembered that he had asked Wang Chengen to send a capable officer to Jiangnan to investigate Zhou Yanru.
There is such a big thing happening in Nanjing now, and there is also a civil uprising. It is impossible for the Dongchang fanmen not to know about it.
Therefore, he sent a message to Wang Cheng'en, the admiral of Dongchang, to pay an audience.
Unexpectedly, the chamberlain who delivered the order saw Wang Chengen coming in a hurry before he left the Wenhua Palace.
I saw Wang Chengen's face was sweating slightly, his face was serious, and he was holding something in his hand. As soon as he entered the Wenhua Hall, he shouted: "Your Majesty, Jiangnan Civil War!"
It was a coincidence that Cao Cao was here right after he was mentioned.
When Wang Chengen came closer, he continued to play: "The Nanjing policemen rushed 800 miles away to report the Nanjing civil uprising."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he quickly ordered: "Send it up quickly."
In fact, Wang Chengen already knew that Zhou Yanru had an urgent delivery to the emperor, so after receiving the urgent report from his subordinates, he hurried over. Because he was walking so fast, his face was sweating.
Now that I heard Emperor Chongzhen's urging, I didn't dare to neglect, and quickly handed over the urgent report in my hand.
Zhong Jinwei and Wen Tiren saw that the emergency report in Wang Chengen's hand seemed relatively thick and contained a lot of content.
The two of them wanted to take a sneak peek, but there was Emperor Chongzhen above them, so they had to observe Emperor Chongzhen's expression to guess what the emergency report would say.
I saw Wang Chengen coming to the imperial desk, unfolding the urgent reports in his hand, and laying them out one by one in front of Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at them one by one. When he saw the back, his eyebrows stood up and he shouted angrily: "How dare you act so daringly?"