The next morning, Chongzhen arrived earlier than any other official.
Chongzhen was very excited about Lin Fan's expansion of Jin Yiwei. If the number of Jin Yiwei could reach 150,000, they would definitely defeat Li Zicheng.
He wanted to praise Lin Fan well in the Hall of Supreme Harmony today.
After a while, the officials who had gone to the morning court came one after another, and Lin Fan also came later. Seeing all the officials arriving, Lin Fan couldn't help but frown.
The ancient officials were really diligent in going to court in the morning. Even though I got up so early, I was still not as early as them.
Seeing that the officials had all arrived, Chongzhen was ready to tell Lin Fan about recruiting more Jin Yiwei, so that all officials would know about Lin Fan's talents.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
At this time, an official stood up and spoke first.
Chongzhen raised his eyes and saw that this person was actually Wei Shaude. Why is this guy so annoying?
We originally planned to promote him to the position of chief minister of the cabinet, but now it seems that we might as well forget it.
Wei Zhide also didn't expect that he would cut off his chance to become the chief minister of the cabinet just because of one sentence.
"Wei Aiqing, what do you have to say?"
Chongzhen asked.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I learned yesterday that Lin Fan, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, robbed all the iron ore stored in the Ministry of War, and also expanded the Jinyi Guards' recruitment without authorization, recruiting 5,000 people in one day!"
"Jinyiwei has always been the elite of our Ming Dynasty. Even if he didn't report it to His Majesty, most of the people he recruited were just people who were just trying to make up their numbers, and some of them didn't even know how to do martial arts!"
"That's not all, Wei Chen also learned that Lin Fan confiscated 1.5 million taels of silver from Cao Huachun's home, but he moved it to Baihu Si Yamen and has not sent it to the Ministry of Revenue yet!"
Wei Zhide said in a deep voice.
In the past few days, every time he thought about Lin Fan, he felt uneasy and decided to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of Lin Fan at once.
Ahem!
Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Li Jiantai, the Minister of the Ministry of War, both coughed twice. They looked at Lin Fan with some dodge, but they still smiled, which means that this matter has nothing to do with us.
Lin Fan looked at Wei Shude fiercely: "Damn it! You are an incompetent villain. You have no ability to handle government affairs. You have quite a lot of insidious tricks to exclude others."
“You’re the only one who still wants to fucking impeach me?
After the morning court today, your house will be ransacked. If I can’t get five million taels of silver, I will lose!”
Forehead……
When Chongzhen heard Lin Fan's thoughts, he was speechless. His son is really ruthless. You are just a copycat, but you want to ransack other people's homes!
However, what Lin Fan has done so far, although a bit extreme, is not wrong at all. He said that Wei Zhide has five million taels of silver, which should be true!
A person who hides so much money but does not use it to save the country will deserve to die ten thousand times!
"Oh! This actually happened, Lin Fan, what do you have to say?"
Chongzhen looked at Lin Fan and asked.
"Replying to your Majesty, I did not snatch the iron ore from the Ministry of War, but the iron ore from the Ministry of War was given to me by the Minister of War. I have recently been recruiting a large number of Jin Yiwei, so I need more weapons!"
"As for the one and a half million taels of silver, I just brought it back to the White Tiger Division, but thieves came to rob it at night, and were killed by the White Tiger Division's Jinyi Guards!"
"The guards at the Hubu Department are not as strict as those at the White Tiger Division. I also considered the safety of this batch of silver, so I did not send it to the Hubu Department."
"Furthermore, I also need money to recruit the royal guards. Please give me the 1.5 million taels of silver for your Majesty's disposal!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Hmph! This 1.5 million taels of silver is a waste for you. You should recruit people for me. When the time comes, the 150,000 gold-clad guards who stand at the city gate will scare Li Zicheng to death!"
"Li Zicheng's Dashun Army is all composed of farmers. Although it seems that it is invincible now, it is a heartfelt fear of the Jinyiwei."
"As long as I have 150,000 soldiers in uniforms, I will definitely be more effective than 300,000 soldiers. Once they are defeated, all the Dashun troops who have been dispersed will be given money to reclaim the wasteland and live. The Dashun army will instantly
It will disintegrate.”
kindness!
When Chongzhen heard Lin Fan's thoughts, his eyes widened. This idea was so wonderful!
What do farmers desire most?
That is to live and work in peace and contentment. It is because they have been increasing taxes and making the people miserable that they stood up to resist!
As long as you have money and deliver it to these farmers accurately, will they still rebel?
I will definitely go back to farming honestly!
It seems that my son is not only good at military training, but also has strong political skills!
"Your Majesty! You must not do this! This batch of money should be used to pay the salaries of us officials!"
"Your Majesty, Mr. Wei is right. Officials like us have not received our salary for several months. Now that rice and oil are expensive, we are going hungry!"
"Your Majesty, please give us a salary! We serve the country and the people and deal with government affairs every day. If you don't give us a salary, it will chill our hearts!"
The officials said in unison.
Since Lin Fan can't be impeached, he should find a way to get money. He can't recruit more royal guards, which will make him even less able to deal with him.
Lin Fan naturally saw what these officials were thinking, and said in a deep voice: "Comrades, don't you just want your salary?
Give me three days, and I will pay you your salary, and I will make up for your previous salary tenfold."
kindness!
After Lin Fan said this, all the officials present widened their eyes. Why did these words sound so familiar?
This seems to be what Lin Fan said to Jin Yiwei before, and then Mr. Chen Ge's house was confiscated. Now that he is telling us this, is he going to use the same method?
this!
Whose house is this going to be raided?
The officials present looked at each other, as if they could make enough money by raiding anyone's house!
Each of these officials is more clever than the other, and they don't dare to gamble.
"Ahem! How dare we embarrass Mr. Lin? Your Majesty, our salary can wait. Recruiting the Imperial Guards is important!"
"Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards are the most elite force in our Ming Dynasty. We must recruit more. Our salary will wait!"
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The officials said one after another.
Lin Fan said coldly in his heart: "Hmph! Which of you group can't afford tens of thousands of taels of silver?
Rice is expensive, oil is expensive, wine and meat are stinky, and bones are frozen to death on the road. Do you think these words are in vain?
The dogs in your house eat better than the people outside!"
"You dare to take advantage of my money, huh! You think your life is too long! Just wait until I have my hands free and deal with you one by one!"
When Chongzhen heard this, he was even more shocked. It turned out that he had been a fool for so many years!