Maybe he felt that Emperor Chongzhen was a little confused about what he said, so Liu Weichao added: "Did your salary be set during the Hongwu period and have remained unchanged since then? If so, what was the price level during the Hongwu period?
What level are you at now? Has it increased? If so, should the salary also increase? Otherwise, it will mean that the salary has been reduced in disguise, don't you think?"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he said with a headache: "Actually, you don't need to tell me, I also want to increase salaries for everyone, not only officials, but also ordinary people! But...but I have no money!"
"Didn't you just get a lot of money by ransacking your house?" Liu Weichao reminded him quickly after hearing this.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen gave a wry smile, and then replied: "No, it will not be easy to confiscate homes in the future. This money is one-time, it belongs to rootless water, and it is limited after all. If you give them an increase in salary now,
, that’s a lot of money to pay every month!”
Hearing this, Liu Weichao remembered that there had just been a general strike at Emperor Chongzhen's side, so it seemed more sensitive to ransack the house.
But immediately, an idea flashed in his mind, and he immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "No, you can still continue to search the house, there should be no problem!"
"Ah?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised and confused after hearing this!
He should have told Liu Weichao about the situation in the capital. Yes, Liu Weichao had given some advice. It was impossible for him not to know about the situation in the capital, right?
Thinking like this, he suddenly had a surprise, because Liu Weichao said so, maybe there is indeed a way to confiscate the house?
It was so easy to get money by confiscating the house. Emperor Chongzhen liked it, so he quickly asked: "What do you mean by this?"
Liu Weichao smiled and said to him: "Eight major Shanxi merchants! You can confiscate the homes of the eight major Shanxi merchants. It will definitely not trigger another strike by the officials!"
"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with some confusion when he heard this, "What are the eight major Shanxi merchants?"
Even if Liu Weichao didn't ask, he would still tell him: "After the Jianlu invaders entered the pass and took over the world, their emperor publicly issued a decree to commend eight Shanxi merchants. Just wait..."
As he spoke, he immediately searched the eight imperial merchants, and then continued to introduce them to Emperor Chongzhen: "These eight people are Shanxi businessmen Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa.
Emperor Jianlu held a banquet in the Forbidden City, personally summoned them, and gave them clothes."
"At the banquet, Emperor Jianlu wanted to grant them official titles and titles. These eight families were flattered and tried their best to refuse. So Emperor Jianlu named them imperial merchants. Among them, Fan Yongdou was appointed to take charge of trade affairs and was granted the property of Zhangjiakou
For the world industry, the other seven families also have their own rewards."
Having said this, Liu Weichao looked at Emperor Chongzhen on his mobile phone and said: "In addition to smuggling various materials urgently needed by the Jianqiu people, including military supplies, they also provided various news within the customs. If they were not of great help to the Jianqiu people, they would not
There will no longer be the titles of these eight imperial merchants!"
Emperor Chongzhen was very angry when he heard this, and when he was about to speak, Liu Weichao was still there and said: "During the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty, you suffered disasters inside the pass, and disasters outside the pass, but the Jianlu became stronger and stronger as they fought, even if you later held on to the front line of Ningjin
, Jianlu also survived. Also, have you noticed that every time Jianlu invaded the pass, it was when you were about to wipe out the bandits, because when Jianlu entered the pass, you had to
Deploying troops to resist the rebels, thus giving the rebels an opportunity to grow..."
At first, Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay special attention to it, he was just angry about the smuggling of these businessmen. However, as Liu Weichao explained, he gradually understood how much role these businessmen played in it, and suddenly his anger grew bigger and bigger.
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Not to mention anything else, just seducing Jianlu into entering the country at a critical moment is an unforgivable crime!
Therefore, before Liu Weichao finished speaking, he could no longer suppress his anger.
If it was just the rebels who were causing trouble, he could completely suppress it. Then, it was the Jianlu who continued to enter the pass and consumed the effective strength of the imperial officers and soldiers, which allowed the rebels to become powerful and eventually led to him becoming the king of the country's subjugation!
For all these reasons, the eight major Shanxi merchants were really guilty of unpardonable crimes. They must confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans. Otherwise, they would not be able to vent their hatred, and they would also be sorry for the many Ming people who died because of this!
For the first time, Emperor Chongzhen interrupted Liu Weichao angrily before he could finish his words: "If you send me all their news, I will kill them all alive!"
Liu Weichao understood Emperor Chongzhen's anger. Similarly, when he read this information, he was also very angry, so he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Okay, I will search for you in more detail later and pass it on to you. I will tell you
He said that if it hadn’t been for this commendation from Emperor Jianlu, everyone in the world would still be kept in the dark and wouldn’t even know this happened!”
"Damn it, damn it, damn it..." Emperor Chongzhen Long Yan was furious and cursed hatefully.
Seeing him like this, Liu Weichao comforted him and said: "Things have already happened. It's not too late to make amends. Moreover, these eight imperial merchants must be extremely rich. No, they can just make you cheaper and make a lot of money."
Got it!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't know why, but the anger in his heart suddenly decreased a lot.
"But let me remind you!" Liu Weichao thought of something and hurriedly said to Emperor Chongzhen, "If these eight imperial businessmen can continue to do this kind of thing without being discovered, and can do it on such a large scale, there must be someone in the officialdom. There are conspiracy theories that,
Those officials and even the army in Shanxi may be complicit. According to the principle of benefit, you can check who speaks for Shanxi merchants and who does things that are beneficial to Shanxi merchants or Jianru. You can suspect them.
For example, Chen Xinjia, you can also check whether you are related to Shanxi merchants..."
Listening to these words, Emperor Chongzhen admitted that these speculations must be reasonable.
Without the protection of the officialdom, ordinary businessmen would never be able to get big, and they would not be able to find out all kinds of information.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen suppressed his anger, and after listening to Liu Weichao's reminder, he actively urged Liu Weichao for the first time to pass on information about the eight major imperial merchants to him.
Liu Weichao spent money to buy a paper on the eight imperial merchants and sent it to Emperor Chongzhen. He also reminded: "You have to be careful about the eight imperial merchants and don't let the news leak out."
"I understand!" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen knew what was going on. Then he hung up the video call and looked at the information Liu Weichao had sent him.