This case, which caused quite a stir in the capital, was solved, and soon the government posted an announcement detailing the entire process of the case and how to deal with these craftsmen.
"Let me tell you, the government is still too kind to them!"
"It would be better to behead all these craftsmen who dare to cause trouble, but now we only kill the head culprits and never ask questions?"
"Boring, I want to see a river of blood."
…
In the prison, Ren Shiwang was huddled in the corner, motionless.
Even though a doctor invited by the government treated him, his leg was still permanently broken and he could never stand up again!
Recalling everything before, he couldn't help but start to resent himself: "Why didn't you kill a few more officials?"
In a trance, he dreamed about his son again, dreaming about the scene of a family eating happily at the dinner table. He only heard a few "pops" and a few tears falling.
"What, he still refuses to eat?"
There was such a voice outside the prison.
"Yes, sir, the criminal has been unwilling to eat since he was imprisoned. It seems that he plans to die on hunger strike!"
The jailer on the side saw his superior asking questions and quickly responded respectfully.
"Then why are you still hanging around here? We can't let him die in our prison. Even if it's force-fed, we have to force something into his stomach!"
"It's not time to interrogate him yet. If he dies in prison, we won't be able to get away with it!"
"Yes, sir, I'll do it right away!"
Then there was a "squeak" sound, the prison door was opened, and several strong jailers walked in carrying a food box.
"Don't be delusional, I will never eat!"
Seeing the jailer coming in, Ren Shiwang's face showed a look of determination, and then he said in a deep voice.
"Hold him down and force something into his mouth!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ren Shiwang's limbs were controlled by the jailer and he was unable to move.
Immediately afterwards, one jailer opened his mouth, and another jailer opened the food box and kept stuffing the food inside into his mouth. Perhaps for fear that he would choke to death, he also fed him a piece of food from time to time. Spoon soup.
"Uh-huh."
Ren Shiwang kept struggling, but his mouth was filled with food, leaving him speechless.
After a long time, the food in the food box had reached the bottom, and the guards released him.
As soon as he was freed, Ren Shiwang stuck his index finger into his throat and tried to induce vomiting, but was stopped by a jailer with sharp eyes and quick hands.
"Tie him up and don't let him move!"
"Yes, sir!"
After the jailers responded, they tied up Ren Shiwang.
…
The matter in the Maritime Trade Department, after a period of fermentation, officially came to fruition today!
Early in the morning, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced the list of members of the Maritime Trade Department, which naturally aroused discussions among the ministers of the DPRK and China.
"Hey, have you heard? The Maritime Trade Department already has the exact list?"
"Why didn't I know what happened when?"
"Officers of our rank are usually the last to know this kind of news, and most likely, we don't share it!"
"Yeah, are you angry? If we come close to our hot faces, people won't even give us a cold butt!"
"I heard that last time, after the news came out that the imperial court was going to establish the Maritime Trade Department, many officials came to visit that night, hoping to find an official position in it, but without exception, they all failed!"
"I have also heard about this matter. It seems that I haven't even met him in person. However, Mr. Gao Ge personally recommended a candidate to Your Majesty. It seems that he is called, Yang Zongtai?"
"Yes, yes, this is Yang Zongtai. He seemed to be a county magistrate in Quanzhou before! I don't know what kind of luck he got, and he was able to be recommended by Mr. Ge himself."
…
In the cabinet, everyone is reviewing today's memorial.
"By the way, this matter in the Maritime Trade Department has caused a lot of discussion among the ministers of the DPRK and China!"
Yan Song stood up, poured himself a cup of hot tea, looked around and said this.
"Yes, in such a powerful and well-oiled department, every official wants to squeeze in and get a piece of the pie!"
"In recent days, the number of people who come to visit has almost crossed these thresholds."
Xu Jie on the side heard this, turned his eyes to the remaining three people, and said slowly.
"But they made the wrong calculation. His Majesty personally ordered the establishment of this department. If anyone dares to do anything behind his back, His Majesty will definitely not take it lightly!"
After Yan Song finished speaking, he drank all the tea in the cup and said slowly.
"Yeah, these guys really made the wrong calculation."
After hearing what Yan Song said, Xu Jie also spoke in agreement.
"When the Maritime Trade Department is established, if taxes are collected, will we still follow past practices?"
"Well, let's follow the old rules, 10% for coarse goods (daily necessities) and 20% for fine goods (luxury goods)."
Xu Jie nodded and said this.
"When the Maritime Trade Department officially sells the corresponding sea-going certificates, how much should the price be?"
After Yan Song finished speaking, he suddenly felt troubled and began to think deeply.
After a while, Gao Gong stood up and said loudly: "Why don't we use an auction instead, with a voucher for going to sea, a minimum price of 10,000 taels of silver, and no upper limit! How about that?"
After listening to Gao Gong's proposal, everyone's eyes flashed with unknown light. Yan Shifan could not suppress the excitement in his heart. He stood up from his seat and added.
"In this way, the Maritime Trade Department will temporarily release thirty sea-going vouchers, and then release the news to the outside world. Currently, there are only thirty sea-going vouchers!"
"And these thirty sea voyage certificates are all sold in the form of auction. The base price is 10,000 taels of silver, with no upper limit! If the auction price is lower than 200,000 taels of silver, this auction will be invalid."
"In this way, not only can we immediately contribute at least six million taels of income to the court, but we can also take this opportunity to greatly enhance the influence of the Maritime Trade Department."
After listening to Yan Shifan's additional words, everyone was quite impressed by this.
"Yes, yes, if we can act accordingly, not only will the Maritime Trade Department be able to get on the right track as soon as possible, but His Majesty will also see results soon! It's really killing two birds with one stone."
After hearing the measures proposed by Yan Shifan, Xu Jie quite agreed.
"In that case, then the matter is settled. Let's choose a good day and officially conduct the auction!"
"By the way, I will also mention this matter to His Majesty at the next cabinet meeting."
Seeing that no one had any objections to this, Yan Song finally made the decision.
…
Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
Jiajing was sitting cross-legged on the futon at this moment, his eyes seemed to be closed, and the purple energy was lingering around him.
The skills he practiced were running automatically, and with each exhalation and inhalation, the purple energy surrounding him was absorbed into Jiajing's body.
At this moment, Jiajing's whole body was wrapped in lavender mana. After being absorbed by him, the purple energy passed through the meridians throughout his body and finally gathered in his Dantian.
After realizing that the amount of magic power his Dantian could hold was almost reaching its limit, Jiajing gradually stopped practicing and slowly opened his eyes.
"It seems that we have encountered a bottleneck!"
Jiajing muttered to himself silently after sensing the situation inside his body.
Then Jiajing poured out the elixirs from the storage bag. Looking at the round and natural elixirs, he couldn't help but recall the miserable situation when he swallowed the elixirs last time.
"When I practice next time, I will swallow the elixir and then break through the realm in one go!"
"At that time, the enchantment formation will be drawn, and then the formation will be engraved on the flag. After the reform of the guard system is completed, it will be handed over to the Ming army for use."
"In this way, my Ming Dynasty will be truly invincible!"
Jiajing thought so, then put the elixir back into the storage bag, and slowly stood up from the futon.
When Jiajing opened the door of Yangxin Hall, he discovered that Lu Fang had been waiting for his instructions outside the hall.
When Lu Fang saw Jiajing coming out of Yangxin Hall, she quickly saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty!"
Jiajing just nodded, and then said: "Lu Fang, come walk around with me."
"Slave, you obey!"
After Lu Fang responded respectfully, she followed Jiajing step by step.
(End of chapter)
