King Xin was assassinated, and among the hundreds of officials in the court, there were still people who tried to defend the officials involved.
Emperor Tianqi was furious and completely lost trust in all officials.
It also made Emperor Tianqi favor Wei Zhongxian even more.
With Emperor Tianqi's trust, Wei Zhongxian's desires continued to expand.
In less than a year, the Donglin Party was excluded from the court.
The departure of the Donglin Party released the shackles of the Eunuch Party.
Soldiers need military pay, and the court needs money to do things.
So making money has become Wei Zhongxian's first goal.
Without the Donglin Party watching eagerly, under the control of the eunuchs.
The mine supervisors and tax supervisors who had been abolished by Ming Guangzong were reestablished, and Ming Dynasty's tax revenue increased to a certain extent.
Commercial taxes were also collected.
But the lack of supervisory power will inevitably lead to corruption.
The eunuchs pressed down layer by layer and peeled off the skin layer by layer.
What's even more frightening is that once the switch of desire is turned on, it is difficult to turn it off.
Starting from the fourth year of Apocalypse, every time Emperor Apocalypse received one tael of silver, the grassroots level meant that 10-15 taels of silver needed to be collected to meet the needs of each link.
However, members of the eunuch party who work in various places have not yet invaded ordinary farmers.
It’s not that they have a favorable impression of farmers, it’s that they completely look down on them.
Of course, this was also related to Emperor Tianqi's beatings on Wei Zhongxian from time to time.
After all, Zhu Youjian advised Emperor Tianqi from time to time that ordinary farmers did not have much money at home, and if they were squeezed further, it would most likely lead to civil unrest.
In order to make money quickly, eunuch members targeted small businessmen and ordinary squires.
In the eyes of eunuchs, squires and businessmen are better, and their families have a lot of assets.
What's more important is that he doesn't have enough background and is easy to bully.
Fortunately, Wei Zhongxian repeatedly issued orders prohibiting the eunuchs from cooperating with local wealthy families.
Although those squires and small businessmen were oppressed and their income dropped sharply, they could still survive.
As a large amount of tax money continued to flow into Beijing, the Ming Empire gradually enriched its treasury.
In addition, although Wei Zhongxian is a bit rogue, he is very smart.
The strategy adopted for the soldiers is that I don't care about the wages they owed before. From now on, I will pay them to you.
He also sent someone to supervise whether the pay was sent to the soldiers.
The military's recognition of the Ming Dynasty has increased.
In addition, the eunuchs did not oppress the people at the bottom like other officials, so various places in the Ming Dynasty became more stable than before.
After the eunuchs came to power, the biggest beneficiary was Zhu Youjian.
There are always some thorns everywhere. After these thorns were cleaned up, all the family's shops were sold to the Qiming Chamber of Commerce at a low price.
In just one year, Qiming Chamber of Commerce has spread to every government across the country. It is still developing at an alarming rate in various counties.
Qiming Bank has also developed rapidly.
Qiming banks were established in Shuntian Prefecture, Baoding Prefecture, Datong Prefecture, Tianjin, Leizhou Prefecture, Huizhou Prefecture, Qingyang Prefecture and other places.
Relying on the advantage of remote deposits and withdrawals, Qiming Bank became the most powerful bank in the Ming Dynasty and also collected a large amount of silver.
In addition, Qiming Bank, which has taken over the transfer of local Ming tax revenue, has not yet opened its loan business, but it does make a lot of money.
With money in his hand, Zhu Youjian felt confident. Although most of the money nominally belonged to Emperor Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian, this did not prevent Zhu Youjian from paying off his account with banknotes first.
It won’t cost them now anyway.
Wouldn't it be better to cash it in when you need to spend it?
Money makes money and money begets money is Zhu Youjian's goal.
In order to get more money as soon as possible, Zhu Youjian ordered the opening of private lending functions.
The Qiming Chamber of Commerce was officially allowed to borrow money from the people.
Of course, this loan requires the submission of collateral items. Usually, the maximum loan price is only half of the collateral item.
Despite this, Qiming Chamber of Commerce's loan business has received great popularity.
After all, unlike those private loans that come out 9 out of 13, Qiming Chamber of Commerce's annual interest rate of 10% is considered to be absolutely conscientious.
Qiming Chamber of Commerce's actions naturally affected the interests of those loan sharks.
People are not stupid. Some people lend 1 tael to 1 tael and only need to pay back 1 tael and 1 silver a year later. Who would be willing to lend 1 tael to 9 coins and have to pay back 1 tael and 3 coins?
I really feel like I have a mine at home.
If there was a mine, would you still come to borrow money?
Ever since Qiming Bank started lending services, loan sharks have been unable to sit still. Fortunately, the eunuchs are now gaining momentum.
Although these people often do things to disgust Qiming Bank, they still dare not openly fight against Qiming Chamber of Commerce.
In addition, Zhu Youjian also has a shipyard and two smuggling fleets that specialize in doing business with Hongyi.
On the one hand, tea, silk, ceramics, etc. were purchased from the Ming Dynasty and sold to Hongyi. On the other hand, they continued to purchase rice from Luzon and other places through Hongyi.
The rice purchased from Hongyi was directly divided into two parts. One half was given to Su Polu to prepare for army expansion, and the other part was continuously sent to Xi'an Prefecture for hoarding through the Qiming Chamber of Commerce's trade routes.
Because Zhu Youjian knew very well that the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty was in Shaanxi.
The best way to deal with peasant uprisings is not just to send troops to suppress them. Not even verbal benevolence and righteousness.
Instead, disaster relief and suppression go hand in hand.
As we all know, suppression is easier to handle than disaster relief.
On the one hand, according to the current situation in Ming Dynasty, once a large-scale disaster occurs, it will be difficult to completely resettle the refugees.
If resettled in situ, it will last until the next batch of grain is produced.
On the other hand, wealth touches people's hearts. Seeing hundreds of dollars of money and a large amount of materials flowing through their hands, their minds are not firm, and there will definitely be no shortage of benefits from them with the help of authority.
The imperial court allocated millions of silver taels for disaster relief, and it was lucky to have even one-tenth of it put to practical use.
In the second year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youjian will never forget the disaster relief situation outside the capital.
This is still around the capital, under the feet of the Emperor of Heaven, disaster relief is like this. When we get to Shaanxi, thousands of miles away, we can even use our toes to know what will happen.
Why was it that in Shaanxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was still in turmoil even after it had been pacified several times?
Is Zhu Youjian really stupid? He knows how to pardon the first offender but not how to reduce or reduce taxes?
Doesn't the Lord of the Court know the root cause?
How can it be?
Don't you know that those civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty never remembered the suffering of the people?
I have forgotten that when people followed them, it was not because they were really good, but because the previous dynasty was so bad.
In their eyes, the state is just a platform for them to obtain benefits. As long as they can obtain benefits, it controls your life or death.
And what about Zhu Youjian? The Jinyi Guards were abolished, and 99% of the news was delivered by these officials.
People are selfish. Will those officials who exploit the people report to the emperor the fact that they exploit the people?
A better report, there is no mention of a natural disaster happening here, 30% natural disasters, 70% man-made disasters.
The court is providing disaster relief, well, the opportunity for everyone to make a fortune has come again.
If the imperial court does not provide disaster relief, it has nothing to do with me if the people rebel. Anyway, the court is not providing disaster relief, so I have no food in my hand.
Is there really no food? Damn it, do you think those hungry and crazy people are stupid? They attacked the county town because they were sick because there was no food.
Where is Zhu Youjian? A bunch of information that is hard to distinguish between true and false.
With such news, even God can't turn things around?
