Even the emperor cannot confiscate homes endlessly and to an unlimited extent.
Zhu Qiyu's house raids to make his own fortune always revolved around Wang Zhen and his party members.
Wang Zhen was recognized as a national traitor by both the government and the public. Purging Wang Zhen's party was a popular choice. There would be no pressure from public opinion and it would not cause panic among the courtiers.
In addition to the inspection of Wang Zhenyi's party, there was also the great purge in Shanxi. However, all the proceeds from the confiscation of the house went to the court, and Zhu Qiyu did not take even a single penny from it. The charges against these people in Shanxi were colluding with Oara, smuggling and betraying the country, and the government and the opposition had nothing to say.
After copying Wang Zhen's last batch of remnants and earning an income of three to four million taels, Zhu Qiyu stopped in time.
It is indeed disgraceful for a dignified emperor to always raid his house.
This was because he was really forced to have no other choice, so Zhu Qiyu transferred the gold and silver to the Ministry of Revenue. The largest source of internal funds, more than one million taels of gold and silver every year, was just gone.
Although the income has been greatly reduced, the internal funds to support the army have changed from more than 20,000 people in the four guards of Yumajian to nearly 100,000 people in charge of three guards jointly managed by Fengtian Dusi and Yumajian.
So once the throne is somewhat stable, Zhu Qiyu is ready to study some profitable business.
Now the early Ming Dynasty is coming to an end and is about to enter the middle period of the Ming Dynasty. There are only a few ways to get money: fields, tea, salt, horses, porcelain, cloth, and foreign trade.
Zhu Qiyu thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he had only promised to return all the profits from Western trade and Nanyang trade to the court, but he had not made any promise about the profits from Eastern trade.
If an interest group with Oriental trade as its core was built in Shandong, just like what Yuan Keli did during the Tianqi Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty, he could earn one to two million taels per year, supplemented by the military training along the coast of Shandong.
In this way, not only can the family be subsidized, but also another 100,000 direct line soldiers can be raised in Shandong.
This has successful experience. Yuan Keli, a truly capable minister in the late Ming Dynasty, commanded the chief military officers Shen Yourong and Mao Wenlong. They played with this trading system and were able to maintain the siege of Hou Jin even when the imperial court was financially stretched.
If there is a wise king in power, he will succeed if he persists for ten more years.
It's just a pity that the Mingjun is opposite, and the wise ministers are also opposite. Under Huang Taiji's command, there is the governor of Zhengnan to fight against the rebellion, support Jin and destroy the Ming Dynasty.
When Mao Wenlong died, Yuan Keli's strategy finally collapsed. It was a fateful moment.
Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu nodded vigorously and said to himself: "The Supreme Emperor is right. When choosing a Jinshi, you must choose someone who is majestic and dignified.
If you look at the girl, she has a vulgar temperament, so I definitely don’t want her. "
Upon hearing this, the beloved concubines all cast inquiring glances.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hands hurriedly: "I thought of what happened in the court, and I sighed casually. You guys go ahead and get busy. Just two of you will accompany me to the hot springs."
Qianxue smiled and said: "We are too busy settling accounts. You are aggrieved and aggrieved. Just let Ningxiang accompany your husband alone."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, family matters are important, then you can be busy."
After saying that, Zhu Qiyu pulled Ningxiang out.
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The remaining three months of the first year of Jingtai were peaceful and uneventful.
Zhu Qiyu spent every day either taking his beloved concubines on sightseeing tours or sorting out the proceeds from his house. The proceeds from confiscating the house worth more than 4 million taels made Zhu Qiyu's life very comfortable.
If you have money and leisure, your life will naturally be enjoyable.
During this period, Zhu Qiyu sent two groups of envoys to Oara. The first batch was still Li Xian and Li Shi, who had done this hard job many times, and the second batch was a larger welcoming mission led by Yue Zheng and Chen Jian.
In the blink of an eye, it was the first day of the first lunar month of the second year of Jingtai.
The Zhengdan Dynasty was held for the second time.
Fengtian Hall has been burned down, so this meeting must not be held in Fengtian Hall. Zhu Qiyu couldn't bear the busy work of his ministers, so he went to the square of Prince Qi's Mansion to enjoy the cold weather during the Chinese New Year.
Therefore, the Wenhua Hall was chosen for this court meeting.
Although Wenhua Palace is a bit small, it can be used even if you squeeze it.
This court meeting is limited to civil and military officials of fourth rank and above. Of course, the exception is the fifth-grade cabinet bachelor.
There were few officials attending, so Zhu Qiyu did not impose any etiquette rules. When people arrived, they could first enter the Wenhua Hall to wait.
So early in the morning, the Wenhua Hall was crowded with people.
The ministers also cherished this opportunity. After all, in the past year, most people only had the opportunity to see the emperor two or three times at most.
This was also the first time in a whole year that the emperor left the Prince Qi's Mansion in the western suburbs and returned to the capital.
While waiting for the emperor, the ministers gathered together in groups to congratulate each other on the New Year.
Because in the past year of Jingtai, except for some major events that shocked the government and the public, everyone passed it easily afterwards, so the ministers all showed joy and congratulated each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
It happened that at this moment, Yang Shan, the censor of Youqiandu, stood up, gave everyone a warning, and poured a big ladle of cold water on everyone's heads.
Yang Shan's reasoning is very simple. The Supreme Emperor is now alone and suffering outside the Great Wall. Everyone is ignoring the emperor and his father. Everyone is in high spirits here. How can this be done by human ministers?
On Zhengdan last year, Yang Shan had already scolded all the civil and military officials once. At that time, he was still the right deputy censor of the capital. He scolded him again this year, but now Yang Shan was demoted one level, from the third rank to the fourth rank of Youqiandu Censor.
Last year, the Supreme Emperor lacked everything around him, and at least he didn't suffer. This year, there is nothing around the Supreme Emperor. All the maids, concubines, maids, and eunuchs were sent back first.
Therefore, Yang Shan's anxiety is even worse than last year.
The ministers felt the reluctance of the boss, and if the Emperor did not come back for a day, everyone would not even have the right to celebrate the festival. But they were reluctant, and no one could find a good reason to refute Yang Shan.
However, the ministers had no way to fight back against Yang Shanshi, but Zhu Qiyu did.
As soon as Zhu Qiyu entered the side hall, he heard Yang Shan yelling at him, so he immediately decided to give Yang Shan some color.
If you are really a loyal minister, then you can go to Wala to serve the Supreme Emperor.
If you really traveled thousands of miles to go to Wala, then I really respect you very much.
Guanghui talks about benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and faith here, and it is purely annoying.
Zhu Qiyu appeared in the main hall. When the county ministers saw the emperor coming out, they immediately lined up their positions, knelt down and saluted, and shouted "long live the emperor" three times.
Zhu Qiyu sat on the dragon chair and smiled at the ministers: "On such a festive day, my dear friends, there is no need to be formal. Get up, get up, sit down, sit down."
Today's court meeting is a bit long. Zhu Qiyu wants to explain the arrangements for the next year, so he has prepared seats for all the ministers.
Seeing that the emperor insisted on this, everyone stopped refusing.
Hearing the emperor say that today is a happy day, Yang Shan felt unhappy. Just as he was about to stand up and refute the emperor, Zhu Qiyu took the lead and asked: "I previously ordered the rehabilitation of Jianwen's old ministers. Zhang Puke, a concubine of the Hanlin Academy, is rehabilitating Among them?"
(End of chapter)
