Seeing this fateful document being burned, many ministers secretly breathed a sigh of relief although they didn't know if there was their name in the document.

Chongzhen on the throne just quietly looked at Zhu Cihong pretending to be forced, and nodded secretly in his heart, expressing that he was quite satisfied with this operation.

If you have the material in your hand, it will make the ministers panic, and it will be easy for them to set fire and burn the evidence on the spot, so that the ministers can rest assured, and at the same time, it will also deter them, and the handling of the Jin Shang matter will also reduce many obstacles.

Anyway, all the people who should be arrested have been arrested, and those who should be convicted can't run away, if nothing else, it's almost over now.

Seeing that all the ministers at the court meeting were silent, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen to read out the disposition of collaborating with the enemy Jin merchants and bribing officials, Wang Chengen held the holy decree in his hand and said loudly: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: There are Shanxi businessmen Fan Yongshan, Huang Yuncai, and Wang Erzhou today....... and eight others, bribing officials, fornicating with slaves and thieves, and selling intelligence on the DPRK, and their crimes should be punished ......"

Later, Wang Chengen took another holy decree and read out the names and responsibilities of the officials who were bribed by the eight major Jin merchants in the capital, Chongzhen only singled out a few of them who were not pleasing to the eye, and most of the others were dismissed and investigated, and they were imprisoned.

After the two decrees were read, Chongzhen said: "This is the middle decree issued by me, if the cabinet has no opinion, it will be issued in the name of the holy decree!" ”

Emperor Zhongzhi did not pass the will issued by the cabinet himself, did not pass the imperial court certification, and people did not recognize him as a piece of waste paper, and he couldn't even get out of the palace gate.

The real holy decree is the edict officially issued by the imperial court, which is jointly recognized by the emperor and the imperial court, and is filed in the imperial court, and has strong legal effect.

Wen Tiren and other hundred officials saw that the emperor was even ready for the holy decree, and they suddenly counted it in their hearts, looking at the name on the will, the emperor should want to control things at the bottom, let Fan Yongdou, the stewards of the eight families, take the blame, and did not want to touch the gentry group in Shanxi, and the treatment of court officials was also controlled below the four-grade officials.

Since the emperor knows each other so well and has shown sincerity, then there is no need for them to die in this matter, anyway, it is those lower officials who are unlucky, and the eight major Jin merchants have not fallen, but they have just changed their spokesperson in the capital.

Several cabinet ministers said that there was no problem, and then began to go through the procedure, and the major event that had originally made the Wen party and the officials prepare to blast was pressed alive.

Wen Tiren and others were aggrieved in their hearts, a good card was played poorly, several people looked for the reason for a long time, and they all felt that they were defeated by the crown prince's intelligence, although the crown prince tried his best to claim that it was the evidence of official bribery found during the investigation of Jin Shang, but how could Wen Tiren and others believe it!

They insisted that Zhu Cihong must have a power similar to that of the factory guard back then, specializing in obtaining information, and this force should be Jinyiwei, and only Jinyiwei can have this kind of strength!

Thinking of this, it strengthened the determination of the Wen Party and the Yanguan Party to get rid of Jinyiwei.

After the end of the early dynasty, although the imperial court posted a notice in time to explain the events of last night, there were still voices unfavorable to Zhu Cihong, and the day before yesterday it was rumored that the crown prince was greedy for the property of rich businessmen, and he started to raid his house within two days, isn't this a rumor?

Fortunately, the green skin who walked the rumors was almost killed by Jinyiwei, and this kind of questioning voice was not loud in the market.

On August 4, when the people in the capital were discussing the new Taicang, their eyes were attracted by another novelty.

There is a newspaper called "Huangming Times" in the eyes of everyone, which is not only extensive, but also very fashionable.

According to Zhu Cihong's design, the layout of "Huangming Times" is divided into four pages and eight pages, the first page is the headline news and the content of the whole newspaper.

The second page is the important political affairs of the Ming Dynasty, the third page is the social news of the Ming Dynasty, the fourth page is the military column, the fifth page is the economic column, the sixth page is the science column, the seventh page is the history and culture introduction, and the eighth page is the advertisement.

The advertising version is not used to collect advertising fees to make money, making money is just a small head, and the core function is to promote products and promote business development.

In order to make the "Huangming Times" influential at the beginning, Zhu Cihong added a lot of fierce material in the first issue, especially wrote some inflammatory slogans.

"Shaanxi Victory! The thief leader 'King Chuang' Gao Yingxiang was captured and has been escorted to Beijing! 》

"His Majesty the Emperor will hold a ceremony to sacrifice prisoners at noon gate on the eighth day of the first month of August!" 》

"The strongest army of the Emperor Ming - the generals of the Yongwei Battalion were rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor! 》

"On the Accumulation of Evil Deeds of Jiannu! 》

"Fight the underworld and eliminate evil, and build a harmonious Ming Dynasty together!" 》

Science and Technology are the Primary Productive Forces

"The tenth branch of Dezhuang hot pot will open in Mingyufang on the 6th! 》

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In the most conspicuous position of the newspaper, there was a person with a pen name of "the first marshal of the Ming Dynasty", who wrote an article entitled "The Conspiracy Behind the Grain Shortage in the Capital - The Beginning and End of the Collusion of Jin Merchants to Build Slaves", which caused a sensation among the people of the capital.

Only then did people figure out what was going on with the boiling soup of Jin merchants who betrayed the country a few days ago, and for a while, the public sentiment was turbulent, and everyone began to denounce the traitors' traitorous behavior, and at the same time overturned the previous misunderstanding of the crown prince.

In order to calm the turbulent people's feelings, the imperial court sent the eight major Jin merchants in the capital to the West Market on the second day to ask for beheading, and they were accompanied by several unlucky officials.

At the time of the execution in the West Market, the people scolded the traitors one after another, and some people roared: "Everyone who is a thief will be punished!" ”

As he spoke, he took the lead in throwing a brick and smashed it at Fan Yongshan and the others, and he didn't know which unlucky ghost he threw it on, and suddenly his brain blossomed, and the blood flowed endlessly.

"Traitorous profiteers, full of evil, it's not a pity to die!"

"The traitorous scum should be executed by Ling Chi, with a thousand cuts!"

The angry scolding of the people made the profiteers and officials who knelt on the ground look like dirt, and they only wanted to die happily.

As soon as three o'clock in the afternoon came, the warden could not wait to throw down the token and urge the executioner to carry out the execution quickly.

When the heads of Fan Yongshan and the others were cut off, everyone cheered and felt very relieved.

When the holy decree to deal with the collaborators arrived in Taiyuan, Shanxi, the eight Jin merchants in Shanxi were collectively silent, although the imperial court counted all the blame on the family branches in the capital, and did not investigate them deeply, but each family was fined 100,000 taels of silver, which was a fine for lax discipline.

According to Zhu Cihong's meaning, each family should be fined one million taels of silver, and at least 500,000 taels, but Chongzhen refused to live or die, he was worried that the whole thing would be too ruthless, what if the Jin merchants didn't buy it? What should I do if I spray him with the Southeast Consortium? If you get to that point, you guess you can be sprayed like a fool!

The imperial court now wants to deal with the Jiannu in Gyeonggi, and it is completely free to deal with them, if the eight major Jin merchants don't bird him, isn't it a slap in the face? The authority of the imperial power would also be greatly weakened.

According to the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, although the Qing army is still sweeping in the Gyeonggi area, the thieves in the Central Plains have been almost eliminated, and the Ming Dynasty is not exhausted, and it is not worth them to completely tear their faces with the imperial court now.

In the imperial garden, Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong were chatting happily while eating side dishes, and the joint action of the most powerful duo in the Ming Dynasty was officially declared a complete success, and both of them were very happy, and they each reaped a lot of benefits.

A total of 1.6 million stone of grain was copied from the eight major Jin merchants, plus the property of eight shops in the capital, and the property of the bribed officials' families, which was worth 10 million taels of silver, of which 8 million taels was the value of the grain after it was sold.

This wealth was finally divided into three parts, one for Chongzhen's internal money, one for the household department, and one for Zhu Cihong, but on the surface, there were two shares, and Zhu Cihong's share was shared by himself with the help of Jinyiwei......

This matter slowly subsided, but both sides were accumulating strength and plans, Chongzhen waited for his hands to be freed, and then slowly removed the generals in Shanxi, and by the way, he carried out several economic policies to suppress the Jin merchants, such as restrictions on border trade items, etc.

The Eight Jin Merchants continued to spend money to open up various relationships, and at the same time strengthened the ties with the Guanwai Jiannu and the Southeast Consortium, secretly planning something.