All forces were waiting for the emperor's attitude, and after Chongzhen learned the news, he was shocked at first, shocked that Zhu Cihong really dared to be so blatant against the eight Jin merchants.

Then he began to get angry, angry that Zhu Cihong was too impulsive and didn't give himself face at all, but there was still a faint excitement in his anger, and it seemed that the military salary of the Shaanxi Kou had fallen.

The imperial court used troops to suppress the Kou in Shaanxi, and it needed a lot of silver, and it cost money to appease the people of Shaanxi, and these silver households could not take out a copper plate, and the battle of Liaodong had already squeezed out the old bottom of the treasury, Chongzhen not only sold a lot of treasures in the palace, but also owed a lot of debts to the nobles and ministers, how could he not panic?

In order to calm the anger of the outside world, Chongzhen summoned Zhu Cihong and scolded him severely, and ordered Zhu Cihong to move out of the palace and into the palace of King Xin, and did not allow him to participate in court politics for three months.

Lived in the Xinwang Mansion where Chongzhen lived before he ascended the throne, Zhu Cihong secretly admired the methods of Emperor Laozi, and he could use his strength to do anything.

Now the relationship between him and Chongzhen is very delicate, especially in the palace, the two sides are less than 100 meters apart, Zhongcui Palace and Qianqing Palace have been arranged around a large number of their own pro-army, it is very embarrassing, now Zhu Cihong has moved to the Xinwang Mansion, Chongzhen can not only sleep peacefully, but also give an explanation to the outside world, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

Zhu Cihong ignored the backlash from all sides, Shanxi's house raid operation was still continuing, and he didn't care about living in the Xinwang Mansion, on the contrary, living outside the palace could summon his own people at any time, which was more conducive to his next deployment arrangements.

At this time, Zhu Cihong can pat his chest and promise that the next days will be more exciting, and a long-brewing plan is about to start.

On the second day, Wang Chengen led four maids and four little eunuchs to the palace of King Xin to meet Zhu Cihong.

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, the emperor and the queen said that you have grown up and feel that there are too few people around you to serve, so they specially reward eight slaves and maids to serve you and take care of your daily life!" ”

"Oh?" Zhu Cihong raised his eyebrows and glanced at these eunuchs and palace maids, especially the four palace maids, who were about the same age as him and looked quite handsome.

Zhu Cihong knew that there was a rule in the Qing Dynasty that after the prince was determined to be the crown prince, a year before the official crown princess was elected, the Zongren Mansion would first choose a palace maid one year older than him for the prince to try, teach him how to be a husband, and if the prince was willing, he could also set up this palace maid as the crown princess.

Although there is this rule, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty are basically political marriages, and if they want to have their own love, they can only find it in their dreams.

Emperor Kangxi got married when he was eleven years old, and married Sony's twelve-year-old granddaughter Hesheri, although it was a political marriage, but because both of them were still young, they were in the period of youth and impulsiveness, and the relationship was maintained very well.

Zhu Cihong has been familiar with "Emperor Ming Zuxun" and various etiquette systems since he was a child, but he didn't pay attention to the big wedding and sex life, which belongs to the blind spot of knowledge, and I don't know if Daming has such regulations.

However, he is very sensitive, and the emperor's father should not be so kind, but he is afraid that he sent these slaves and maids to spy on himself.

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Since it is the person elected by the father and the queen mother, then stay." ”

Wang Chengen smiled all over his face, waved his hand to let a few people go down, and said: "Your Highness, the emperor has an edict, let the old slave ask you how much property you have confiscated this time?" ”

Not only Chongzhen was anxious to know, but the outside world had already begun to inquire, especially if the Jin Shang case involved anyone else.

Facing Wang Chengen's inquiry, Zhu Cihong said lightly: "It's not much, it's just a little wealth." ”

Wang Chengen came up, bowed down and said, "Can Your Highness give an accurate number, and the old slave can go back to reply to the decree." ”

Zhu Cihong waved out a hand and said, "It can be worth five years of taxes in the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Five years of taxes!?" Wang Chengen was stunned on the spot, obviously shocked.

He crossed his fingers and began to calculate: the annual agricultural tax of the Ming Dynasty is more than 4 million taels, plus the annual levy of more than 5.2 million taels of silver, and the annual levy of 2.8 million taels of silver was stopped last year when Li Zicheng drilled into the mountains, which cannot be counted, plus tariffs, salt taxes and miscellaneous items, the annual tax of the Ming Dynasty is almost 10 million taels of silver, and it is 50 million taels in five years.......

Wang Chengen put away his fingers, took a breath secretly, and screamed in his heart, fifty million taels!

Zhu Cihong smiled and said nothing, he naturally would not tell Wang Chengen all the amount of property he had stolen, if all of it was handed over to the treasury, God knows how it would be squandered.

Zhu Cihong is planning to use the money for the development of the navy and scientific research, and in the future, there will be imperial examinations and reforms, for local construction, the opening of popular schools, and the opening of people's wisdom.

Seeing that Wang Chengen still had something to say, Zhu Cihong smiled faintly and said: "Father wants to say bluntly, why do you want to do this more, don't worry, the palace will hand over 40 million taels of the property of the profiteers confiscated this time to the treasury." ”

Only 40 million taels? Wang Chengen hesitated: "I don't know what His Highness is doing with 10 million taels?" ”

Zhu Cihong glanced at him and said, "Father and Queen Mother care so much about this palace, this palace plans to hand over the remaining 10 million taels to the internal treasury, and honor the father and queen mother, it can be regarded as a pension......"

"Pension?" Wang Chengen's face changed, and he looked at Zhu Cihong in horror.

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "What's wrong with Wang Banban?" I have a policy of old-age care, preferential old-age, respect for the elderly, respect for the elderly, respect for the elderly, etc., after the father and the queen mother, the whole day is coarse tea and light rice, the palace is now capable, as a son of man, there should be nothing to respect and filial piety in the material, right? ”

Wang Chengen said again and again: "No problem, no problem, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is filial to the sky, and the old slave admires it!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Well, let's go back and reply to the decree, I hope that my father will take care of him more in his life in the future." ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly responded, then bowed down and retreated, and left the Xinwang Mansion as if he was fleeing.

In the Wenhua Palace, Chongzhen was also stunned on the spot when he learned the result of raiding the house, are the eight Jin merchants so rich? Anyone can be rich!

Then listening to Wang Chengen's whisper, Chongzhen frowned and said, "What? Take out 10 million taels for me to support the elderly? What does he want to do? ”

The more Chongzhen thought about it, the more wrong it became, he was only thirty-two years old this year, what do he need to support? His head tilted back slightly, his eyes seemed to be closed, and he didn't say a word, but his face became more and more gloomy.

After a while, Chongzhen said calmly: "Wang Chengen, send an edict to the British Duke and the Dingguo Prince, order Yulinwei and Jingying to strengthen the inspection of the imperial city and the nine gates of the Beijing Division, and the garrisons outside the city are not allowed to enter the city. ”

Wang Chengen was shocked, the garrison outside the city that the emperor was referring to needless to say was the Tianwu Army, and the armies of the other towns on the nine sides had already pulled out the villages and returned to the towns one after another after the reward, only the Tianwu Army was stationed in the inner city except for some of them, and most of the rest were still stationed in the Jingshi Deshengmen Field.

Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, once suggested that the crown prince let the Tianwu army return to Fengyang Mansion, but the crown prince said that he was not in a hurry, and he would wait for his birthday to celebrate with the soldiers before letting the Tianwu army return to Fengyang Mansion.

Because the crown prince's birthday was the fourth day of the second lunar month, and there was less than half a month, the military department did not urge, Chen Xinjia knew the relationship between the crown prince and the soldiers of the Tianwu Army, and he really did not dare to urge it.

As soon as Chongzhen finished issuing the holy decree, he saw the eunuch guarding the noon gate hurriedly come to report, and said: "Your Majesty, something is wrong, a large number of Hou Bo and ministers petitioned outside the noon gate, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent troops to Shanxi to dig the corner of the Ming Dynasty and destroy the foundation of the ancestors, please Your Majesty severely punish the prince, release and return the property of the Jin merchants!" ”

Chongzhen's head hurt, and he said impatiently: "What honors and ministers are petitioning?" ”

The eunuch said: "There are more than 20 Hou Hou of Pingjiang, Marquis of Yangwu, Marquis of Wuding, Bo Yingcheng, Bo Xinning, Bo Fuqiang, etc., as well as many officials of the six ministries, officials of the six departments, officials of the six sections, and officials of all sizes such as the Imperial History of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the number of officials who petitioned outside the noon gate was no less than 300 people!" ”

"What! So many people? Chongzhen stood up from the dragon chair violently, his face full of disbelief.