0139 Hypocritical Hui merchants
When the time comes, let these magistrates try their best to find rich people to donate money and food, and whoever gets more money and feeds more refugees will be promoted immediately!
The officials of the Ming Dynasty loved to be promoted, and last time Chongzhen washed the officials in Jiangnan, and now the officials in the provinces of Jiangnan are basically from poor and remote areas, and these people are beyond the reach of Donglin officials.
This kind of thing is taught to Zhou Yanru to be responsible, Zhou Yanru is shameless and cunning enough, and it is simply good for him to deal with the rich people in Jiangnan.
Zhou Yanru received the holy decree and almost vomited blood.
He is a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Chongzhen asked him to help the victims? Do you want to shamelessly let him lead the victims to Jiangnan? And then find a way to make the Jiangnan rich man bleed?
Zhou Yanru said depressedly, "Your Majesty, the placement of the victims in Jiangnan can only quench the thirst for a while, not a long-term plan. ”
Chongzhen sneered, "There are so many disaster victims everywhere there is an accident, is it possible that there will be no change when you go to the capital, I have made up my mind, Aiqing will leave tomorrow with money and food, I will give you the sword of Shangfang, you can cut it first and then play." ”
After a pause, Chongzhen said again:
"If you encounter officials who don't do their best to relieve disasters along the way, you can cut them first and then play, Aiqing don't be afraid of offending people, let alone being retaliated against and framed afterwards, I will give you a Danshu iron coupon,"
The so-called Danshu iron coupon is commonly known as the gold medal for avoiding death, which is the highest token specially given by the emperor in order to gain the trust of the minister.
With the Gold Medal for Avoiding Death, even the greatest sin can be spared death.
Zhou Yanru was still very happy to hear Chongzhen give him Shangfang Sword, but Chongzhen wanted to give him a Danshu iron coupon?
Nima, it seems that none of the ministers in history who have Danshu iron coupons have a good end? Bullshit's death-free gold medal, death gold medal, right?
Zhou Yanru was already depressed......
Chongzhen then said something that made him even more depressed, "I know that most of the people who got the Danshu Iron Coupon in history did not end well, but please believe in me, you will be an exception." ”
Burst......
Zhou Yanru almost vomited blood.
Although he was unwilling to accept this drudgery, Zhou Yanru still accepted it, he knew Chongzhen's temperament, and any decision made by this master would never be changed.
The disaster relief major matters were discussed......
Chongzhen finally braved the boiling heat wave and returned to the Qianqing Palace, as soon as he entered the palace, the cool air came to his face, and his eyes were full of cold ice.
Large pieces of ice bricks were moved to the Qianqing Palace, in addition to ice cubes, there are ice cheese, smoothies, chilled fruits and other things, the slightest bit of cool air to the bones, so uncomfortable.
Chongzhen comfortably ate a sip of ice cream, the taste of this thing is similar to that of ice cream in modern society, and because the raw materials are better, the ice cream Chongzhen eats is more mellow than ice cream.
I used to read brain-dead online articles, those poor dicks in modern society who traveled through the past, with modern knowledge to make what ice cream, and then swept the business world and made a windfall.
Female frequency......
Someone even wrote that the protagonist made an ice cream, smoothie and fruit or something, and even attracted the emperor and the prince, the master of the martial arts alliance and other big names to come and see the freshness, and then the heroine started a vigorous N-corner love relationship with these big people because of ice cream.
Nima, that's!
They're afraid they don't know that ice cream has been around since ancient times, right?
Chongzhen was eating ice cheese happily, and Wang Chengen came to report it...... When Huizhou merchants heard of the floods in the south, they specially raised 200,000 taels of silver for national use!
Huizhou businessmen?
Chongzhen remembered, isn't this Nima the gang of official salt dealers who claim to be Confucian merchants?
Of course......
Huizhou merchants do not only sell salt, they also deal in leather goods, timber, herbs, Huizhou paper is famous all over the world, the world's circulation of Chongzhen Yan history booklets, most of them are printed with Hui paper, Nima, a group of garbage!
Such a group of garbage has occupied the two Huai salt farms in history, hollowed out the Daming Salt Administration, and earned countless silver, and the result is ...... Not a single penny of silver was donated to the state.
Because the main industry of the Hui merchants was salt, they were also synonymous with the big salt merchants.
Take a look at the salt merchants of the Qing Dynasty in later generations......
took the initiative to invite Emperor Qianlong to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and undertook part of the expenses of the Qianlong Emperor to go down to the south of the Yangtze River.
The same salt merchants, doing different things!
What's with?
It's very customary, the Ming Dynasty is too good to these big businessmen, and they are used to being their parents, and they are used to evading taxes and hollowing out the salt government.
Look at the Qing Dynasty?
How ruthless he is to the salt merchants, he treats them as tools and minions to make money, and once they are useless, they are all abandoned and exterminated!
The salt merchant who was the master in the Ming Dynasty was the grandson in the Qing Dynasty, and the problem was that the salt merchant who was the grandson was more loyal to the court and servile, and a big salt merchant was even exhausted in order to make friends with the Qianlong Emperor.
Straight to the point!
Now that these Huizhou salt merchants have taken the initiative to send 200,000 taels of silver, Chongzhen doesn't think that these people have a patriotic heart all of a sudden.
It is estimated that Chongzhen has recently taken a lot of big businessmen to open the knife, and they are cowardly! was afraid that Chongzhen would use them to open the knife, so he simply raised money to bribe Chongzhen.
it......
How good the previous emperor was to you, the two Huai salt farms let you occupy them, you don't know how to be grateful to Dade, and now you are here to be courteous?
200,000 taels of silver, you group of salt merchants raised 200,000 taels of silver, I'm afraid that it is also the cost of raising your outer room and supporting famous prostitutes, right? Are you embarrassed to bribe me?
Chongzhen's impression of Hui merchants is particularly bad......
Historically, this wave of businessmen is a model of hypocrisy, they call themselves Confucian merchants, and they are particularly fond of reading, not only for their own children, but also for the poor in the village to study, so that many officials come from micro-business families.
No matter how rich she is, the mother-in-law at home does not wear silk and satin, rarely eats meat, and the whole Huizhou is a harmonious thrifty and thrifty style.
Bah!
It's all fake!
The hypocritical micro-business makes his original mother-in-law and his parents and family thrifty in their hometown, but when they go out to do business, they are extravagant, and they especially love prostitutes, but wherever they are, prostitutes will be worth a hundred times.
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The victims in the south are also very happy, after such a long time of living in exile, there is finally an official government to take care of them, although they still can't eat enough, but they finally have a mouthful of gruel to eat, so they won't starve to death.
The mighty tide of victims followed the officials from the capital forward, although they didn't know where to go? But as long as there is food, the sword mountain and the sea of fire can also go.
Everyone is very happy, but Zhou Yanru is not happy, Zhou Yanru actually has a little secret, he ...... There is a habit of cleanliness!
So many victims gathered together, most of them had no habit of bathing, and now it was a hot day, and countless strange smells were mixed together, it was simply stinking!
Zhou Yanru hid in the sedan chair, covering his nose with several layers of cotton cloth, and the stench still lingered.
stinky and smelly, Zhou Yanru came up with a hooligan idea, aren't there many rich people in Jiangnan who like to build courtyards in places with beautiful mountains and rivers? The official also placed the victims in a beautiful place and smoked them to death.