The four major mountains of Yangzhou and Shaanxi Salt have been put on "death row"! It's not that you will definitely die, but there is a sign at the door of the cell that says "death row", which scares people to death!

There are still a bunch of big servants under the four major mountains and Shaanxi Yan, and they all have something to say, so now they are escorted to Zhu Cihong again and listen to the prince.

"You people are all the stewards, bookkeepers, and treasurers of the four Shanshan Salt Chiefs...... Those who can be in such a position must have the ability! Three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion! In the business line, you are the Jinshi, you are the champion! The palace employs people who are not only doctors, as long as they are beneficial to the country, they can be appointed. Taigong said: Big farmers, big workers, big businessmen, called the three treasures. Although you have committed a crime, you are still a treasure, so this palace will give you a chance to make meritorious contributions! Do you want to make meritorious deeds? ”

"Yes, we have to wear the ...... of meritorious service"

"We are willing to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Ask the prince to give us the opportunity to make meritorious contributions......"

Guilty and meritorious, guilty, and quite serious, who is not willing to make meritorious service to atone for their sins?

Zhu Cihong looked at these treasures with a smile, and finally set his eyes on Yun Shangqian, who was the first to stand up before.

This is a businessman in his thirties, and he looks loyal, and he really can't tell that he is a profiteer.

"Cloud Three!" Zhu Cihong looked at Yun Shangqian, "Say, how are you going to atone for your sins?" ”

Yun Shangqian had already pondered this question, and immediately replied: "Back to the prince, the grass people are the accounts of the Qiao family's salt general, how much cash does the Qiao family have, how much money is put outside, how much land, how many shops...... The grass people are so clear! The grass people can help the prince steal the Qiao family's property! ”

"Oh, really?" Zhu Cihong smiled, "How many can there be?" ”

"Now there are 180,000 taels of silver, and 70,000 taels of gold. There are three gardens, including one in Yangzhou, one in Huai'an, and one in Zhenjiang. There are 108 shops, all of which are located in the southeast of the city. The grange is more complicated, except for the grange in Shanxi's hometown, the rest of the grange is in Nanzhili, with a total of more than 210,000 acres, but most of them are in the name of Wei Guofu, and there are many usury outside, no less than two million taels ......"

"That's a lot of money!" Zhu Cihong nodded with a smile, and looked at the other coercion present, "What about you?" Do you have any accounts to report? ”

"There are ......"

"We also have ......."

Zhu Cihong nodded, "It's reported, the palace can't remember it, write it down...... Write carefully! ”

In fact, Zhu Cihong didn't plan to raid the homes of the four salt generals. This kind of thing is very troublesome, and it can easily disrupt normal economic activities. After all, salt merchants are businessmen, and there are indispensable debts in their business activities, such as receivables, payables, loans, deposits, and perhaps bills (remittances). If you don't figure out these bad debts, as soon as the four salt generals check it, the small business that they carry will not collapse a lot?

His idea was to reach a "plea agreement" with the four salt presidents, allowing them to hand over a part of their property in exchange for exoneration.

However, he had to have a number in his heart, how much punishment was appropriate, it was best to punish them until they had one breath left, and then they could maintain it, and then take it for themselves, and let them dig into the corners of Li Zicheng and the Qing Dynasty - they had connections in the north, and they happened to sell Huai salt to rob the business of Chi Salt and Changlu Salt.

Of course, Huaiyang Yan can't let them do it anymore, and they don't have that strength anymore. Zhu Cihong's retention of them does not mean that they should maintain their current scale.

Significant downsizing and layoffs are necessary, and those who were laid off by them, Zhu Cihong just hired...... The two imperial merchants, Huang Jiang and Su Sheng, must be expanded, and the Generalissimo's Mansion and the Household Department also need people to manage the accounts.

If possible, Zhu Cihong also planned to raise a new imperial merchant from among them.

......

Yangzhou, Tianning Temple, the place where the Ming Emperor was stationed.

After moving from Shandong to the prosperous and wealthy city of Yangzhou, Emperor Chongzhen began to become "diligent", and could often participate in the Wu Dynasty, sit on the throne, and watch how his son gave orders.

This is because after Zhu Cihong broke the passive resistance of the officials who stayed in the capital led by Shi Kefa, his power became more and more stable, so he often invited Emperor Chongzhen to attend the Wu Dynasty to show his filial piety......

The so-called noon dynasty is used to replace the early dynasty, Zhu Cihong likes to sleep lazy, and he can't get up early in the morning, so he changed the morning to the noon dynasty. Held from midnight to noon, the Hajj begins at midnight twice a month and ends at four o'clock in the afternoon. The rest of the time is the usual dynasty, which generally starts at noon and ends at 8 o'clock in the afternoon at the latest, that is, a whole hour.

There were very few officials who participated in the Chang Dynasty, namely the elder of the pavilion, the Shangshu, the squire, the imperial history, the generalissimo's mansion, the generalissimo's palace guards, the master of ceremonies and the imperial horse supervisor, and the Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion. All the internal and external officials who participated in the afternoon dynasty were given to sit, and after the afternoon dynasty was over, Zhu Cihong would leave everyone to have dinner together.

In addition, whether in the dynasty or in the court, Zhu Cihong will not shout and scold angrily, always smiling, and the tone of his speech is also gentle, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze.

And he will not apply the court staff to the courtiers, let alone send the ministers to the Jinyiwei Imperial Prison - the Jinyiwei now has no power to rectify the courtiers!

In short, under the leadership of Zhu Cihong, this court is not like the Ming Dynasty, but a bit like the court of the Song Dynasty.

However, the officials who served in the Xing Dynasty all knew such a fact, this "smiling prince" was actually a ruthless man who imprisoned his father and killed his brother by his brother, and he was a "Sacred Heart Dictatorship" Fujun Prince!

And the reason why Zhu Cihong can be dictatorial is that in addition to the fact that he is a bit cruel, he will pretend to be a ghost, making people think that he is the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao, that is, he is very good at employing people.

He doesn't need an upright gentleman, he uses a slave villain.

Fang Gongyue, Qiu Yu, and Fan Jingwen, who were originally more backbone in the cabinet, have stepped down as university scholars - they are all beautiful and prosperous, and they are all great loyalists and heroes!

Among them, Fang Gongyue worshiped the governor of Su Song, and added the prince and young master (because of the reform of the Imperial Inspectorate, the governor no longer added the title of imperial history, but changed to the title of three orphans), and sealed the city of Nangu.

Qiu Yu worshiped the governor of Zhenjiang, added the prince and the young master, and sealed the city uncle.

Fan Jingwen worshiped the governor of Zhejiang, added the prince Shaobao, and sealed Wu Qiaobo.

Wei Zaode, who has soft bones and is good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, stayed as the first assistant and continued to serve as the scholar of the Middle Pole Temple and the secretary of the ministry.

Hou Sui, who was in prison and had his edges and corners smoothed, was promoted to the position of a scholar of the Jianji Palace and a scholar of the household department, a lecturer in the East Palace, and a young master of the prince, and became the second assistant of the Xing Dynasty.

Qian Qianyi, who "the water is too cold", has made meritorious contributions because of his betrayal of Shi Kefa, and now he has become a scholar of Wenhuadian University and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, a lecturer in the East Palace, and a prince and a young prince. is not only Ge Lao, Shangshu, but also Zhu Cihong's teacher.

Zhu Cihong's teacher Chen Rui has now also joined the cabinet, serving as a scholar of Wuyingdian University and a scholar of the Ministry of War, a lecturer of the East Palace, and a young master of the crown prince.

Zhu Cihong's other teacher, Lin Zengzhi, also joined the cabinet and served as a scholar of Wenyuange University and a scholar of the Ministry of Engineering, a lecturer of the East Palace, a young master of the crown prince, and a conferred red on Rui Amber.

Song Quan, the original governor of Shuntian, was appointed as the secretary of the criminal department, and the post of scholar of Dongge University was temporarily vacant. In addition, Li Shichun, another lecturer who followed Zhu Cihong to the south, served as a scholar of Zhan Shifu and Hanlin Academy, a lecturer of the East Palace, and a professor of Meizhou.

Now the five cabinet elders are all relatively weak and obedient civil officials. Even Hou Sui and Qian Qianyi, the two Donglin bigwigs, are also soft bones in the Donglin Party, and they may have had a little ambition when they were young, but now they have long been consumed because of officialdom.

In addition, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was also reorganized, and Li Banghua, who fled with Zhu Cihong, worshiped the governor of Jiangxi, added the prince and young master, and sealed the emperor and Ji Shuibo.

Instead, he was replaced by the sick Feng Yuanyang, and the post of the imperial history of the right capital was temporarily vacant.

Of course, none of the four newly appointed governors of Zhu Cihong have yet to take office. Susong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian are not just said to be able to take them.

However, these four governors are now unable to attend the court meeting. Therefore, almost all the current high-level officials in the Xing Dynasty are officials who cannot, or are unable to contradict Zhu Cihong. Therefore, Zhu Cihong can implement his own policies very easily!

Even if this policy will greatly shrink the pockets of many people......