Chapter 59 Shaanxi Jin Merchants
The Maoqin Hall of the Qianqing Palace, in the middle of the night, Chongzhen was reading the folds all night, originally he didn't have to be so tired, the folds were generally after the cabinet votes, as long as he decided whether he could, and he didn't need to approve it in person, just read it and express his opinion and let the celebrant take it back for approval, save more trouble, but the cabinet was wiped out by himself in the last sacrifice ceremony, there was no cabinet vote, and he was afraid that the group of eunuchs of the celebrant would make a mistake, so he could only do it himself, and the consequence was that he was affected. Now a whole bunch of twists and turns are pressed on me. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Originally, I planned to let the six Shangshu help me deal with some less important twists and turns, but now the group of Shangshu is either too busy or no longer in Beijing, Qin Liangyu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is sitting in Shanhaiguan, and Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, is even more busy and can't stop, the last time the court shook the court, and there were so many fewer officials at once, although he had already prepared, but if there was no Sun Chengzong to help him allocate manpower and arrange official positions, how could the court resume operation so quickly, it was the remaining few Shangshu, and it was also a lot of messy things, I can't pull away from the time.
Chongzhen under the light was accompanied by Wang Chengen, and was watching the music intently, when a sound of footsteps came, a small eunuch outside the palace gate hurried in, and saw that Chongzhen was busy, so he didn't dare to make a sound, and quietly ran to Wang Chengen's side and whispered to the reporter.
"What's the matter, tell me directly, it's really good that I'm a little tired" After speaking, Chongzhen put down the notes in his hand to review, something big must have happened, otherwise this little eunuch came to him at night.
"Back to the emperor, the last time the eunuch peeked at the story, now there is a result, but now this matter involves the celebrant eunuch, and the slave has no ability to check it down, and I ask the emperor to decide" Hearing Chongzhen's question, the little eunuch Liu Jiguang immediately said everything he knew, and he didn't dare to hide it at all.
"It seems that this matter is not simple, your little eunuch has the support of this big companion, but you don't dare to go down, the forces involved behind this scene are not small" can make the little eunuch with Wang Chengen's support dare not go down, it seems that the power of that eunuch is not small,
"Let's talk about the situation you have found out now" Chongzhen sat up straight, gently pounded his back, and dealt with the twists and turns of the night, he was really a little tired. Seeing that Chongzhen was a little tired, Wang Chengen immediately stepped forward and gently helped Chongzhen pinch his shoulder.
"Last time, at the behest of the emperor, the slave let people follow the little eunuch all the way, and finally found that the little eunuch returned to the Shang Diet Prison, strange times, the little eunuch just returned to the Shang Diet Prison was arranged to go out to buy, when he went out, the slave's hands found that he put a note in a vendor's stall, after the information was taken away, the slave's people immediately arrested the little eunuch, tortured, learned which vendor was a spy who specialized in receiving information in the palace, after confirming that the spy sent a message, The slave also caught this secret agent, tortured him, and found that the information was finally sent to the Chang family of Shanxi Jin Shang, and then the slave was thinking about going down, at this time the other party had found traces, and at the same time, those secret agents who were locked up in the edict prison by the slave were also killed, and the clues were completely broken here, but the slave found that the source pointed to the senior member of the court and the master of ceremonies" said that Liu Jiguang stopped, and then he didn't need to say it, Chongzhen also understood that it was the court and the master of ceremonies, and they snuffed out these clues together.
"Jin merchants, I thought that the last time I purged the court, it was thorough enough, but I didn't expect to extend my hand to the celebrant now" For Jin merchants, Chongzhen has no good impression, the reason why he has not moved it is because he let the local eunuchs of the prison army participate in the last time to draw money, and the Jin merchants will contribute two million silver to themselves every year through the eunuchs of the prison army, and now it seems that they are still too underestimated by the other party, Jin merchants not only smuggle the enemy, but also bribe officials, exploit loopholes, dig the corners of the Ming Dynasty, and earn a huge difference. In later generations, the so-called Jin merchants were too rich to find a place to spend money, and related jokes abounded.
"Big companion, I remember that Hong Chengchou was the governor of Yansui in Shaanxi" The pig is fattened, now is the time to kill, the pig is naturally killed with the butcher Hong Chengchou, for Hong Chengchou, Chongzhen thinks that it can still be used, this guy's ability is good, but the shortcomings are also obvious, not only has no integrity and no backbone, but it can still be used to suppress bandits in the country, Chongzhen is quite optimistic about Hong Chengchou's ruthless heart, killing prisoners and reducing personality, such a person is really good to deal with peasant uprisings and Jin merchants.
"Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou has just been transferred to the governor of Yansui in Shaanxi this year" Regarding the personnel arrangements between the DPRK and China, Wang Chengen, as the head of the ceremonial supervisor, is still well aware of this.
"Liu Jiguang, I think you should know in your heart that it was the big eunuch who made the ghost" With the support of Wang Chengen, the boss of the celebrant eunuch, if Liu Jiguang or Wang Chengen can't notice this, it will be too useless.
"Back to the emperor, there are all kinds of signs that it is a high and high man, but there is no definite evidence for the small one at present" Liu Jiguang, the little eunuch, didn't dare to say it before, but he still said it with the support of Wang Chengen's gaze.
"Do you want to dive high" Chongzhen remembered that Lu Xiangsheng was killed by this old thing in the later generations, since he was sure that this guy was not a good thing, there was no need to keep it" Evidence, very strange statement, I let my personal eunuch go to do things, when do you need evidence, you will go down to receive a holy decree in a while, arrest the old thing that eats inside and out, and let the people of the Zhenfu Division transfer a few torture masters over, and I don't believe that he won't recruit under severe torture" It just so happens that Hong Chengchou is in Shaanxi, and tomorrow he will send a decree to let him be the governor of Shaanxi, Whether it's that group of Jin merchants or the rebellious mud legs, you can make a fuss as much as you want, I don't believe you can make trouble with the butcher's knife of the Hong butcher.