The three brigades of the Tiance Army and the four brigades of the Public Security Army successively assembled in the starting point city, which attracted Chongzhen's attention and uneasiness, so he sent the eunuch Cao Lizhong to the starting point city to inquire about the situation.

Wang Yue asked Cao Lizhong to bring back a prepared piece of music, "punish traitorous profiteers" This is Wang Yue's definition of Jin merchants.

Chongzhen looked at Wang Yue's memo and was silent, in this recital, Wang Yue listed a large amount of criminal evidence of Jin merchants colluding with the Manchu Qing Dynasty to smuggle outside the Saiwai, most of which were provided by those merchants of the Wang family.

Jin merchants have been selling the country and smuggling for hundreds of years, and Chongzhen has also heard of it, but these are not the most important, the most important thing is that Wang Yue is going to do something to Xuanda. The relationship between the power of the Jin merchants and the landlords, gentry, merchants, nobles, and military generals of the Ming Dynasty was intertwined, and the interests of these people were moved by the Jin merchants, and Wang Yue had to offend many people.

"Your Majesty, this Wang Yue's hand is getting longer and longer, and now he has a crush on Shanxi, how is it good in the long run?" Wang Chengen said softly beside him.

In February this year, Cao Hua, the eunuch of the palm seal, returned to his hometown on leave, and Wang Dehua, the former governor of Dongchang, was promoted to the eunuch of the palm seal, and Wang Chengen was appointed as the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and he was the second person in the palace.

Chongzhen squinted at him and said, "Big Companion, have you accepted the benefits of those Jin merchants?" ”

"No, no, the slave and maid have not taken it." Wang Chengen shook his head and denied it, but he was apprehensive in his heart. He is loyal to Chongzhen, but Wang Chengen will not turn away the filial piety sent by some people, eunuchs, this is the pursuit.

"I'm just asking, what's the big companion anxious about?" Chongzhen smiled slightly. There are a few important officials in the DPRK and China who have not accepted bribes from Jin merchants, and if you really want to dig deeper, most of them have not run away.

Dig deeper? I can't dig deeper! The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is like this, it is difficult to return, and Chongzhen can't change anything as the emperor, after all, he is not Emperor Hongwu. His biggest headache now is how to face the noise of the officials in the DPRK and China, Wang Yue moves the Jin merchants to move their food and clothing.

Chongzhen picked up Wang Yue's recital and patted it, and said to Wang Chengen: "Big companion, you go to the starting point city on my behalf and tell Wang Yue that I have privately approved the matter of raiding Jin Shang." ”

What if it's not allowed? Chongzhen also knew that he couldn't stop Wang Yue's actions, so he paused and said, "However, the silver confiscated will cost me two million taels." ”

Now Chongzhen has become very practical, and silver is a real thing.

"Huh? Slave obeys! Wang Chengen said.

Seeing that Wang Chengen's expression was a little dazed, Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's let Cao Ruyi go, that kid is quite flexible, and it may be possible to get some more silver for me." ”

Wang Chengen is loyal, but he is a little upright, and he is still not as smooth as Cao Huachun, so Chongzhen chose to let Cao Huachun's godson Cao Ruyi do this.

In April, Jingshi Qipan Street.

There are many customers in the dense teahouses and wine shops everywhere, and business is booming. Since the rapid development of the starting point city, the catering industry in Beijing has also improved due to the economy of the starting point city.

At noon, when the restaurants are full, the streets are full of pedestrians, and the weather in April is good, which increases the flow of people.

At this time, the radio on a restaurant sounded: "The starting point city radio station, now broadcast the news: with the full cooperation and close action of all departments in our starting point city, the counterfeiting dens of counterfeit silver yuan coupons in various parts of Xuanda and even in Beijing have been continuously broken. According to current statistics, more than 1,000 people involved in the case have been arrested, and after preliminary interrogation, it was learned that this was the ...... of the profiteer families such as Jindifan, Jin, Kang, Zhai, Liang, Huang, Qu, and Wang! ”

The daily news of the starting point city radio station will carry out relevant reports, exposing the faces of profiteers and controlling the trend of public opinion, which has also become a hot topic among the people of Beijing.

At that time, near Chongwenmen Street, there was a magnificent mansion with a shop.

Just after Qingming, the weather is getting warmer. Shang Shu Tian Weijia, who took over the Ministry of Officials last year, sat silently on his Huanghuali official hat chair. He sat quietly, and on the sandalwood desk in front of him, there was a cup of tea, and he hadn't drunk it for a long time, and the tea in it was already cold.

Huang Shijun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, sat on his side, the tea in front of him was also cold, and a pair of eyes just looked at Tian Weijia coldly.

"Brother Lu Hai doesn't have anything to say?"

Huang Shijun spoke slowly, although his tone was flat, but the words in it concealed the anger that could not be concealed.

"What can you say?" Tian Weijia asked rhetorically: "Then Wang Yue has married the royal family, and now he has deep roots, and he wants money and money, and he wants soldiers and soldiers, can we shake it?" ”

"Bang!" With a loud bang, Huang Shijun slapped heavily on the table in front of him, and the two cups of tea were all beating non-stop.

"What does he want to do?" Huang Shijun said in a fierce voice: "The front foot has just invaded Xiamen, and now you want to do it to the businessmen of Xuanda?" ”

His palms snapped: "Is there a dynasty in his eyes, is there a saint?" In addition to not openly shouting that he is the king, what he does is a complete hero! ”

Huang Shijun was furious, Tian Weijia also had a blue face, his head tilted back slightly, his eyes seemed to be closed, and he still didn't say a word.

The more Huang Shijun spoke, the more excited he became, and finally his voice was even more hoarse: "Ancestral system, when the court horse is not allowed to enter the office, his son is not allowed to serve in the Beijing rank, but he Wang Sihua is an exception?"

Ancestral system, Emperor Gao has preferential treatment for the gentry, which is also the foundation of the dynasty, Wang Sihua is unscrupulous, does he want to dig the roots of the gentry in the world? According to the old man, he is more hateful than thieves and Tartars, he not only wants to kill my Ming, but even the world! ”

"Enough!" With the same loud bang, Tian Weijia took the case, he looked at Huang Shijun with a blue face, panting, for a long time, his expression slowed down, and sighed: "Brother Liangheng is serious, Wang Sihua is loyal to the country, and he must not speculate in vain, so as not to stir up great changes again and fall into injustice." It is a great blessing for the country to be able to get this situation now, so why bother to have another incident? ”

Huang Shijun just sneered: "Luckily? At present, the starting point city is becoming more and more prosperous, and Wang Sihua's power is getting bigger and bigger, even to the point that those who follow the prosperity and those who rebel die. According to the lower officials, sooner or later he will have great changes, and even cause the disaster of five generations of warlords, Brother Yijin, you have to take precautions......! ”

"Alas, Brother Liangheng." Tian Weijia sighed and said: "There is a way that a gentleman does something and does not do something, then Wang Sihua is not as good as others, if he rebels again, how can the court control it?" Where should the Holy One be? ”

Tian Weijia was also a pioneer against Wang Yue before, but later he understood that no matter how powerful his mouth was, he couldn't say that Wang Yue would die, and in the end he still had to look at the gun.

"If the minister is strong and the lord is weak, is it the way of the monarch and the minister?" Huang Shijun's eyes widened angrily and said: "If he Wang Yue is Cao Cao, I, Huang Shijun, don't mind being the You Heng who beats the drum and scolds Cao!" ”

Huang Shijun's psychology also represents the thoughts of many civil officials in the court, that is, they can't get used to Wang Yue's domineering.