For seven days, Hou Xuanyan lived in the palace, and when the door of the palace opened, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

When the regent, who was recuperating at home, returned to the court, everyone thought that this was a signal to collect the knife, and even Zhao Yuanhua began to wait and see.

Hou Xuanyan looked around, there were already half of the officials in the court, and Hou Xuanyan sat in front of the hall with a golden sword, without the slightest expression on his face, and it was impossible to guess what he was thinking.

Zhao Yuanhua didn't know that he was idle at home these days, "" overwork, so he was listless. In his heart, he secretly said that the prince was really an extraordinary person, and he killed almost all the famous families near Nanjing, and now he didn't blink his eyelids. Henghe Bridge Xu Family, Wu County Liao Family, Huating Shen Family, Changzhou Sun Family... If it weren't for the appearance of Hou Xuanyan, these families would have been rich and prosperous in the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially during the Kangxi period.

After singing as usual, Wang Xiangnian hurriedly wanted to retreat from the dynasty. Hou Xuanyan stood up at this time, and the eyes of the ministers in the palace instantly looked at him.

Hou Xuanyan's eyelids drooped downward, and he said in a deep voice: "In the past, Jinling officials and businessmen colluded, embezzled the national treasury, covered up tax evasion, and what is even more hateful is that there are people who take the opportunity to create turmoil and demagogue, and the crime cannot be punished." Fortunately, Zhao Yuanhua, the secretary of the Criminal Department, enforced the law impartially, so that corrupt officials and profiteers were able to bring the law to justice. The atmosphere of Jinling is invigorated, and the officialdom shopping malls are excited, which is all due to Zhao Yuanhua. ”

Zhao Yuanhua came out of class and bent down and said: "The prince praised it falsely, this is the duty of the lower officials." ”

The palace and the martial arts are all their own people now, and the only few remaining wall-riding factions, mixed eating and waiting for the dead faction are also honest. But watching Hou Xuan's Zhao Yuanhua's singing and harmony, even these own people can't stand it. It's too thick-skinned...

Hou Xuanyan cleared his throat and continued: "After this incident, I understand a truth, there are problems in the eyes of Jiangnan officials in governing the people, and if they don't make up for it in time, I'm afraid there will be a big chaos." ”

The ears of the hundred officials were erected suddenly, and the hall was silent, what does the prince mean by this?

Hou Xuanyan didn't let them wait too long, and immediately spoke: "Liu Ting." ”

Liu Ting was listening to the excitement, and suddenly heard his name, and said after a pause: "The lower official is here." ”

"This king appointed you as the governor of Jiangnan, and also led the wind word battalion of 5,000 elite horsemen, to inspect and rectify the eleven prefectures in Zhejiang, Suzhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, and Huai'an Mansion. Taking Jinling as an example, we should correct the atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River, rectify the rule of officials in the south of the Yangtze River, and clean up the shopping malls in the south of the Yangtze River. During this period, Liu Ting overrode the three divisions of the Metropolitan Command Envoy Division, the Political Envoy Division, and the Judicial Envoy Division, and controlled the military, political, and judicial powers in various places. ”

When Liu Ting heard this, his heart thumped, and a drunken flush appeared on his white skin, and he gave his hand to take the order: "The lower officials will live up to the prince's trust." ”

Hiss~, the hall was full of gasping sounds, it turned out that Jinling was just the beginning.

If you hadn't heard it with your own ears, who would have dared to believe that this kind of carpet-like cleaning would spread to the entire Jiangnan.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Hou Xuanyan rushed to Kunning Palace, wanting to instruct the elixir on the transportation of food and salary for the soldiers and horses in Beiping, and also urged Yan Yingyuan to prepare and conquer Liao as soon as possible; There are also several major events in the recovery of people's livelihood in the places that have just recovered in the north, such as the big pot rice policy that has been temporarily implemented in the north. The imperial court is rich now, too rich, and Zhao Yuanhua's income in the past few days is worth the treasury income of the Chongzhen Dynasty for more than ten years.

It is believed that it will not be long before more money will be shipped from various provinces in Jiangnan. This money was enough to support the cost of the expedition to Liao, and the rest of the money was useless in the treasury, so Hou Xuanyan decided to use it for the people.

Kunning Palace is still yin and yang, including the little emperor, all women.

Hou Xuanyan walked inside, unconsciously tightened his collar, and the action of the elixir biting the pen came into view, and Hou Xuanyan felt a little throbbing every time he saw it.

A string of pearl necklaces that he brought back from Luoyang hung on the elixir's slender and white neck, each of them was smooth and round, shining with a pale pink arc, each one was the size of a cherry. It also overflows the aura that reflects her, and I feel relaxed and happy at a glance.

Hou Xuanyan put his index finger to his lips, stopped Gong E, who wanted to salute, and slowly walked behind her, only to see that the elixir was reviewing a piece from Shanxi. Yang Zhan, the governor of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Sichuan, and Hou Xuanyan selected some officials from the army, after arriving in Shanxi, many of them were bought by Jin merchants. I heard that Yang Zhan, who was being cleaned in Jiangnan, also wanted to do the same in Shanxi.

Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, there were several wealthy businessmen in Shanxi, such as Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa, who were known as extremely rich.

The Jin merchants occupied an important position in history, and the Jin merchants of the Ming Dynasty became the only merchant gang in the Ming Dynasty that could compete with the Jiangnan merchants, and even surpassed the Jiangnan merchants for a time, ranking the entire Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, the reason why the Shanxi people and the Jiangnan people were able to become two huge forces in the court was actually inseparable from the merchants behind them.

And most of the Jin officials in the court were supported and funded by Jin merchants, or secretly bribed. Like the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, the routine of the Jin merchants is also the same, raising officials and then turning them into their mouthpieces, hands and feet, and minions in the court. The influence of Jin Shang officials in the court and the corruption of the border army emboldened them more and more.

At the beginning, these Jin merchants engaged in regular arms trading, and were responsible for providing supplies to the Ming Dynasty troops at the border gates, and they became rich as a result.

However, although the border army of the Ming Dynasty was relatively strong compared to the central army, the equipment replacement was really slow, and the purchasing power of these poor soldiers and the poor court behind them could no longer meet the Manchu Jin merchants' desire for money, so they found Manchurian Jiannu.

Manchurian Jiannu, who lacked weapons and baggage, immediately mingled with the Jin merchants as if they had met their relatives. They exchanged the gold and silver treasures they plundered when they entered the Grass Valley for iron weapons, munitions, military industry, materials, grain and grass, and even intelligence in the hands of Jin merchants.

After Dolgon entered the customs, he immediately named them the Eight Great Emperor Merchants, which shows how grateful he is to this group of good people who have sent charcoal in the snow.

As a Han Miao descendant, he does not care about the survival of the Han people, only cares about the selfishness of the family, and forgets the righteousness of the small profit since ancient times.

"This can be played." Hou Xuanyan said suddenly. The eight traitors and imperial businessmen are also notorious in later generations, and almost everyone knows the glorious deeds of some bastards.

The elixir was frightened, and when he looked back, he covered his chest and said coquettishly: "Master, why are you here, and you secretly walked behind people to scare people." ”

Hou Xuanyan sat in front of her table, the small stool was pressed by him and squeaked, the elixir was slender and slender, her chair was specially asked for by herself, and Hou Xuanyan sat up diagonally, supported by only one leg, and played back and forth with her buttocks. The elixir bit his lip and looked at his chair distressedly, daring to be angry but not daring to speak.

Hou Xuanyan picked up the cinnabar pen and wrote: Yang Zhan can decide on his own in Shanxi's affairs.

Elixir frowned, and said, "Master, it's too heavy, there are more than 100,000 miles of Sichuan soldiers." ”

Hou Xuanyan put down his pen and muttered: "What do you think should be?" ”

"Let the officials of Zhejiang kill the Jin merchants, let the Sichuan soldiers guard the city, Yang Zhan is a general who commands the army, and intervening too deeply in the place is not a good thing for the court and himself, what do you think, sir?"