As a colleague of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jia Jichun suddenly stood up and did not hesitate to tear his face to accuse Sun Juxiang, Sun Dingxiang's brothers, and Zhang Shenyan and others of being the Western Party.

Seeing that the Wangri Dynasty meeting in the Jianji Hall was about to go in the direction of the party struggle, Emperor Chongzhen was unhappy, and his face was gloomy.

At this time, Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, hurriedly stood up and stopped the discussion in the Jianji Palace, and everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, only paying attention to the direction of the emperor with the residual light of their eyes.

As soon as the chaos in the Jianji Hall calmed down, I heard Liu Hongxun of Zhan Shi Mansion suddenly stand up and say, "Your Majesty! Today's court meeting situation, the ministers are out of order, and the ministers attending the meeting are chaotic, this situation is like the market, and the ministers can't help but think deeply!

"Please follow the old system of the Han and Tang dynasties, restore the palace to serve the imperial history of one yuan, and be in charge of correcting the loss of honor of the hundred officials on the occasion of the court meeting!"

Emperor Chongzhen was worried about the situation of accusing each other of being friends in the palace but there was a dispute in the palace every time he met with the court, and when he heard Liu Hongxun's words, he immediately said aloud:

"Exactly! Before the next court meeting, the cabinet and the secretaries of the Inspectorate agreed on the selection of the imperial historians in the palace to be appointed! One pickets the hundred officials on the spot and loses the etiquette, and the other books the topic of the hundred officials in advance! ”

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Qing and the others are all present today, and you have heard what I said!" I intend to discuss the matter of Jin agreeing on the crime at today's court meeting, but it turns out that we have fallen into a situation of impeaching each other as friends!

"In that case, I would like to ask the secretaries, is there a Western Party in today's court? Is there a eunuch? Is there a Donglin Party?! ”

Emperor Chongzhen's questions became more and more severe, and after asking three questions in a row, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, and no one stood up to speak.

Even Jia Jichun, who previously accused Sun Juxiang and others of being the Western Party, was speechless.

Emperor Chongzhen knew that denying the existence of the punists could not really eliminate the punists, but his idea was to try to suppress the issue of party contention within a controllable range, at least outside the court meeting, and not to let the issue of party struggle become a recurring issue at the court meeting.

He doesn't care about the issue of party disputes in private, as long as he doesn't tear his face and put it on the table at the court meeting.

Seeing that no one in the hall spoke, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Very good! Since everyone thinks that there is no Western Party, Eunuch Party, or Donglin Party, then I will say another edict here.

"From now on, all those who have disputes over differences of opinion at the court meeting will be judged on the merits, and the other party shall not be accused of being a friend! Those who violate this edict will be removed from office! ”

After Emperor Chongzhen finished saying this, Jia Jichun, who was still standing in the hall, knelt down with Sun Juxiang and others to plead guilty.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at these people and said, "Let's stop today's business, spare you and wait for this time!" Not an example! ”

Jia Jichun already knew at this time that he had misjudged the situation, and thought that Emperor Chongzhen was going to take advantage of the Jin merchants' capture to bring in the big families behind the Shanshan merchants, just like the original elimination of the eunuchs and the nobles, but unexpectedly, this time, Emperor Chongzhen only wanted to stop at the sixteen Jin merchant families in front of him.

Jia Jichun started by taking refuge in the eunuch party, and now when the Chongzhen emperor expressed his attitude to clean up the eunuch party, he took the lead in defecting to the young emperor, and when the other eunuch members fell, he not only kept his position, but also rose all the way because he catered to the will everywhere.

But even so, Jia Jichun, who relied on intrigues and tricks to cater to the emperor, still didn't really understand the true thoughts of the Chongzhen Emperor in front of him.

Because he is still an ancient man after all.

In his opinion, Emperor Chongzhen's purpose of cleaning up the Jin merchants this time is of course to collect money, after all, the financial problems of the imperial court are the top priority of Emperor Chongzhen, and the previous several big fights are also for "looting" money, and this time will certainly be no exception.

If Emperor Chongzhen arrested and punished so many Jin merchants, it was really because these people were all captured, and he didn't believe him if he was killed.

For conspiracy theorists, there is an ulterior conspiracy behind any event.

This conspiracy may have all sorts of nice names and all sorts of legitimate and gorgeous cloaks, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a conspiracy.

A person like Jia Jichun is such a conspiracy theorist, and whatever is not captured, it is all an excuse for the emperor to give Jinyiwei to confiscate the property of Jin merchants.

In this case, why don't you do what you like, make things bigger, and copy all the official and business groups and families behind those Qin and Jin merchants?

The emperor handed over the things that should have been handed over to Jinyiwei or Dongchang to the three law divisions, and then after the three law divisions were convicted, they had to be used to discuss at the court meeting of the Jianji Palace, isn't this a sign that the emperor wants to clean up the Western Party?

Among the courtiers, Jia Jichun was not the only one who thought so.

Since the news that the emperor asked Jinyiwei and Dongchang to confiscate the wealthy merchant families in Shanxi in the name of Jin merchants and merchants spread to Shanxi and to Beijing, many people in the government and the opposition have such concerns.

Including the three law divisions this time, according to the emperor's intentions, they convicted these Jin people who had already been arrested by Jinyiwei and Dongchang so quickly, and they were also worried that the emperor would take this opportunity to continue to expand this problem, which would affect more people.

Therefore, Liu Zongzhou, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, who has always liked to make a mistake and like to set off cannons, never said a word at this court meeting.

There are also the officials from the Inspectorate and the Six Departments Corridor Qingliu, who are also the same, they all hope that this matter will be settled as soon as possible, and they don't want the emperor to continue to expand the matter of confiscating the Jin merchants.

Because, today, Emperor Chongzhen did not continue to make trouble under the excuse that Jia Jichun had prepared, but temporarily stopped Jia Jichun's actions, which made many ministers in the Jianji Hall breathe a sigh of relief.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, there was silence in the Jianji Palace.

At this time, Yang Luan suddenly came forward to salute, and then said, "Your Majesty!" Since the five years of Longqing, the northern captives paid tribute, the beginning of the market. Every year, the satin cloth is bought from the south of the Yangtze River, and the skin is easy to be wide. At that time, the governor had a large number of people in various ministries and limited money and grain in the market, so he called merchants from all over the world to trade with each other, which was the beginning of the people's market.

"At the time of the ancestors, the imperial court set up various departments for transshipment and lifting, and set up stoves to handle taxes, set up warehouses to collect salt, and established officials to govern and try to open China, which was just about trade. If the business is good, the profit is thick, and the original intention of this legislation is also.

"And the poor border is blocked, and it is extremely difficult to transfer to the place, and the merchants can carry the burden of goods in the past, and follow the order, this ancestor encouraged the merchants in the region to pass through the border land!

"The world Confucianism does not notice, and the industry and commerce are the end, and they are vainly discussed. The husband and the worker solidify what the holy king wants, and the merchant makes him want to come out of the way, and cover all of them!

"Today, the three legal divisions of the imperial court have established the crime of the Jin merchants in the Xuanfu and Datong border areas to capture the enemy, and the Jin merchants in the Xuanfu, Datong, and even the Shanxi border areas are all in one net! In the future, there will be no one to implement the law in such border areas, and this section must be worried!

"After asking Your Majesty to punish the Jin merchants, the edict ordered the merchants from the south of the Yangtze River and even the four corners of the world to continue to go to the Xuanda border area to participate in the mutual market trade, so as to make up for the lack of Jin merchants and reassure the hearts of the merchants and people in the border area!"

After Yang Luan said this, Li Guoyan, the first assistant of the cabinet, immediately stood up and said: "Hu Kedu gave Yang Luan this to the point!" Minister Li Guojian seconded! ”

Li Guoyi said this, and the ministers above the Jianji Palace court meeting who were anxious to end this topic immediately followed Li Guoyan, bowed down, and then said: "The ministers seconded the proposal!" ”

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen also breathed a sigh of relief, and said to everyone: "It is true that the Jin merchants are collaborating with the enemy, and I will punish the sixteen Jin merchants, not for the sake of greedy merchants' wealth, let alone to put an end to mutual trade!" I'm too worried! ”

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "What Hu Kedu said to Yang Luan in the matter is very reasonable! Shinong industry and commerce, all four industries are the foundation!

"As the saying goes, there is no agriculture and no stability, no business is not rich, no work is not strong, and there is no scholar and doctor to rule the world, and the world does not know what chaos will become!

"Since the four industries are the same way, and all four are the same, I should treat the merchants and merchants and the craftsmen and households equally.

"Spread the word to the world, from now on, the local government will ban the distinction between business and craftsman, the people of industry and commerce, and the four people are equal, and the craftsman and merchant will all be included in the civil nationality!

"The edict issued a proclamation in Nanzhili that those who are willing to transfer grain, grass, cloth and department stores in various parts of Nanzhi to Xuanfu, Datong, Naturalization and other border trades are allowed to purchase land outside the border at a discount of 50% of the market price per mu of Xuanda field, and there is no upper limit.

"The Cabinet will also publish these edicts in China and abroad, and order all localities to comply with them!"