After Xu Guangqi left, before Zhu Youxiao had time to take a sip of tea, Wang Chengen suddenly appeared in front of Zhu Youxiao like a ghost:

"Your Majesty, the family property of the traitors of the Donglin Party, such as Wang Jimo, the former right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Banghua, the priest of the country, have been confiscated, and so far, the property is equivalent to more than 84 million taels of silver, the land is more than 600,000 hectares, and the mansions and gardens are even more numerous, and they have been sold, and most of the slaves of his family have been acquitted and arranged into the places of Huangzhuang or Jiaofangsi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ“

Wang Chengen said and asked: "But up to now, the Donglin Party officials who have been interrogated by our Dongchang such as Chen Xianqing and Xu Biqian are still constantly confessing to the Donglin Party officials who participated in the murder of His Majesty, and Qian Muzhai, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, is also still exposing a large number of Donglin officials with unclean hands and feet. ”

"Stop, there will only be a few more unjust cases if we continue to investigate, if so many officials are assassinating me, I won't be able to sit on the throne for so long."

Zhu Youxiao commanded, then looked at the sunset in front of him that was gradually disappearing on the horizon, and couldn't help but think:

Although these Donglin Party officials with merchant backgrounds have violated my will, I can't kill them all, and I have to leave seeds for the development of my Ming Dynasty's commodity economy.

In order to maintain their rule, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had too strict control over scholars, and the remaining young Donglin Party members who did not have too clear political goals should still be channeled.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Youxiao turned around and ordered Wang Chengen: "Tell Wei Zhongxian, just say that his "Daming Daily" is running very well, but at the same time, we must also invigorate other operations, and we must not let Jiangnan become lifeless because of the collapse of the Donglin Party. “

"Weichen knows", Wang Chengen retreated.

With the confiscation of the Eight Jin Merchants and the complete collapse of the Donglin Party, it marked the complete collapse of the two major domestic forces that could confront the imperial power by Zhu Youxiao.

Therefore, this means that the fierce domestic struggle will come to an end for the time being, but this does not mean that the domestic situation has been completely resolved.

Zhu Youxiao was well aware of this, and the drought in the north was still continuing, although he used the grain he forcibly took from the eight Jin merchants to calm the high grain prices in the capital and the north.

However, according to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Households, the grain production in the north is still decreasing, and the number of displaced people is still increasing.

The increase in population and the slowdown in the growth of total land annexation have led to the intensification of class contradictions, the danger of the state treasury exceeding its means, and the direct collapse of natural and man-made disasters.

This seems to be a super big problem, a fate that any dynasty has to face.

The Ming Dynasty is not much more special than the Han, Tang and Song dynasties, and Zhu Youxiao is not necessarily much better than other emperors.

However, fortunately, he now has a large amount of money, adding up to a full 200 million taels, which is the wealth accumulated by the two vested interest groups for hundreds of years, which is enough for the Ming Dynasty to deal with it for a few years.

Moreover, the current cabinet and household department can no longer resist their own decision as the king, and they are completely free to use the money to repair the high-rise building that is about to collapse in the Ming Dynasty.

But this money will eventually run out, although Wang Zaijin is now guarding Liaodong much less than Sun Chengzong, but still swallow four or five million taels of silver every year, the increasing number of clan kings also need millions of taels of silver every year to feed, and the north, where grain production is declining due to the climate of Xiaoice, still needs millions of taels of wealth every year to help.

The traditional small-scale peasant economy is too dependent on land and has inherent disadvantages, and the violent distribution of wealth from the hands of merchants is undoubtedly the same as the imposition of taxes on the common people, which is to quench their thirst.

The Ming Dynasty in the previous life caused the people to rebel because of the Sanxiang Plus faction, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations was backward and beaten due to the total sea ban, which are all real examples.

What Zhu Youxiao had to do was not to increase taxes and not to violently seize the wealth of the merchants in the form of bandits, but there were ways to do this: first, the state also participated in the competition for the commodity economy and became the controller of most of the wealth, and second, the primitive accumulation of capitalism was plundered from the outside.

The latter is undoubtedly the easiest and quickest way to neutralize internal conflicts, but he needs a strong military group.

The current guard system of the Ming Dynasty is too backward and obviously cannot meet the needs of the dynasty's external expansion.

Therefore, the only thing Zhu Youxiao can do now is to continue to develop the commodity economy of the Ming Dynasty, and it must be led by the state, that is, himself, and he must also collect commercial taxes in an all-round way.

Fortunately, now he now has absolute control over this wealth worth 200 million taels, that is to say, he can completely change the business pattern of the Ming Dynasty.

After a while, Wang Chengen came again: "Your Majesty, the Jiliao Governor Wang Zai Jin, please allocate another three million taels of silver, because of the heavy snow in Liaodong this year, countless barracks have collapsed and need to be rebuilt." ”

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, he finally got a large sum of money by copying his house, and the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong came to ask for money again, it was really fast enough.

But now Zhu Youxiao has no other army to replace the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and he can only follow it, but he is very reluctant in his heart, and he vows that one day he must eradicate this group of warlords who are incapable of resisting the Manchu Qing but support their own troops and waste the country's money and food.

However, as soon as Liaodong was mentioned, Zhu Youxiao thought of the Manchu Tartars outside the Guan, that is, the current Houjin State, and judging from the assassination of his own sacrifice to the sky that day, the combat effectiveness of these Tartars should not be underestimated, and this rising force outside the Guan, he cannot be negligent in the slightest.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered that he had captured Aobai alive, and there was also a big traitor, Ning Wan, who was also locked up in the prison of Dongchang.

Zhu Youxiao suddenly wanted to go and see them, and by the way, learn about the Houjin Kingdom at this time from their mouths.

If Zhu Youxiao is not mistaken, in another three years, after calming the internal struggle, the Later Jin Emperor Taiji will lead his troops south, break through the four cities of Yongping, slaughter and plunder countless people, and cause heavy losses to the Ming Dynasty.

"Wang Chengen, take me to your Dongchang prison, I will personally interrogate Ning Wan and Ao Bai, as well as the group of Donglin party members who tried to murder me!"

After Zhu Youxiao said this, he couldn't help clenching his fists, and Wang Chengen couldn't disobey, so he responded: "Yes!" ”