Qianqing Palace.

Chongzhen looked at the court officials who were kneeling on the ground, his face was full of astonishment, and asked, "You, what are you doing here?" ”

Chen Yan hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, can you ignore it, Yin Zhujie of Shuntian Mansion took advantage of the plague to ravage, he mastered the cure for the disease, and made a fortune, how is his behavior different from that of robbers and beasts?" A decoction costs fifty taels of silver, a large piece of cloth costs two taels of silver, and a piece of ointment even costs ten taels of silver! Your Majesty, these are all people's fat and people's ointment, all of them are about to enter Zhu Jie's personal pocket, where in the world, where can anyone afford these medicines? The minister asked the emperor to be the master of the people, the master of the work for the ministers, and asked Zhu Jie to offer a prescription! ”

Chongzhen replied lightly: "Chen Aiqing, this is wrong, first, I have already sent a decree to Zhu Jie that all the plague prevention and control in Shuntianfu and Zhili will be handed over to Zhu Jie, allowing him to act cheaply, and you have no jokes, how can you change it at will?" Second, whether it is a prescription, protective gear, or ointment, it is Zhu Jie's hard work, and the medicine that people have worked so hard to manufacture and produce, can it not be given to you for nothing? In that case, even if Zhu Jie has tens of thousands of family fortunes, he can't help such consumption, right? ”

"Emperor Qi, are you just ignoring it and letting Zhu Jie do whatever he wants? When the time comes, it is not only Zhu Jie who will be scolded by the people in the world, but also you, the emperor, you are the co-master of the world, so indifferent to the life and death of the people in the world, and regard it as a mustard, will you not be laughed at by the world? ”

The military department shouted to Kim Rae-hyung in the matter.

Chongzhen's face sank, and he shouted: "Presumptuous! Kim Rae-hyung, which eye do you have to see that I don't care about the people in the world? Now that the state affairs are difficult, I persuaded you to donate, asking you to take out some silver taels to help the emergency, and even to borrow, but you refused to take it out, and now you even accuse me of ignoring the people of the world? Why don't I care? Now Zhu Jie's medicines to the Yongdingmen homeless camp are all supplied for free, and in the past three days, he has distributed 30,000 masks to the people of the capital, and the distribution of ointment has reached 30,000 yuan, what do you want me to do? These are all money, and I got it on credit from Zhu Jie! ”

"But, Your Majesty,"

Chen Yan said urgently: "Zhu Jie provided these medicinal ointments to civilians for free, why did he have to spend money on them?" Moreover, these drugs are still so expensive? Who can afford it? ”

Zhu Jie on the side said with a smile: "Lord Chen, no, no, that price is not the price sold to you, the lower officials have already ordered to come over, and the civilians of the entire Beijing City will be first-class and supplied free of charge; Ordinary businessmen are first-class, normal sales, large families are first-class, according to the price you said, such a sale, Jinyiwei registered in the wealthy businessman giant Jia Daguan dignitary, according to the price you just said, three times the price, that is to say, Lord Chen, you want to buy a decoction, one hundred and fifty taels of silver, a mask, six taels of silver, a piece of ointment, hehe, Shenghui silver fifteen taels ......"

I'll go......

Chen Yan was so angry that he almost spit out the blood directly, and the price would increase three times! How much does that cost!

"Zhu Jie, you are a communiqué personal vendetta, you are revenge!"

Chen Yan roared angrily.

Zhu Jie shrugged his shoulders and replied indifferently: "Lord Chen, you and I have no grudges in the long future, and no enmity in the near future, what should I retaliate against?" In a word, these herbs are all developed by the first master with the lower officials in the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, tasting all the herbs, we have tasted the bitterness of the world, and we are not selling a little more expensive, am I worthy of my teacher? ”

Chongzhen on the dragon chair, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, his eyes were closed, Zhu Jie had already told himself about this idea, that is, he wanted to take these medicinal herbs and ointments and knock these people's bamboo poles fiercely, so that they could completely bleed for a while!

As for the hearts of the people? I provide free treatment and prevention for those civilians and homeless people, and it is too late for them to be grateful to me, who would be idle and hurt to oppose me? I have to say that Zhu Jie's trick is wonderful, so wonderful!

Distressed, right? Do you know now that you're worried about money? Lao Tzu is still worried about money, and a lot of money is fed to you white-eyed wolves every year!

"In a word, Master Chen, the prescription is mine, the herbs are mine, and the protective gear is also mine, no one wants to get the herbs and ointment from me without money!"

Zhu Jie sneered.

"You!"

Chen Yan was so angry that he was speechless.

However, Zhu Jie said a lot: "What's wrong with me? In order to purchase medicinal herbs and ointment raw materials, I spent more than 100,000 taels of silver, and I did not sell it at a high price, but I could not afford to lose this silver, and even if I was sold, I would not have so much money......"

The courtiers finally woke up, this Zhu Jie is in collusion with the emperor, and he wants to pit the money of the officials and magnates, the decoction is fine, as long as he doesn't get sick, he doesn't have to buy it, but this ointment and mask are needed, if you want not to be infected by the plague, then you must have these two life-saving things, who doesn't have a population of thirty or fifty in the house? There are many people in the family, hundreds of people, just the father, mother, wife and children together, it is not a small number, in addition to the wife and children, there is also a group of aunts, second aunts, third aunts, that is not needed? In a family of thirty, no one has at least one mask and a piece of ointment, which is hundreds of taels of silver, and the more, spending thousands of taels of silver is just ordinary!

"Your Majesty, now that the treasury is empty and the state affairs are difficult, the minister is willing to ask the emperor to exempt the minister from the favor of this transaction, and the minister is willing to pay taxes to the court at the rate of fifteen taxes and one tax, and make a contribution to the Ming Dynasty......."

Zhu Jie continued.

Fifteen taxes one, it seems that this proportion is not large, but there are many people who can't afford to buy, Beijing City lacks everything, but there has never been a shortage of dignitaries, wealthy businessmen, Beijing City has a population of two million, at least tens of thousands of people are eunuchs or wealthy businessmen, a person spends twenty taels, that is easy, you can pay tens of thousands of taels of taxes to the imperial court, if it really sells well, even if it is handed over to the imperial court 100,000 taels of silver, it is not a problem, not to mention outside the city of Beijing, Baoding, Hejian and other places are no one to buy herbs, Bought a salve?

Chongzhen's heart was full of joy, this time he owed a lot of favors, Zhu Jie first supplied the palace herbal ointment, which is a lot of silver, and then, he had to pay taxes, more than 100,000 taels of silver, this is snowflake silver!

"Okay, Zhu Jie, as long as you can let the capital survive this catastrophe safely, it is not impossible for me to give you the title of King of Anle! Don't let me down! ”

Chongzhen laughed.

Cut!

Almost all the ministers pursed their lips, with a look of disdain, what is it, is it because of these 100,000 taels of silver? You named him a king of peace? Wipe, I knew this earlier, Lao Tzu also took out 100,000 taels of silver, and he couldn't afford it, so special!