"Good, good...... Sure enough, the most shameless people in the world are merchants! As long as they give enough money, they can even sell their ancestors. ”

In the palace, Chongzhen looked at the account book sent by Luo Yangxing, and laughed angrily.

Rao is that he had long been mentally prepared for what Jin Shang had done, but when he saw the shocking records in the account book, he was still shocked and his face was pale, and his murderous spirit was boiling.

Jin merchants originally provided supplies to the border army of the Ming Dynasty, so to speak, they were military merchants. However, the Jin merchants were not satisfied with the business of supplying materials to the border army, and for the sake of money, they braved the disapproval of the world, communicated with foreign countries, made friends with Houjin, financed the enemy's weapons, grain and grass, intelligence, and even bought and sold people as slaves.

It can be said that the reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to grow from a small tribe to the point where it could establish a country and threaten the security of the Ming Dynasty in just a few decades was that the Jin merchants played a decisive role in it.

And the Jin merchants, because of collusion with Houjin, resold military supplies and made a lot of money.

This time, Luo Yangxing led Jinyiwei to raid the house, which can be said to have caught Jin Shang off guard.

The Jin merchants were represented by Qiao, Chang, Cao, Hou, Qu, Kang, Fan, and Kong, and they were all wiped out this time.

120 million taels of gold and silver alone were confiscated, as well as all kinds of rare antique jade, jewelry, etc., which can be described as a rich country.

Everyone in the world is rich in Jiangnan, and Jiangnan businessmen are rich in the country, but this Jin merchant is as rich as they are, and the Ming Dynasty is not as rich as them.

All this gold and silver were earned by trading with the Later Gold Tartars and Mongolian Tartars, but where did the Tartars get so much gold and silver?

It can be said that these gold and silver, which are the hard-earned money of the people of the Ming Dynasty, were snatched away by the Tartars, and then exchanged for materials from the Jin merchants.

These Jin merchants are complete bloodsuckers, rooted in Da Ming's body.

How could Chongzhen spare them?

If it weren't for the help of the system, the Ming Dynasty would have perished under the harm of these moths, and finally was picked up by the Manchu Tartars and enslaved the Han people for hundreds of years.

These Jin merchants can be said to be the biggest traitors, and they are more hateful, hateful, and killable than Hong Chengchou, Kong Youde, and Fan Wencheng.

"Kill...... These people, all damn it!"

Chongzhen slammed the ledger on the ground and said angrily: "Kill all of them and kill the nine clans." After the Martyrs' Shrine is built, the heads of the eight Jin merchants, as well as Kong Youde, Fan Wencheng, Dolgon, Fulin and others, will all be escorted to the Martyrs' Shrine and cast into bronze statues, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty, from generation to generation, will remember these people and let them be spurned for generations!"

Luo Yangxing's heart was suddenly shocked, it was the first time he had seen Chongzhen so angry, it can be seen that Chongzhen's hatred for these traitors and Manchu Tartars is much more hateful than Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's anti-thieves.

Immediately, Chongzhen promulgated the construction of the Martyrs' Shrine, ordered the Ministry of Industry to build the Martyrs' Shrine as quickly as possible, and counted all the soldiers who died in battle, and engraved their names on the meritorious monument, which was admired and worshipped by generations.

After the Martyrs' Shrine is built, Chongzhen will personally worship these martyrs, so that the people of Daming know that as long as he contributes to the country, he will never forget.

The emperor said a word, and the people below ran and broke their legs. Naturally, the construction began non-stop.

At the same time, the news that the emperor was going to build a martyr's shrine also spread all over the world through the newspaper.

Di Bao is the official newspaper of the Ming Dynasty. That's right, during the Ming Dynasty, there were already newspapers.

It is a court gazette issued by the Department of General Administration. The content includes edicts, proclamations, royal family dynamics, and official promotions. Di Bao was only circulated within the ruling apparatus and was not visible to the general public.

However, after systematic suggestions, Chongzhen realized the role of "Di Bao", which can well guide public opinion. For example, the construction of the Martyrs' Shrine this time, why it was built, the role after the construction, who can enter the Martyrs' Shrine and so on, are all clearly written.

Among them, it is natural to praise Chongzhen, respect and commemorate those martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country, and compare them to loyal ministers like Yue Wumu, so the martyrs' shrine was specially built.

In this way, not only the people are excited, but especially those who serve as soldiers are even more grateful.

In the past, history books would only record those big officials, who would remember their contributions?

The so-called Qingshan buries loyal bones everywhere, why should the horse leather shroud be returned.

Death in battle is the fate of soldiers. But thousands of years later, who will remember these soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country?

Throughout the history books, there are records of civil ministers and military generals, but no one has ever recorded those inconspicuous soldiers with a little pen and ink.

However, it is these inconspicuous soldiers who have the greatest credit, the hardest, and the most sacrifices.

But now, the emperor wants to build a martyr's shrine and engrave the names of their comrades-in-arms on the meritorious monument, so that they can be passed down from generation to generation, so that the world will remember, and their children and grandchildren will not forget their names. After they die, they can also enter the Martyrs' Shrine, a loyal minister like Yue Wumu, how can they not be grateful?

No one wants others to be engraved on the monument of merit, and their own name is engraved on the monument of traitors or the monument of cowardice and fear to be ridiculed by the world!

In this way, when the officers and men of the three armies are fighting, how can they not fight hard?

It can be said that after this matter spread all over the world, Chongzhen's prestige reached its peak in the hearts of all soldiers, and he simply became a god-like existence.

For a time, the soldiers everywhere were like being beaten with chicken blood, and they were not afraid of death at all when they started a war. Moreover, people from all over the country enthusiastically joined the army.

Soldiers are no longer the stinky soldiers in people's mouths before, but an identity that everyone envies. As long as you can be a soldier, you can get 50 taels of settling-in allowance, kill an enemy, you can reward 100 taels and 100 acres of land, even if you die in battle, there is also a pension, parents, wives and children are supported by the state, there is no worries. Moreover, it can also enter the Martyrs' Shrine, and its reputation will be passed down through the ages. Who doesn't envy?

In troubled times, a good man only needs to fight on the battlefield and fight for credit.

At the same time, good news came from everywhere.

The Ming soldiers were not afraid of death, and their combat effectiveness soared, and Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others were defeated and retreated, and they had shrunk into the mountains, and it would not take long to completely wipe them out.

At this time, after Li Yan was summoned by Chongzhen, he received a decree and took the red lady to the south of the Yangtze River.

Along with them, there were hundreds of cavalry and the Shenji battalion.

Now, the Tartars in the north have been completely wiped out, and Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other anti-thieves have been defeated and retreated.

Chongzhen naturally had to start cleaning up those squires and tyrants in the south.

These squires and tyrants, attached to the Ming Dynasty, knocked out the bones and marrow of the common people, scraped the people's fat and ointment, and annexed the land for the sake of the rich, which led to the fact that the world was full of refugees.

And those refugees could not survive anymore, and when they were instigated, they could only choose to rebel.

It can be said that the reason why there are constantly peasant rebellions in the Ming Dynasty is because of the oppression of these squires and tyrants.

If these people are not cleansed, the situation in the Ming Dynasty will always be a symptom rather than a cure, and the stubborn disease cannot be completely eradicated.

And Li Yan got Chongzhen's order to solve the problem in Jiangnan. With Li Yan's resourcefulness, coupled with the help of the Red Lady and the Shenji Battalion, it won't be long before good news comes.

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