Sixteen million seven thousand taels.

Again, an astronomical sum.

This amount really did not disappoint the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

You must know that in order to raise salaries, Emperor Chongzhen in history borrowed money from his ministers, but in the end, he couldn't even borrow tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Every year, Wei Zhongxian sent countless eunuchs to raise money and collect commercial and mining taxes, and the increase in income for the Emperor of the Apocalypse in a year was only one million taels of silver.

This also caused 'anger and resentment'.

And this family directly got nearly 20 million taels of silver.

Get rich overnight.

And he was rich twice.

Emperor Apocalypse said: "The Tian family has so much property? ”

"Yes, it's gold and silver, and it's been converted, and there's a lot of jewelry...... The value is difficult to estimate. Zhang Jing together.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse opened his mouth wide: "Chengguo Gong is richer than me, but it's ...... A businessman is so much richer than me. Isn't the people's livelihood withering in this world? ”

Of course, what exactly is going on, the Emperor of the Apocalypse himself knows.

The so-called people's livelihood withered, and it was the real people who withered.

But there are many rich people, which of them is not a rich country?

The crux of the problem lies in the fact that these people who are rich and rival the country are often the most bitter and poor.

"It's just the Tian family's property?"

Zhang Jing said: "Yes, it's just the Tian family's property!" ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse couldn't help but stare at Zhang Jing: "What about the other seven?" ”

Zhang Jing said: "Your Majesty, the Tian family is not large among the eight reverse merchants, and the real largest of them is the Fan family, followed by Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, and Wang Dayu. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said, "Then how much property do they have?" ”

"I don't know." Zhang Jingyi replied honestly: "The minister doesn't dare to imagine, the minister is also complacent many times, feeling that the minister has a fief and commercial benefits, and he also feels that he is also rich. The minister is ashamed, ashamed to be a traitor in the eyes of the world, and the minister is so sorry for Your Majesty. ”

The irony is evident in these words.

In fact, when she learned this number, Zhang Jingyi was happy and angry, happy because she had made a great contribution, and angry because she was ...... I'm so poor.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse found it even more unimaginable.

He patted the imperial case, and then gritted his teeth and said: "The tip of the iceberg, the tip of the iceberg, I have been thinking about it all these years, the court has no money, and the people have no money." So where did all the money go? Why can't I see all this money? Now that I think about it, it's not that there is no money in this world, but all this gold and silver have fallen into the pockets of some people. It's really that the more shameless people are, the more amazing wealth they have in their hands. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse continued coldly: "There are more than 10 million taels of Chengguo Gong, and there are more than 10 million taels of people surnamed Tian, so the others ...... Surely there are not a few ...... I think that at the beginning, when Emperor Chengzu was here, the imperial court wanted to go to the West, to build the capital of Beijing, to conquer the southern country, several efforts, and the treasury and internal funds had surpluses, and when I came here, it was to repair the palace, defend Liaodong, and give relief to some people, but the country was empty. ”

"These people...... They have to be thoroughly investigated, and they have many other comrades, and there are seven other families, and these people must be uprooted. ”

Zhang Jing said: "The minister is doing this now." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said excitedly: "I now have nearly 30 million taels of silver, and I am reluctant to spend any money on weekdays, but with this silver, I can finally do something." In my opinion, the Donglin Military Academy should expand its scale, recruit more students, and ...... I came out of ......"

Zhang Jingyi said happily: "Is Your Majesty's words true?" ”

"Seriously." The Emperor of the Apocalypse said: "These silver of mine have to be used on the blade, think about it, if you want to do things in the future, you must first use people, and if you want to use people, you must not cultivate talents first." If I take this silver to the ministers to help the people, and hand it over to the military attachés of Liaodong to rest the soldiers and horses, I am afraid that out of 10,000 taels of silver, it will be good to have a real effect in the end. ”

"I can't count on them anymore, I'm pointing to Donglin Military Academy now. You need to write a charter statute that will specify how many posts to expand, how many teaching teams to train, how many personnel you need to hire, and how much it will cost you each year. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said very seriously, does he really love money? As an emperor, no one knows better than the Emperor of the Apocalypse about the relationship between this country and himself.

So he is willing to spend money, but over the years, he has been really deceived, and the officials around him are like a pack of wolves, staring at the power in his hands and his silver.

After thinking about it, the silver still has to be spent, and if it is not spent, this Ming Dynasty will be gone.

But how to spend it, and whose head it is spended, this needs to be considered.

At least at the Donglin Military Academy, the Emperor of the Apocalypse decided to be generous: "You don't want to be petty, you have to show your courage, don't be afraid of spending money, what I'm afraid of is just being wasted." ”

Zhang Jingyi said excitedly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will definitely show courage." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said: "What else is there to do about the chaos of the party?" ”

Zhang Jing: "There are some ......"

Zhang Jing raised his head and continued: "The monks of Daruo Temple, as far as the ministers know, have always been issued by the Ministry of Rites in charge of the monks, but in the past few years, the Ministry of Rites has been chaotic, and there is only one person, who has always been in the Ministry of Rites, from the principal, to the waiter, to the Shangshu...... Speaking of which, the person who can shelter Daruo Temple, at least in the past 20 years, may be the person who can provide shelter to Daruo Temple. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse's eyes lit up: "Who?" ”

Zhang Jing said: "Liu Hongxun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Liu Hongxun!" The Emperor of the Apocalypse's face changed suddenly.

He was dissatisfied with Liu Hongxun, but he always let him serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, because the Emperor of the Apocalypse had always thought that Liu Hongxun was an upright person.

Such a person...... Useless and pedantic, at least ...... The character is quite high, but it is ...... Who would have thought that he actually colluded with the reverse business.

"Is there any real evidence?"

"No, the minister is still investigating, but for now, I can only start here, and then ...... Then slowly follow the vine and touch the melon. ”

Wei Zhongxian stood aside and listened carefully, as if he was also interested in this, after all, he was the commander of Dongchang, and he was still very enthusiastic about arresting the rebellious party.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said, "How likely do you think it is?" ”

Zhang Jing: "Right now, anyone is possible, not to mention Liu Shangshu, Brother Wei, or even a minister, it is possible to disrupt the party, so ...... The minister has released a lot of eyes and ears now, hoping to find a breakthrough......"

The Emperor of the Apocalypse paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, showing an anxious look: "Then Tian Shenglan has no other confession?" ”

Zhang Jingyi: "I'm also asking him to reminisce and see if there is any valuable information...... However, if the Fan family can't be caught at the moment, they can only investigate one by one first. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Jingyi looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Brother Wei, what news is there from Dongchang and Beizhen Fusi?" ”

Wei Zhongxian was speechless for a while.

In fact, Wei Zhongxian looks at everyone like a chaotic party, and he wants to die.

It's not that he has any special fetishes, but there are many people in the court who are weird to him.

Of course, Wei Zhongxian knew that this matter was very important, and he pondered for a moment and said, "On the side of the factory guard, there are no clues for the time being, but Your Majesty ...... The slave maid had been thinking about one thing...... Why are these people so calm? You see, Tian Shenglan has already confessed, aren't they worried that Tian Shenglan also knows something? Although the people who contacted them were all members of the Fan family, how could they ensure that this Tian Shenglan did not have a roster in his hand? This roster, of course, was burned by Tian Shenglan, but others don't know it! ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded: "Then what does Wei Banban think this means?" ”

The slave maid thinks that they will never be willing to be captured, and the news of this raid is only a warning for them. For them, if they don't take action, something big will happen sooner or later. Or ......" Wei Zhongxian's eyes were gloomy: "Maybe they know that Tian Shenglan has burned the roster." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said, "How can they know? ”

"New County Prison."

Wei Zhongxian said seriously, and then smiled at Zhang Jingyi: "Brother, we didn't mean to arrange your big prison, it's just ...... In a prison, there are bound to be a lot of people, and there will always be a few unruly people, and at this time, someone jumps over the wall in a hurry, so who can ensure that no one will try their best to find out the news from the jailers? ”

"So...... Brother Zhang hopes to start with Liu Hongxun, but we think that Liu Hongxun is a direction, and the jailers of Xinxian County are also a direction, of course, it does not mean that these jailers must be bought, but those who are worried and uneasy will definitely find a way to contact these jailers, they may be under other names, or use other methods, it is nothing more than buying, testing, and knocking on the side. ”

After a pause, Wei Zhongxian immediately said, "So...... The jailers, especially the jailers who can get close to Tian Shenglan, including the scribes and scribes, also have to think of a way to check it, of course, they can't come openly, it's easy to startle the snake, you can come secretly, behind the scenes, slowly sort it out, maybe there will be clues. ”

Wei Zhongxian's words really woke up the dreamer.

Even Zhang Jingyi suddenly brightened up, and couldn't help but say: "Yes, starting from here, you may be able to have eyebrows." ”

Wei Zhongxian laughed, haha laughed and said: "Haha, it's just a small skill of carving insects, in fact, there are many things in the capital, if you want to investigate, you have to rely on these small means, starting from these three sects and nine streams, many big cases, or what kind of Qin cases, in fact, the bad is bad here for some slaves and small officials, these people ...... It is precisely the best breakthrough. ”

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Chapter 5 is delivered.