Apocalypse hurriedly walked out of the main hall to see Zhang Gui.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhang Gui saw the apocalypse walking towards him with a smile, so he also called out.

Apocalypse asked directly, "Did you really copy so much silver?" ”

Zhang Gui nodded and replied: "Your Majesty, you can go and see for yourself, the minister has already asked people to carry the silver that needs to be an official to Xiyuan." ”

Apocalypse really came to the place where the silver was kept, and when he saw the attendants opening the boxes full of silver ingots and revealing the brilliant silver ingots, they were already happy.

He set up the West Factory, and let Zhang Gui supervise the West Factory, responsible for cracking down on profiteers, just to let Zhang Gui have the power to act cheaply, not to be oppressed by the civil ministers, and by the way, to increase some income to the interior and maintain the order of commerce.

But Tianqi didn't expect that if this expensive West Factory was not opened, it would be enough for the court to eat for three years as soon as it opened.

Suddenly, Tianqi realized that there was a serious act of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, so he suddenly asked seriously: "How can these Jin merchants have so much property?" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know that every year after Jiannu plundered a large amount of gold and silver from Liaodong, he would buy grain from the Jin merchants. It's just that because the Jin merchants have deep roots, they have colluded with the local bureaucrats in Zhangjiakou Fort, and there are many people in the imperial court who cover for them, so no one knows. ”

Zhang Gui took out the confession of Fan Yongdou and others as he spoke: "Your Majesty, this is the confession of the profiteers, which confesses in detail how they colluded with the powerful bureaucrats and collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country. ”

Apocalypse took it and looked at it carefully.

Zhang Gui continued: "In addition to more than 10 million taels of silver and escorted back to Beijing in a mule cart, there are also more than 6 million stones of grain, more than 500,000 catties of iron, and more than 200,000 catties of gunpowder. ”

"My imperial court only produces more than four million stones of grain every year, and as a result, these Jin merchants send six million stones to Jiannu every year! Dare to be affectionate, the imperial court exempts the world's officials and gentry from the grain endowment, and they will take all the grain endowment to harass the enemy? There are big food households in this world, and they should all be killed! ”

Tianqi gritted his teeth and said, he was eager to order the killing of all the gentry in the world at this time.

Because the apocalypse is very clear, it is impossible for the people to sell grain to the Jin merchants, because the people themselves don't have much grain to eat, and the only ones who can still have surplus grain to sell to Jiannu can only be the gentry, and maybe the vassal kings of the world.

"Message! The profiteers found in the West Factory are all nine clans! ”

At this time, the apocalypse issued a strict decree.

"Yes!"

Wei Zhongxian replied.

Zhang Gui suggested at this time: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, it is not enough to Yijiu, these profiteers are not only guilty of simply collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, but also intended to collude with Jiannu, seize the Ming Dynasty, and enslave the Han people in our world." They are more serious than rebellion, rebellion is rebellion against Your Majesty, but they not only betrayed Your Majesty but also betrayed the entire Han family! This crime of theirs is not so much the crime of treason, but the crime of traitor, and in terms of execution, the crime of traitor should be more severe than the crime of treason! ”

Although Tianqi is the emperor, he is also a Han Chinese, and he is also acceptable to such a national idea as the difference between Huayi, and now when he hears Zhang Gui so obedient, he agrees:

"You're right, judging from their confessions, they want to help the Tartars take away the rivers and mountains of my Han family, which is not only against my Zhu family, but also against the whole of China!"

"In the past, Taizu once said: expel the Tartars, restore China, legislate Chen Gang, and relieve the people, so there is the great cause of founding the Ming Dynasty and restoring the rivers and mountains of our Han family!"

"Now these profiteers are intent on making the Han family's rivers and mountains the Tartars possess again, which is really worse than the anti-thieves! The anti-thief may be caused by official coercion, but betraying China is undoubtedly a bad heart! ”

Zhang Gui was very pleased to see that Tianqi accepted the "national thought" revealed in his words, and felt that this might make Tianqi gradually realize that the social crisis he was facing was not a crisis of one family and one surname, but the crisis of the entire Han family, and gradually raised Zhongxing Daming to the height of Zhongxing and the entire Han family.

"Your Majesty! Therefore, the minister thought that in order to warn the world's businessmen, in order to let people know how serious the fate of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is, and in order to let the Han people in the world begin to have the consciousness of the national interests of the Ming Dynasty, for these people who betrayed the world, these people should be left behind for ten thousand years! ”

"What is the smell of 10,000 years?"

Apocalypse suddenly asked.

"For example, Qin Hui, who betrayed the whole world, was still cast as a white iron kneeling statue and was spurned by tens of thousands of people, and they should also be treated like this."

"And cast them kneeling like urinals, that they may be defiled by the filthiness of the world at all times! The imperial court may also build public toilets in various market towns, cities and other places where people gather, and use their kneeling urinal as public toilet urinals, so as to avoid the plague caused by filth everywhere, and also let the people of the world be warned every moment, knowing that no matter how bad it is, it cannot be so bad as to betray Huaxia Yanhuang! ”

Zhang Gui replied.

"Accurate!"

After Tianqi said, he instructed Wei Zhongxian: "According to the intention of Uncle Guo, a new crime will be added to the criminal regulations in the future, called the crime of traitor, and those who commit the crime of traitor will be dealt with according to what Uncle Guo said, and in addition, the punishment of the main offender shall not be lighter than that of the traitor." ”

"Yes!"

Wei Zhongxian is also a ruthless person, but now he has to admit that this uncle is even more ruthless, and he stubbornly pulled out a "traitor crime", raising the severity of the crimes committed by these people to the point of not just betraying a family and a surname.

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but say in his heart: "In this way, those literati who have not been able to achieve their careers in my Ming Dynasty and want to go to the Tartars to seek new careers will have to consider the consequences of becoming barbarians." ”

"Presumably, these profiteers also involve many people's financial routes behind them, and your copy of the West Factory can be regarded as cutting off their financial routes."

Apocalypse suddenly said with some concern for Zhang Gui.

Zhang Guidao: "The ministers have Your Majesty, and they have the support of most Han people like Gonggong Wei who care about the safety of the world, but they are not afraid of a small number of selfish people. ”

Tianqi nodded and looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Did you hear Uncle Guo's words, he said that you care about the safety of the world and are a loyal and patriotic Han man." ”

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "The slave and maid dare not hide it from the emperor, the uncle of the country understands the slave and the maid, and the slave and the maid are indeed the same as what the uncle said, and the traitor who betrayed His Majesty and betrayed the Han people in the world!" Slaves and maids want to eat their flesh and drink their blood! ”

"Even you, Wei Zhongxian, care about the world like this, and many people are not as good as you."

Apocalypse said again.

Wei Zhongxian: "......"

"Is the slave and maid of bad morals?"

"Although you blocked their financial route, they still didn't dare to rebel openly, but you still have to pay close attention to training, and when the imperial court has enough soldiers and horses, you can continue to handle such a big case and arrest more traitors behind you."

As he spoke, Tianqi looked at the boxes of silver again: "Fortunately, you copied so much silver, but the imperial court also has sufficient salary for military training." ”

As he spoke, Tianqi asked Zhang Gui: "How much silver do you need to train in the early stage?" ”

Zhang Gui replied: "It will take about two million taels to rectify and expand the Beijing camp, build various ordnance and build barracks. ”

"I'll give you three million taels! It's not enough to ask Wei Zhongxian again! ”

Apocalypse said with a wave of his hand.

Then, Tianqi said: "Your West Factory will also have to expand the official school next, and on the basis of the original sharing of the West Factory, add another amount of funds, is two million taels enough?" ”

Zhang Gui replied: "Your Majesty, this should be enough!" ”

Tianqi nodded: "Add another million taels as a reward I give to your West Factory, and I will copy more profiteers in the future!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui replied.

Tianqi laughed, and said in his heart: "It's cool to spend money like this, it's much more comfortable than the feeling of dialing the money for the outside court before." ”

Wei Zhongxian's eyes were hot.

After all, he only copied more than 12 million taels of silver from the hard work of the East Factory, and more than 18 million taels of silver from the first pen of the West Factory, not counting other grain and iron materials, and now he has received more rewards than the East Factory.

This made Wei Zhongxian have to admit that compared with Uncle Guo's West Factory, there was a lot of pressure on him to raid his home in the East Factory.

Moreover, he also knew that his emperor threw money to the West Factory in this way, which meant that he intended to reuse the West Factory.

For this reason, Wei Zhongxian decided to roll up, and after passing the will, he didn't return home, and called Tian Ergeng, Xu Xianchun, Yang Huan and other people from the Dongchang Town Fusi to a meeting overnight: "Xichang copied the Jin merchants to get more than 18 million taels of silver into the official, you must also know, don't tell our family, you are not hot." ”

As he spoke, Wei Zhongxian took the initiative to ask, "Say, are your eyes hot?" ”

"Naturally, the eyes are hot, damn, the West Factory has kept five million taels for itself according to the rules, and now the emperor has added another four million taels to the West Factory for his own use, how much does this score? There are not many people in the key west factory now. ”

Tian Ergeng smacked his tongue as he spoke.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian said: "What, do you want to change the court?" Our family can help you, now go and recognize Uncle Guo as a godfather! ”

Tian Ergeng, who had recognized Wei Zhongxian as his godfather, hurriedly smiled and said, "Godfather's anger! The son doesn't mean this, the son just thinks that he can make so much silver with few people in the West Factory, and there are so many people in our East Factory Town, and most of them are veterans of copying the house, so he shouldn't lose face in the copying house, as long as he copies with peace of mind, it is definitely more than copying in the West Factory. ”

"That's a decent word."

Wei Zhongxian said.

"Godfather, my son also thinks that our East Factory really has to be serious, and it may not lose to him West Factory, just a few Jin merchants are nothing, can they be compared with the corrupt officials in the world?"

"Let's just say that after the start of the Liao Salary campaign in the past few years, a few of those dog days in the Ministry of War have not been greedy for ink? I'm afraid that everyone will be rich early! As long as you copy it with peace of mind, you are not afraid that you can't exceed the West Factory, and your son has already gotten the news, and Mao Wenlong Mao of Phi Island is very dissatisfied with the fact that the Ministry of War only gives him a military salary, and intends to expose it. ”

Xu Xianchun followed.

"Then let him expose! Tell him! Our family supported him, and we must have helped him clean up these corrupt officials! ”

Wei Zhongxian therefore commanded.

"Yes!"

Xu Xianchun agreed.

Wei Zhongxian then said earnestly: "You have to serve snacks, don't let the emperor think that after having the West Factory, our East Factory will be dispensable, understand?" ”

"Understood!"