Chapter 570: The Defection of the Scholar
"Holy Lord, how do you calculate the shares of this machinery factory?"
A businessman is a businessman after all, and the first thing that comes to mind is how to calculate the shares of the machinery factory.
According to the example of the steam engine, if Gewuke also wants to take the lathe technology and take a 30% stake, then the shares of their Weng family and other shareholders will be diluted a lot.
"Weng Qing, you're too worried." Chongzhen said, "The lathe does not have a single technology share. ”
With the cultivation of the steam engine market, Chongzhen also hopes to cultivate a mature machine tool market as soon as possible.
It's worth sacrificing some of the benefits for this, especially since the benefits outweigh the disadvantages in the long run.
Weng Zhiyi was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Thanks to the love of the saint, the minister dares not to kill in return." ”
"You don't have to kill to get revenge." Chongzhen said with a smile, "You still have to think about how to put the lathe into mass production as soon as possible, and expand the production capacity to the maximum in the shortest possible time." ”
"The minister will not fail in his mission." Weng Zhiyi replied solemnly.
In the final analysis, the Weng family also accounts for half of the management shares in Daming Machinery Factory.
Therefore, the mass production of lathes as soon as possible is also a good thing for the Weng family, which means more profits.
While speaking, a little eunuch rushed in to report to Gao Qiqian, and Gao Qiqian got the news and hurriedly came to Chongzhen to say hello: "Long live the princess, the princess has been born, and I have added another emperor and grandson to my Ming Dynasty." ”
"Oh yes?" Chongzhen smiled, "Then today is a double happiness." ”
According to the usual practice, Chongzhen also had to give the name to the emperor's grandson, and after a moment of silence, he said: "It's better to take a gui character." ”
Gao Qiqian immediately shouted loudly at the top of his voice: "There is a decree in the sage, and the second grandson of the emperor is named Guizi, Zhu and Gui." ”
"There is a decree in the saint, and the second grandson of the emperor is named Zhu Hegui!" The little eunuch received the holy decree and shouted all the way to the South Palace.
Gao Qiqian looked at Chongzhen with blank eyes, Chongzhen frowned and asked, "What are you doing?" Are you looking for a reward? ”
"The old slave doesn't dare." Gao Qiqian hurriedly denied it, but secretly thought in his heart, shouldn't such a happy event as the birth of the emperor's second grandson be rewarded?
Chongzhen snorted lightly, looked around and said: "In my opinion, it is necessary to add an article to the Emperor's ancestral teachings, no matter whose birthday or whose birthday it is in the future, it is not allowed to make a big deal or reward indiscriminately, even if it is the birthday of Emperor Taizu Gao, or my birthday, it is not allowed to be done in a big way, isn't it just a birthday, what can I celebrate?" Formalism is harmful. ”
"Holy Heaven." The surrounding officials, craftsmen, and eunuchs suddenly knelt on the ground.
Gao Qiqian also knelt, but he slandered in his heart, saying it soundly, but in fact, he didn't want to break the bank.
Long live you, you are really picky, the Ministry of Internal Affairs earns hundreds of millions of dollars a year, but you don't even want to take out the melons and dates, you really treat our internal servants as cattle and horses, and refuse to feed the grass.
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It's really like this, Chongzhen spends money very generously in some aspects, such as the supply of the army, and the dividends issued to King Qin's son at the end of the year.
In the twenty-first year of Chongzhen, the dividend of each scholar was as high as 500 yuan.
However, the greed of the human heart is endless, and even if the Ministry of Internal Affairs gives such a high dividend, there are still people who are too little.
In fact, the emergence of corruption is an inevitable phenomenon, which cannot be avoided in any country or dynasty, and it is impossible to completely eradicate it no matter what system is adopted, and corruption is inevitable.
Chongzhen went to Nangong to see the emperor's second grandson, and just returned to Guozijian.
The supervision department gave Huang Zongxi a small notebook to the door.
"Huang Xiaozi." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "I look forward to your coming, but I don't want you to come. ”
Huang Zongxi said: "The saint is looking forward to the minister's coming, because the minister can only prove that the minister and the colleagues of the supervision department do not have a corpse vegetarian meal as an ornament, but if the minister really comes, it means that there are colleagues who have become traitors and criminals, which is a shame for the scholars themselves and the entire Qinwang scholars." ”
Chongzhen muttered: "But what should come will come after all." ”
"What the Holy Lord said is very true, what should come will come after all." Huang Zongxi thought so.
After a pause, he said: "Song Mumin, the deputy manager of the industrial and commercial silver number, accepted bribes from Xi Jiaomin, the original owner of the grain number, in the process of taking a stake in the Songjiang grain number, maliciously inflated the valuation of the grain number, causing the silver number to overpay the cost, and causing economic losses of more than 50,000 yuan to the silver number and the internal affairs government. ”
Chongzhen asked, "How many bribes did he take?" ”
"Four thousand." Huang Zongxi said sadly, "Less than one-tenth of the loss." ”
"It makes sense." Chongzhen said, "Although 50,000 yuan is much, after all, it is not his Song herdsman's money, and although 4,000 yuan is less, it is his Song herdsman's private property that can be spent casually." ”
"The next three are a little unconscionable."
Huang Zongxi turned over and continued: "Meng Xueli in the city department, Feng Guofan in the mission department, and Yuan Fuzhong in the heavy section, have often gone to Meixianglou with Chen Zhenhui to drink flower wine in the past six months. ”
Chongzhen frowned and said, "Taichong, could it be that you are too worried?" Isn't it normal to drink flower wine? ”
"Of course, it's not strange to drink flower wine, and the minister often goes to drink flower wine, and even often stays in Meixiang Building." Huang Zongxi waved his hand and said, "But there are not many Qinwang scholars who go as often as Meng Xueli, and the three of them have to go back almost every few days, and they can't support it with their salaries." ”
"Is it possible that Chen Zhenhui invited them to go?"
"Because of this, these three people are even more suspicious."
"Have you checked the accounts of the four of them?"
"It's been checked." Huang Zongxi replied, "There are no major problems with the accounts of the city, the propaganda and education department, and the baggage department, and the popularity of Meng Xueli among his colleagues is also very good. ”
While he was talking, Zhang Huangyan hurriedly walked in.
"Enlighten the saint, the minister has a secret music." Zhang Huang said.
"Huang Taichong doesn't need to be evasive." Chongzhen said, "Say it." ”
"Yes." Zhang Huangyan nodded at Huang Zongxi, and said, "The minister has already verified a deeply hidden spy who was sent to Nanjing by the slave chief Dolgon to specifically plot against the prince of Qin. ”
"Is that so?" Huang Zongxi's expression moved slightly when he heard this.
The heart said that Meng Xueli and the other three should not have contact with Jiannu, right?
Chongzhen asked, "Since this person is extremely hidden, how did you find out?" ”
Zhang Huangyan said: "The reason why the minister said that this person is very hidden is because this person was ordered to come to Nanjing is a top secret, and even the Luo brothers don't know the inside story, and this person rarely shows up after coming to Nanjing, most of the time he is hidden in a person's apartment, if it is not for chance, the minister will not be able to find out." ”
Huang Zongxi asked, "Whose apartment is this person hiding?" ”
"Chen Zhenhui's apartment!" Zhang Huang said, "The minister also discovered it by accident. ”
"This person actually knows Chen Zhenhui?" Huang Zongxi said, "Could it be that they are still acquaintances?" ”
"Brother Taichong." Zhang Huangyan said solemnly, "This person is our old acquaintance, Hou Fangyu!" ”
"Hou Fangyu? He's still alive? Huang Zongxi was a little surprised, Hou Fangyu was one of the four sons, the leader of the Restoration Society, and Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi, Gu Gao, etc.
Huang Zongxi was a little unconvinced, and asked, "Brother Xuan, could you be mistaken?" ”
"Absolutely not." Zhang Huangyan said very firmly, "Although Hou Fangyu has a lot of scars on his face, and even broke one of his legs, he became lame and ugly, and he is almost like the original romantic and suave people, but the minister still recognized him from his back and a few subtleties, this person must be Hou Fangyu." ”
Chongzhen's face fell, and he said in a deep voice: "Who has Hou Fangyu been in contact with?" ”
Zhang Huangyan said: "As the minister said just now, Hou Fangyu is very cunning, and he never contacts with Qinwang Shizi, it is Chen Zhenhui who contacts Qinwang Shizi instead of him, and the scholars who have been in contact with Chen Zhenhui recently have all been recorded in the eucalyptus, and the number of scholars who have had contact with Chen Zhenhui earlier is even larger, and the secret investigation department is secretly visiting and tracking. ”
Chongzhen took the list and opened it, but saw that the first line was written with the word Fang Yizhi.
There are more than 100 names at the bottom, including Meng Xueli, Feng Guofan and Yuan Fuzhong.
"I'm too chong for you." Chongzhen read the list and handed it to Huang Zongxi casually, "On the back of all unreasonableness, there are actually reasonable explanations hidden, the reason why I feel unreasonable is that I haven't found the real reason, Meng Xueli and the others should have been bought by Hou Fangyu, or are in the process of being bought, so Chen Zhenhui will look at it differently." ”
"I see." Huang Zongxi also looked relieved.
Zhang Huangyan was a little stunned: "Brother Taichong also found out that Meng Xueli had a problem?" ”
"I just found out that Meng Xueli and the other three have financial problems." Huang Zongxi said, "But they have been secretly bought by Hou Fangyu but they don't know it." ”
Zhang Huangyan said: "Feng Guofan and Yuan Fuzhong are verifying, but Meng Xueli has indeed been bought by Jiannu, I found that Meng Xueli and the other three often go in and out of Meixiang Building with Chen Zhenhui and others, and I think it is strange, so I secretly investigated, and after a check, I really found a problem." ”
"Just recently, Meng Xueli actually sent a huge sum of 8,000 money to his home!"
"After learning about this calculation, I secretly arrested Meng Xueli."
"Meng Xueli tried to deny it at the beginning, and he was not willing to confess truthfully until he saw ironclad evidence, and revealed the inside story and discourse of someone hiding behind the scenes to buy Qin Wang Shizi through Chen Zhenhui."
"Then the minister saw Hou Fangyu from Chen Zhenhui's apartment."
Huang Zongxi was frightened and said: "Thanks to your secret investigation department, otherwise it would be a big trouble." ”
"Yes, the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, if you don't find out these ants as soon as possible, the embankment of Shiziying is very likely to collapse." Chongzhen said with a dark face.
Zhang Huangyan asked Chongzhen with a straight face: "Holy Lord, is the next step to screen and review according to the list?" ”
"Holy Lord, you must screen according to the list." Huang Zongxi said categorically, "This matter is too relevant to be sloppy, but all scholars who have had contact with Chen Zhenhui must be screened, and those who have accepted bribes like Meng Xueli must be severely punished!" Set an example! ”