The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 105: Reward of Million Taels
Zhu Houzhao's unquestionable and overbearing voice shocked everyone in the hall.

Many officials looked pale because their performance evaluations were downgraded.

Also, officials below the third rank no longer have the power to report to His Majesty!

How is this possible?

Your Majesty is trying to close the channels of speech.

However, many officials above the third rank were surprised and delighted.

In this way, your status, position and power will all increase.

When an official was about to stand up to advise, Zhu Houzhao took out a memorial from his sleeve and laughed angrily, "There is still one person who dares to tell me that he is violating the ancestral system and competing with the people for profit.

Who is it? Get out here. "

The official who was about to give advice stopped.

An official standing in the middle and back immediately trembled all over, a look of fear on his face, and he stood out tremblingly.

He knelt on the ground with a thud and said fearfully: "Your Majesty, your servant Li Wei pays respect to you."

"How dare you, such a coward, tell me such lies and deceive me."

Zhu Houzhao stood up, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, with a cold look flashing in his eyes.

"You dare to use the ancestral system to pressure me, will I be afraid?"

"You are still competing with the people for profit. Who are these people? Do you think I am stupid and don't know anything?
Investigate, investigate his ancestors for three generations thoroughly, I want to see what kind of person he is?

Is it corruption or bribery? Is it outstanding political achievements?
If neither is good, I will skin you alive."

The tyrant's aura and voice shook the entire hall.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me this time, Your Majesty~!"

The official was dragged away while begging for mercy.

“If anyone talks to me about the ancestral system and about competing with the people for profit, it would be best if he did both.

Otherwise, I will never forgive him.

People like this are either stupid or bad. Do you think I can't see it?
Humph.

Retreat from the court. "

With a wave of his sleeves, Zhu Houzhao left.

Leaving behind a large group of officials looking at each other with grim expressions.

"Master Prime Minister, we cannot let His Majesty shut down the channels of speech."

"Mr. Li..."

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Many officials immediately surrounded the cabinet, the six ministers and others, and gave their advice.

Liu Jian and others were helpless. Who could persuade the emperor to change his mind once he had made the decision?
Wan Sanqian and Fan Fenyang also attended this morning court session and watched the entire process.

They were quite excited.

After all, he is a young man, and it is his first time to attend court.

Then, after witnessing the emperor's supreme authority, he felt more at ease.

As long as His Majesty can control the officials in the court, they will have the confidence to do a good job in the Ministry of Commerce.

After all, the core of the Ministry of Commerce is doing business, and this is what they are most confident in.

In less than half a day, Li Wei was charged with various crimes and was completely finished.

The affairs of the Ministry of Commerce were suppressed by Zhu Houzhao's arbitrary decision.

Wan Sanqian and Fan Fenyang did not disappoint his expectations, and the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce progressed at an increasingly rapid pace.

January of the first year of Shengwu passed, and the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty received one month's salary.

Real money.

After actually receiving the silver, the somewhat oppressive atmosphere in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom suddenly relaxed.

Voices expressing gratitude to Zhu Houzhao were heard in countless places.

Zhu Houzhao's prestige immediately increased significantly, both among civil officials and military officials.

February 7th.

The news that Wan Sanqian and Fan Fenyang became the left and right vice ministers of the Ministry of Commerce has spread throughout the Ming Dynasty.

There were discussions everywhere in the court and in the martial arts world.

Mostly dissatisfied.

But no one did anything drastic.

After all, the power of the imperial court is growing, and no big forces dare to show up at this time.

The small and medium-sized ones dared not offend the Ming Dynasty court.

After the first step of the plan for Jin, the gains were finally sorted out and the news was reported to Zhu Houzhao.

The total amount of gold and silver was 32,698,654 taels.

The total amount of farmland in various places is 2.6 million acres.

There are more than one thousand properties.

Paintings and calligraphy, antiques, treasures, etc. were worth about 15 million taels of silver.

The business assets are the largest, about 200 million taels of silver.

There are more than 18,600 people in the world.

Eleven innate masters who were captured alive.

These are the general gains.

Zhu Houzhao looked at it for a while, then showed the harvest to the senior officials of the Cabinet, the Six Ministries, the Censorate, and the remaining few people in the Military Cabinet.

After watching it, everyone was silent.

Compared with this harvest, the court’s annual income is like begging.

And there are those hidden fields.

Of the 2.6 million acres of farmland, only about 1 million acres were recorded in the imperial court, and a small half of these 1 million acres were exempt from tax.

All in all, there were a lot of questions, so many that Liu Jian and others were speechless.

The only excuse they could make in their hearts was that they were also innocent, the problem was not with them, and they could not stop it.

"I don't want to say more about the problem, you should all know it.

If anyone dares to say anything like "stop the factory guards" or "cannot review" in the future, go find a place to die. I don't want to waste any more words."

Zhu Houzhao shouted with an angry look on his face.

No one could say anything to object.

"The imperial edict, the Imperial Guards, and the East Factory have done a great job this time, and their rewards are calculated as 300 million taels of silver. The total reward for the Imperial Guards and the East Factory is 15 million taels of silver.

The specific reward details must be made clear, and meritorious officials must not be allowed to take less."

"All the land, houses, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, etc., belong to me.

The Ministry of Commerce should send people as soon as possible to rectify these businesses in Jin."

In front of all the ministers, Zhu Houzhao took out 15 million taels of silver to reward the Jinyiwei and the Eastern Depot.

All the officials looked very serious.

This is a naked warning and a warning to them.

With this huge amount of real silver rewards, it is conceivable that the factory guards will rise completely and become rampant.

Only Wan Sanqian and Fan Fenyang had a hint of joy in their eyes.

The Ministry of Commerce is about to officially start operations.

This business in Jin worth 200 million taels of silver is their first battle.

Let the others go, leaving 13,000 men behind. Zhu Houzhao asked directly: "Including the businesses in Jin, how much silver can the Ministry of Commerce earn this year?"

It was obvious that Wan Sanqian and Erren had anticipated and prepared for this problem.

Fan Fenyang said first: "Your Majesty, the business of the Ministry of Commerce, which is worth 500 million taels of silver, has no working capital.

For the time being, it is relying on the cash left by the two of us, and can only operate normally but cannot expand.

At this time, all these businesses belonged to the imperial court, and with the name of the imperial court, many unnecessary concessions could be directly taken back.

By the end of the year, the net profit should be about four thousand taels of silver.

But if you want to expand, you can’t withdraw all the money by the end of the year, you have to keep at least half of it.”

Wan Sanqian nodded in agreement.

Then he continued, "After the three businesses of me, Lord Fan, and Jin are merged, the profits should be able to increase by several million taels of silver."

"That means that by the end of the year, I can withdraw more than 20 million taels of silver to use," said Zhu Houzhao.

"That's right." Wan Sanqian and the other two nodded.

"Okay, I understand, you guys go and get busy.

Remember, there is no need to worry about anything, just do it with all your strength.

I and the entire Ming Dynasty are supporting you behind you.

Whoever dares to stop me, no matter who it is, a Grand Master, an Ultimate Grand Master, or even a Heavenly Master, I will definitely crush him.

But you must not forget my request to you. You must not harm the people at the bottom of society. Do you understand?" Zhu Houzhao said seriously.

"Yes, I understand." The 13,000 men responded solemnly.

My heart is also burning.

This feeling of not having to worry about so many things was something I had never imagined before.

It's so comfortable and refreshing, just like being full of energy, the world is vast, and you can fly freely.

The two left with great enthusiasm.

On the way back to the Ministry of Commerce, Wan Sanqian smiled and said, "Brother Fan, do you feel that it is completely different from before?"

"Yes." Fan Fenyang smiled cheerfully, "Completely different, I feel relaxed all over."

Wan Sanqian nodded in agreement.

The two of them can resonate with each other because they are both genuine big businessmen.

Big businessmen like them used to seem to have unlimited glory.

But in reality, you have to be cautious everywhere and bow your head in almost everything. The righteous, evil, demonic, government, and even the bandits, etc., all have to give in and share most of the benefits with others.

They can continue to exist.

It's not that they have no power to resist anyone, but as businessmen, they seek to make money in peace.

If we resort to violence at every turn, we will not be able to survive.

Because in the eyes of the people of the world, businessmen are a lowly profession.

Even big businessmen like them are considered a piece of fat meat in the eyes of senior officials.

How can we allow them to do business if we don’t feed them well?

it's good now.

As long as the Ming Dynasty court is still there, who dares to deal with them openly?

Not even in secret.

Given His Majesty's temper, he will never give up.

I'm afraid that only commercial means can deal with them in an open and fair manner.

But when it comes to business tactics, what do they have to fear?

"Brother Fan, why don't we join forces and see how big this business can be?" Wan Sanqian said meaningfully.

Fan Fenyang's eyes flashed, he smiled, nodded and said: "Okay, what Brother Wan said is exactly what I want.

The Ming Dynasty, the various countries, this world is really vast."

"Brother Fan is so generous." Wan Sanqian said with a sincere smile.

They are still young people, and they all have great ambitions.

This partner and opponent is very good.

The court continued to clean up the affairs in Jin. When Zhu Houzhao's imperial edict reached Jin, the Jinyiwei and the Eastern Depot were in an uproar.

Fifteen million taels of silver!

Things that I never dared to think about in the past.

Now it's their reward.

The more than 5,000 Jinyiwei and more than 400 people from the Eastern Depot were all very excited and wanted to catch more corrupt officials.

Senior executives such as Guo Bujing, Cao Zhengchun, and Weng Taibei also had smiles on their faces.

They knew very well that with this batch of silver rewards, the strength of the Jinyiwei and the Eastern Depot would grow rapidly and they would be able to do more.

At the same time, they themselves can also obtain a considerable sum of money.

No one would dislike money earned in a fair and honest way, including the great masters.

Of course, the money cannot be distributed right now.

Mainly the officials who have been arrested still need to be reviewed by the three courts.

Only after confirmation can the money be actually distributed.

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