Daming Military Empire

Chapter 73
The reason why Zhu Cijiong asked Luo Yangxing to continue digging is because another group of key figures has not yet been implicated. He knows that there is an interest relationship between the Donglin Party and the Jiangnan Scholar-bureaucrat Group, otherwise there will be a bunch of them when the transaction tax is raised. The Donglin party members jumped out to object.They don't do business, so why object?
If the livelihood of the people in the south of the Yangtze River is poor and poor, then that's fine. The problem is what he saw with his own eyes. Jinling City is much more prosperous than the capital, and there are many local tyrants at the Oiran Conference who are richer than Zhu Cijiong!
Years of severe drought in the north, continuous wars and disasters, the people are struggling to survive, and the poor are about to eat people; the dignitaries in the south of the Yangtze River are drunk and dying, laughing at the Bomei people, throwing hundreds of thousands of taels of silver without blinking their eyes!
Such an extreme disparity, would Qian Qianyi and the others, as native Jiangnan people, not know about it?Now that you know it, you still want to oppose the collection of transaction tax. If it’s not for your own selfishness, what is it for?If it is for the country and the people, it should be in favor of taxation!

There must be interests involved in this, why has no one exposed it?

It turned out that Qian Qianyi and the others had always been in touch with leaders such as Xu Hongji and Xu Wenjue for the sake of insurance, and the people below naturally didn't know the tricks.These leaders are about to ransack their homes and exterminate their families, so they will naturally not go after others, so Qian Qianyi and the others have never been implicated.

However, Skynet is meticulous and meticulous, and they will always get retribution for doing things that are harmful to nature. Although the leaders can't find out the tricks between them without opening their mouths, the mansions, lands, and even money they receive always have to go through human hands. , it is impossible that everything is handed over face-to-face between the heads of state.The Donglin Party was finally implicated when the little guys who were in charge of property were found out.

They all pretended to be dignified in the capital, with simple tea and light food, light car and simple life, two-sleeved style, honesty and dedication, just like moral models, but in Nanjing, they had a lot of mansions, a lot of servants, wives, concubines, children, relatives and friends lived incomparably luxurious!

All of this was done in secret, and there is no record in the history books, but the love story between Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi faintly revealed Qian Qianyi's wealth. At that time, Qian Qianyi was just a servant of the Ministry of Rites. In reality, the "Wo Wen Room" was specially built, and then the magnificent and gorgeous "Jiangyun Tower" and "Red Bean Pavilion" were built for her in Yushan.If you look at it as a love story, it is indeed deeply affectionate and touching, but if you look at it from another angle, is it free to repair these things?Officials of the Ming Dynasty were notoriously low paid. Where did he get so much money to build these luxurious "golden houses"?
Even officials like Qian Qianyi who were bribed by them are so rich, so how rich are the rich and powerful in Jinling City?What kind of luxurious life did they live?If you want to describe it in detail, at least you can write a long novel. Fortunately, the Red Chamber happened to introduce the dignitaries in Jinling City in the late Ming Dynasty, and the description of their luxury is vivid and vivid:

For example, Jia is not fake, and white jade is the horse of Tang Jin.This Jia Mansion is luxurious, the main hall is made of white jade, and the sculptures in front of the hall are all pure gold!
Another example, Efang Palace, three hundred miles away, cannot accommodate a history of Jinling.This historian is so huge that the palace of three hundred miles can't fit in it!Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, but it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of servants.

Another example is that there is a shortage of white jade beds in the East China Sea, and the Dragon King came to invite the King of Jinling.This Jinling royal family has more money than the legendary Dragon King of the East China Sea. To play luxury goods, the Dragon King of the East China Sea is a few blocks away from his royal family!
Another example is that in a good year, there is heavy snow, and pearls are like earth and gold is like iron.The Xue family must be rich, gold, silver and jewelry are like dung in their eyes!
Of course, the historical background of the Red Chamber has always been a point of contention. Some say it was written in the late Ming Dynasty, while others said it was written in the early Qing Dynasty.In fact, there is nothing to argue about. Under the situation of Daxing Literary Inquisition in the Qing Dynasty, how dare the author mock the princes and nobles of the Qing Dynasty. He is writing about the Qing Dynasty. Based on the "official amulet" in front of him, it is estimated that this book has no chance to be passed on to future generations. up.

Okay, enough gossip, let’s get down to business. In short, from Wanli to Tianqi to Chongzheng, the wealth accumulated by the Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrat group under the protection of the Donglin Party is astonishing. Even Zheng Sen, who no longer regards money as money, is scared. arrive.This is not a joke, the cash copied from the homes of these dignitaries alone amounts to hundreds of millions of taels. What kind of concept is this? From a quantitative point of view, one hundred thousand silver boxes need to be prepared for 1000 taels!

The value of other mansions, lands, shops, workshops, antiques, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings is even more immeasurable. It can be said that Zhu Cijiong collected all the taxes owed by Jiangnan in the past few decades, and finally no longer have to worry about money. Cash alone is enough to solve the peasant uprising army in the northwest.

As for those mansions, fields, shops, workshops, antiques, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, it is also easy to handle. All the shops, workshops, antiques, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings can be merged into Rixinglong Company. For the question of valuation, Dongchang and Jinyiwei will look at it and measure it. Chang Wei and the others didn't dare to lie.The mansion and land property happen to be the private property of the royal family, and the income is several million taels a year. Our little emperor even has money for his private house.

After capturing all the local tyrants in Jiangnan, Zhu Cijiong was not in a hurry to return to the capital. He still had a lot of problems to deal with during his trip to Nanjing.

First of all, Qian Qianyi and other villains in the Donglin Party who were corrupt and perverted the law and used their power for personal gain were all brought to Nanjing for interrogation, but Zhu Cijiong wanted to see if they still pretended to be noble in the face of the mountain of ironclad evidence.

Then, Fushe couldn't let it continue to develop, and Daming couldn't stand the toss anymore. If there was another crony like Donglin Party with power over the government and the opposition, Daming would probably perish.After Qian Qianyi and the others were arrested, Northwest Air Forces came up with a lot of positions, so they asked Fushe to replace them, and sent them to the disaster-stricken area to experience life, and then they knew that running the country is not easy.

In addition, there is no need for the Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Nanjing. These officials are basically involved in corruption. They set up a small court far away from the capital, and it is not easy to supervise. Zhu Cijiong simply took the opportunity to withdraw them all.

Finally, there is the issue of making money. Regardless of the fact that the confiscated cash amounted to hundreds of millions of taels this time, it would not last a few years if it was actually spent. Daming has too many places to spend money. Gold is slowly dying.

As a result, the overall development of Rixinglong was put on the agenda. It just so happened that the confiscated shops were all over the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and there were all state capitals. Woke up.With more investment and the establishment of branches in other provinces and state capitals, Rixinglong Company will really be able to connect the world, and at that time it will definitely be full of financial resources.

There are also those workshops, all of which are purely manual, with relatively low productivity. Zhu Cijiong plans to transform them and equip them with steam power, so that the productivity can be directly doubled.

In the Qing Dynasty, all the textile industries in Jiangnan were merged together to establish a huge Jiangning weaving. Zhu Cijiong’s plan was more than that. He not only wanted to establish Jiangnan weaving, but also Jiangnan porcelain, Jiangnan tea, cloth, silk, and porcelain. The most profitable industries such as tea and tea have to use steam power to become quasi-modern companies.

After the rapid development of productivity, the products will definitely multiply, and sales will become the top priority. There will certainly not be so many products consumed in Guangda Ming. The only way to sell things overseas is to earn money from foreigners.

Zhu Cijiong is still blind to the current overseas situation. Fortunately, Zheng Sen is here. Zheng Sen's father, Zheng Zhilong, is the overlord of Nanyang, and those who are familiar with the overseas situation cannot be more familiar.

Therefore, he asked Zheng Sen to inform Zheng Zhilong directly, saying: The emperor invites you to come to Nanjing for a gathering.

(End of this chapter)