Don't panic when traveling through the late Ming Dynasty, just go to Liangjian and buy a machin

A wealthy businessman who got into trouble in the capital.

In fact, he is not really wealthy.

For example, the Eight Major Shanxi Merchants, the East Factory did not touch them this time.

This is to avoid alerting the enemy.

Scare away the Shanxi Merchants Group...

This time, the target of the East Factory was attacked.

They were just a few branches opened in the capital by merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

And there are just a few semicolons.

The East Depot obtained millions of taels of silver.

Half of the silver was used as funding for the East Factory, and the other half was given to He Chongzhen to enrich the imperial treasury.

That’s a full 100 million taels of silver!

Today, the entire Ming Dynasty’s financial revenue.

It's only a few million taels of silver a year.

And what about the court’s annual expenditure?

The court’s annual income is not enough to cover military expenses. How can we live like this?

At this time Chongzhen began to regret.

Why did he listen to the lies of the civil servants and abolish the salt tax and mining tax?

That’s all free money!

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of these things, he felt a pang of pain in his heart.

So Chongzhen made up his mind.

We must allow the East Factory to develop and grow rapidly.

By then, there will be the eight major Shanxi merchants, maritime merchants and salt merchants.

Get rid of all those illegal businessmen.

Wouldn’t there be money in the national treasury and the imperial purse?

With money, things become much easier...

……

Chongzhen was imagining a bright future.

Suddenly, Wang Chengen's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask you."

Chongzhen: "Come in."

Wang Chengen pushed the door open cautiously.

Then he handed a memorial to Emperor Chongzhen.

He said, "Your Majesty, this is Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Dudu, reporting back from the front with military intelligence and memorials."

"Yuan Chonghuan? Could it be that the Jiannu are invading the border again?" Chongzhen asked.

He quickly took the memorial and started reading it.

What I saw was totally unexpected.

It turned out that Mao Wenlong and his men launched a full-scale attack on Liaodong.

And Mao Wenlong's subordinates were near Jinzhou City.

In a frontal combat in the field, several thousand Tatar cavalry were annihilated.

More than half of them are the real elite of the Eight Banners.

This surprised Emperor Chongzhen.

The Later Jin Tartars were already so difficult to deal with.

If Mao Wenlong and his men occupied Liaodong and then set their sights on the Central Plains.

What would the Ming Dynasty court do to respond?

But fortunately, what happened next.

Yuan Chonghuan analyzed the situation.

It is believed that if nothing unexpected happens, Mao Wenlong and his men will soon occupy the entire Liaodong.

However, after Mao Wenlong and his men occupied Liaodong.

They are unlikely to enter the country and head south in the short term.

So Yuan Chonghuan thought this was an opportunity - an opportunity to rectify internal affairs and develop himself.

Yuan Chonghuan suggested reducing the size of the border troops.

And a part of the elite troops of the border troops were transferred to strengthen the Ming Dynasty's Beijing camp.

Then the troops from the Beijing camp were sent to fight in turns.

To suppress peasant uprisings in various places.

This is to achieve the purpose of training through fighting.

Gradually build a strong army to cope with future changes in the situation.

By the way, maritime merchants and Shanxi merchants were also mentioned in a tactful way.

Describe those illegal businessmen as blood-sucking leeches.

By the way, I mentioned how rich those wealthy merchants were.

Yuan Chonghuan suggested to Emperor Chongzhen that he should get rid of those illegal businessmen as soon as possible...

……

The situation in Liaodong has changed dramatically now.

If Yuan Chonghuan continued to stay in Liaodong.

The first is that, as he analyzed, it may not have much effect.

The second reason is that they are afraid that Mao Wenlong and his men will go south one day.

So the first person to be unlucky was Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan used to target Mao Wenlong everywhere.

He didn't think Mao Wenlong would let him go.

So Yuan Chonghuan was anxious to leave Liaodong.

Plus Yuan Chonghuan, from Wang Huazhen's actions.

Did you roughly guess what Emperor Chongzhen was thinking and what he wanted to do?

Yuan Chonghuan felt this was an opportunity.

As long as he holds on to the emperor's thigh tightly.

It is not impossible for him to become a prime minister and hold a high position in the future.

Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan simply sold out the maritime merchants and Shanxi merchants.

In exchange for the trust of Emperor Chongzhen and the opportunity to leave the Liaodong front...

After Emperor Chongzhen read it.

He fell into deep thought while holding the memorial.

I think what Yuan Chonghuan said makes a lot of sense.

But if these things want to be carried out.

The resistance you will face is unimaginable!

Chongzhen asked, "My dear companion, please send Minister Wang to see me."

Wang Chengen: "I obey your order..."

Then he quickly sent someone to summon Wang Huazhen.

Today, Wang Huazhen has been appointed by Chongzhen as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War.

Holding great power and holding a high position.

He seems to be another big shot in the court.

Many middle and lower-level officials flocked to Wang Huazhen.

A considerable force has been formed in the court...

Wang Huazhen during this period.

In addition to secretly cooperating with Wang Chengen to set up the East Factory.

Another important task is to conduct a survey of the Beijing camp.

Because Wang Huazhen knew very well how powerful the Donglin Party and the forces behind it were.

Therefore, Wang Huazhen proposed to conduct a survey of the Beijing camp.

Then slowly find a way to take control of the Beijing camp.

Even if you cannot control all of it, you must at least control some of the military power.

Let some generals only obey the emperor's orders.

I would not hesitate to die for the emperor.

Only then will we have the confidence to take action against various interest groups.

So Wang Huazhen seemed to be at ease on the surface, but in fact, he was very busy in private...

Regarding Wang Huazhen's restoration.

The Donglin Party carried out many impeachment campaigns.

However, those memorials impeaching Wang Huazhen.

They were basically ignored by Emperor Chongzhen.

The two people Chongzhen trusts the most now are Wang Chengen and Wang Huazhen.

There is no need to say what Wang Chengen said.

Wang Huazhen exposed a lot of negative information about Donglin and maritime merchants in front of Chongzhen.

Although those things have not been fully verified.

However, Chongzhen ordered the newly formed East Factory to follow the direction and clues provided by Wang Huazhen.

Some evidence has been found.

And after Wang Huazhen was restored to power.

Many people gave him gifts, and Wang Huazhen accepted them all without hesitation.

He just turned around and handed the silver back to Chongzhen.

This kind of minister is capable of doing practical things and making money.

Emperor Chongzhen said: It would be better if you could give me a few more.

So Chongzhen trusted Wang Huazhen very much...

……

After Wang Huazhen arrived hurriedly.

Another memorial was submitted to Chongzhen.

The content of this memorial was similar to the one Chongzhen had read before.

However, this memorial was submitted through the Ministry of War.

Therefore, the part about Yuan Chonghuan’s analysis and suggestions is missing.

Chongzhen handed over the memorial submitted by Wang Chengen.

Gave it to Wang Huazhen to read.

Then he asked, "Lord Wang, what do you think about this?"