Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 266 Big Action (1)

Regarding the eradication of the eight major Shanxi merchants, the Emperor Chongzhen did not know how much he could gain in detail. However, the Emperor Chongzhen estimated at least 4000 million taels of silver as a base for the total value obtained from the house raids.

This includes hoarded cash, accumulatively purchased fields and real estate, treasured antique calligraphy and paintings, jewelry and jewelry, as well as grain, salt and iron found everywhere.

Since the Wanli Dynasty, the situation in Liaodong continued to be turbulent, and the military group headed by Nurhachi unified the Jurchen. In order to weaken the power of the Jianlu, the Ming Dynasty adopted economic sanctions and closed the northern border market, hoping to lock up the Jianlu who were not engaged in production.

It's just that the market economy that has been formed for a long time has been completely shut down with only one official document, which has touched too many interest groups, so the eight major Shanxi merchants headed by Fan Yongdou took advantage of the loopholes.

Since engaging in the smuggling trade, all kinds of materials that Jianlu lacked here, and even the gains from the wars plundered in Liaodong, have all been circulated through Fan Yongdou and the others. How much profit is hidden in it, I am afraid that only the parties like Fan Yongdou are concerned. The most clear.

"Bi Qing, I really didn't expect that there are so many moths and rebels with different intentions hidden under the rule of the country!" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Bi Ziyan who was specially called, and said with a serious heart.

"At the beginning, the Guochao wanted to lock down the rampant Jianlu, and closed the discussion field for this, but after all these years of implementation, Bi Qing knows exactly what the effect is, right?

At the beginning, I still couldn't understand why the longer the blockade was, the stronger the Jianlu who ravaged Liaodong became, and they even broke into my Daming Pass.

In recent years, northern Xinjiang has been frequently plundered by various Mongolian ministries.

After Yuan Chonghuan's case, Jin Yiwei unintentionally interrogated some clues, and found out this unheard-of collaborating with the enemy, and I fully understand it.

It was this group of rebels with different intentions who, taking advantage of the omissions of the state government, secretly bribed local officials and generals, and secretly communicated with the establishment of the Eight Banners, causing the state government to suffer huge losses! "

Bi Ziyan's expression was serious, his brows were tightly frowned, and his heart was in a state of confusion. Regarding the case of collusion with the enemy that Zhangjiakoubao had investigated, even at this moment, he still has not recovered from his shock.

Many things that I couldn't figure out before were much clearer when it came to the case of collaborating with the enemy. No wonder Jianlu knew the situation in Daming territory like the palm of his hand.

Previously in the Tianqi Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian relied on the captured Wu Changchun, this meticulous construction, the son-in-law of Li Yongfang, won a lot of political advantages.

"Your Majesty, this case must be strictly investigated."

Bi Ziyan collected his mind, cupped his hands and said, "However, there are many things involved in this case, and I feel that it is not enough to rely on Li Shufu to rush to Xuanfu Town.

On the side of the country, ministers should be selected from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple to go to..."

"Bi Qing, I'm very relieved that Li Qing will take full charge of this case."

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and interrupted: "I believe that Li Qing can handle the case of collaborating with the enemy in Xuanfu Town. I have summoned Bi Qing here because I have other matters to discuss."

Generally speaking, Bi Ziyan is reliable and pragmatic. Although he is a member of the Donglin Party, he is also a capable minister in terms of finance. Before a new deal can be achieved, Emperor Chongzhen wants to use Bi Ziyan again.

After all, the taxation system of the Ming Dynasty is too cumbersome, if you want to step over it in one step, and implement the taxation system of the New Deal, I am afraid that it will all be messed up under the Ming Dynasty.

This time when Bi Ziyan was called over, Emperor Chongzhen had a very clear idea. He just wanted to reopen the discussion. After all, this time he wanted to resolutely get rid of the eight major Shanxi merchants, but facing the temptation of huge interests, no one can guarantee that it will last for a long time. , There will be no new eight Shanxi merchants.

Blocking is worse than sparse!

"Bi Qing, after the case of collaborating with the enemy in Xuanfu Town appeared, I thought in my heart that when the Guochao closed the discussion field and wanted to lock up the Jianlu Eight Banners, whether this matter was right or wrong."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up and said with a solemn expression: "The world is prosperous because of profit, and the world is turbulent because of profit. In the face of absolute interests, even if you risk beheading and exterminating the family, I am afraid that there will still be many people. , willing to take risks and do this profitable thing.

One of the eight great thieves fell today, who can really guarantee that another eight great thieves will not rise tomorrow?

Since this is the case, why did Guochao close the discussion field?Doesn't this run counter to the original intention of closing the market before? "

The emperor wants to reopen the Northern Xinjiang market?

But if you really choose to reopen, how can you avoid a situation similar to the collusion case?

Bi Ziyan looked solemn, but he began to think in his heart. At present, Daming's overall advantage in Liaodong is very weak, and the momentum of establishing the Eight Banners has already begun.

If the Northern Xinjiang market is really restored, wouldn't it be more beneficial to Jianlu Eight Banners over time?
Looking at the silent Bi Ziyan and the Chongzhen Emperor standing with his hands behind his back, it was easy to see what was going on in his heart, but Daming's simple and rude way of closing the discussion field and passively implementing economic sanctions against the Eight Banners of the Jiankui, In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, it was too simple and rude, obviously not in the interests of Daming.

In this northern border crossing, the thieves Shuoshu scrambled to sell the country for profit, and the Mongolian ministries lost trade channels, so they could only invade and plunder the northern border every year.

"Bi Qing, I plan to reopen the northern Xinjiang market."

Emperor Chongzhen flicked his robe sleeves, and said with a serious expression: "But at this stage, only Zhangjiakou Fort is opened, and how to increase it in the future depends on the situation.

However, the reopening of the market does not mean that everything can be brought to the market for sale. On the Guochao side, the supervision of the market must be strengthened.

At the same time, I plan to give the inner factory and Jinyiwei the right to supervise.

In order to facilitate the management of the market, I intend to establish the Thirteen Banks of the market, to clarify various systems, to divide the items that are allowed to be sold and those that are prohibited, and to be directly managed by the Ministry of Accounts. I have written the detailed regulations. Bi Qing, you can go first Learn about. "

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a long time about the re-opening of the court and the implementation of economic sanctions, but in the end he rejected the idea of ​​dispatching a group of eunuchs from the inner court to take over the court with full power.

The Wanli Dynasty sent eunuchs to guard the eunuchs, and the lessons learned from the past are vivid.

The group of eunuchs and eunuchs in the inner court are just a pack of wolves out of the eyes of the Son of Heaven. Even if they are the best people, they will eventually be corroded.

In the final analysis, eunuchs who have been castrated have distorted psychology.

"Your Majesty... this thirteen lines of discussion is really a good solution."

Bi Ziyan read the Chinese book in his hand, opened his eyes slightly, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "If this can be done well, the thirteen lines of the market will be closely monitored, and anyone who dares to collaborate with the enemy will be directly arrested, ransacked and executed, and punished heavily. Traveling to merchants is the reality of walking and sitting.

Then the re-opening of the market can effectively prevent the prohibited items from being secretly sold, and those quasi-sold items can weaken the foundation of the Mongolian ministries and the Eight Banners at high prices.

This strategy is very good!

If it can be implemented, Guochao can increase its tax revenue by at least 200 million taels a year! "

(End of this chapter)