I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 237
Chapter 236

When Catherine heard Cheng Shijie's words, she suddenly burst into laughter, mocking herself that she was worrying too much.

As Cheng Shijie said, since the beginning of the [-]th century, the Republic of Venice, the city-state, has quickly become a wealthy commercial center since it gained independence from the Roman Empire through wars. During the Crusades, Venice took advantage of business and war, Encroached on a large area of ​​territory.

With a strong economy, Venice has made extraordinary achievements in culture, shipbuilding, architecture, painting, and sculpture. Even though Venice has lost a large number of overseas colonies, the nationality of the Venetian city-state Republic is still very popular in Europe.

People from other countries tried their best to squeeze in and obtain the nationality of the Venetian city-state. Some people did not hesitate to spend 5000 ducats, which is equivalent to [-] taels of silver.Even when Venice faced the invasion of the Ottoman Empire, there were many sailors and soldiers, including merchants.

However, the Duke of Venice would rather die than surrender.As for leaving after learning?If your brain is flooded, just leave!

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "As early as more than 200 years ago, your Venice city-state republic began to have ten-member councils for life, and your Venice was controlled by oligarchs. This is the beginning of your weakness. If you don't change this situation, you will suffer even more in the future Many failures, because the oligopoly of wealth cuts off the room for promotion, your Venetian nobles will always be nobles, but the common people have no room to change their destiny, this is very dangerous!"

Catherine sighed and said, "My father is no longer the Governor of Venice. I can't change this kind of thing anymore!"

Cheng Shijie smiled lightly: "I believe that our Venice will become more and more prosperous and more vigorous. A country full of vitality has a bright future. If anyone walks away after completing his studies, he is unwilling to repay you for training you for several years. Even more than ten years of Venice can only prove that he is an idiot! Such an idiot, there is no need to feel bad for Venice if they all leave!"

This made Cheng Shijie think of future generations. On the Internet and among the people, they have always felt sorry for the loss of talent, and even hated those who left for Europe and the United States.But in fact, this kind of thing is actually nothing to worry about. It is undeniable that it is a pity for some people to go out, and some people are not worthy of pity.

Influenced by the beautiful Chinese people, Wudaokou has been instilling foreign values ​​from professors to students. In that environment, it is normal for their students to have the perception that the moon in the beautiful country is rounder than China.

Real talent doesn't go out unless they have other ideas.Cheng Shijie knew very well that he was Wei Peisheng of Hansteel Group, and even now he still did not leave his job at Hansteel Group.

Because he has different feelings for Hansteel Group, the state-owned enterprise system is quite fair and suitable for the environment with Chinese characteristics, at least talents will be reused instead of being buried.

Of course, some "talents" just think they are talents, not real talents.Just like the author, I used to think that I was a talent, and I wanted to write different themes and stories to prove that I was better.As a result, the author understood that the author was just an idiot.

When others were writing popular and popular topics, only the author wrote about niche and unpopular topics. As a result, he did not get on the express train of Internet development.

In all fairness, Catherine thinks that although Cheng Shijie greedily accepted her 100 million ducats, the solution to Venice's problem is also to prescribe medicine for Venice's illness, but the ineffectiveness of the medicine is something that Catherine cannot predict.

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Beijing City, the Forbidden City, Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet who was preparing to take over, heard the news of Zheng Zhilong's defeat, and dropped the book in his hand to the ground.

For Wen Tiren, this is already an extremely embarrassing performance, but now he can't take care of it at all, just staring at his staff, wanting to make sure that the other party is joking with him: "What did you say, say it again , how could Zheng Zhilong fail?"

Wen Tiren's staff told Wen Tiren the battle report just received.

For a long while, Wen Tiren sat blankly on the soft couch without any reaction.

In fact, for Cheng Shijie, an uncontrolled general, Wen Tiren and the entire civil official group did not like Cheng Shijie. Of course, if Cheng Shijie, like Zu Dashou, was willing to share the benefits in his hands with the Wentuan Group, then Cheng Shijie would immediately Will become the pillar of the country in the eyes of the civil official group.

But the problem is that Cheng Shijie is not a bird of the civil official group, but grabs meat from the civil official group everywhere.For example, the Liao pay was originally the money bag and small treasury of the civil official group.

But as Ning Haijun rubbed Jiannu on the ground, Jiannu's vitality was seriously injured, and the Guanning Army seemed very incompetent. Emperor Chongzhen repeatedly embezzled Guanning Army's Liao pay.Without Cheng Shijie, they could instigate Guan Ning's army to mutiny, thereby forcing Emperor Chongzhen to compromise.

But the problem is that now Emperor Chongzhen is eager for the Guan Ning Army to mutiny, because the Ning Navy has more than 2 troops stationed in Guangning, one step away from Jinzhou, and surrounds Jinzhou from three directions. Once the Guan Ning Army dares to mutiny, the Ning Navy Absolutely go north to suppress the rebels as soon as possible.

As Cheng Shijie's territory in Liaodong became larger and larger, the imperial court could not intervene at all. Officials were appointed to Liaodong to fight against one faction in Liaodong. The civil official group played very smoothly and had absolutely rich experience.

But the problem is that Cheng Shijie is a soldier of all people in Liaodong. The people have weapons seized by Ning Haijun, as well as bows and crossbows from Jiannu, including firecrackers, especially revolvers. These things are very deadly, no matter how strong they are When a big man faced a revolver, he would fall down with one shot.

Almost everyone in Liaodong has a weapon, and it is clearly stipulated that in order to prevent Jiannu attacks, all weapons can only be used for self-defense, but weapons are not allowed to be taken out of the house without the permission of the Liaodong Management Committee.

This is really fucked up. The officials sent by the civil servants to Liaodong want to exploit the place, the risk is extremely high, and they want to apportion exorbitant taxes, right?Okay, if they close the door, if I don't pay, what can you do with me?Break in?Beware that the person inside will kill you with a gun or a knife!The worst thing is that those bastards and Cheng Shijie backed them, they were shot to death by them, and those officials died in vain!

The officials sent to Liaodong were unwilling to go there alive or dead. They were three-year-old magistrates with one hundred thousand snowflakes, but they didn't know if they were ordered to stay here for three years. There was no way for them to be officials.

The key is that Cheng Shijie doesn't follow the routine. As long as a corrupt official is found out, not only will the person die, but the whole family will also suffer. No matter where the official is, as long as there is an accident in Liaodong, their family will definitely encounter bandits and their property will be robbed If you don't say anything, all the family members will disappear.

Of course, this is just a special operations team controlled by Cheng Shijie in the hands of Chen Guodong. It has only one responsibility, and it specializes in corrupt officials. Under the deterrence of this special operation, go to Liaodong to become an official?If there is any way, he is absolutely unwilling to go to Liaodong to become an official, and the ones sent there are only the unlucky ones whose grandma doesn't love him or his uncle doesn't love him.

Such unlucky people can only be officials when they arrive in Liaodong. When they are Cheng Shijie's officials, they will obey Cheng Shijie's words and implement the various management regulations of Liaodong. They have their lives and can live a good life.

The problem of corrupt officials that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't solve by skinning and filling grass was solved by Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie didn't need the joint trial of the three divisions, and he didn't need the evidence from the court officials.

This special operations team was established for a year and a half, and it went out fifteen times. It was secretly called the "Hunting Order" by the officials, and the whole family was hooked with one hook.

After trying impeachment to no effect, slander to no avail, and strikes to no effect, the Wen Ti Ren He civil official group took a lot of effort to provoke a fierce battle between the two evil dragons, Cheng Shijie and Zheng Zhilong, and got a situation where they could sit together and watch the tiger Great opportunity to fight.

In fact, Wen Tiren also contributed a lot here, and even personally wrote to the governor of Fujian many times, asking the governor of Fujian to mobilize people around Zheng Zhilong to kill the sea merchants.This is the lifeblood of Ning Haijun. After Ning Haijun made a big move, Wen Xiuren couldn't sit still, so he simply sent people to Fuxiamen to contact Zheng Zhilong.

In his dreams, he hoped that Cheng Shijie and Zheng Zhilong would fight, and it would be best if they would both lose. As for how much the people would suffer and how many people would die because of this, it was completely out of his consideration. He only wanted Cheng Shijie to die!

Wen Tiren hated Cheng Shijie so much, not because of jealousy. Of course, he was madly jealous of Cheng Shijie. He became the head of civil servants in Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's great official in frontiers with great power of life and death.

Cheng Shijie was not from a Jinshi background, so he could not threaten Wen Tiren's status, but the problem was that behind Cheng Shijie was Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong.

But now Xu Guangqi is in good health, has suffered a serious illness, and is getting better and better after recuperating, especially Cheng Shijie worships Sun Chengzong as his teacher. These two great gods have absolute strength to crush him.

Especially Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi, because of Cheng Shijie's relationship, were relied on by Chongzhen as the pillars of the town.

Wen Tiren and Cheng Shijie are at odds. The most important reason is that there are rumors that Cheng Shijie is the successor of Mohism and Legalism and shoulders the important task of revitalizing Mohism and Legalism!

At the beginning, he thought it was a rumor, but after carefully studying Cheng Shijie's political actions and his style of dealing with people, he was horrified to find that this guy is almost the embodiment of Mohism and Legalism!
The most obvious point is to act according to the law, and there are no grades of punishment. In his jurisdiction, whether it is a gentleman, a scholar, a high-ranking official, or a trafficker, once he commits a crime, he will be dealt with according to the law, and he will be punished according to the law. There is no room for flexibility.

As for the Mohist thought is too obvious in him, first of all, this guy has an almost fanatical interest in mechanics, natural science, etc., and strives for perfection. ", "Tian Zhi", "Ming Gui", "Unfate", "Unpleasant", "Festival Burial", "Economic Use" and other propositions were put into practice one by one under his vigorous promotion...

Well, "Fei Gong" is playing, this guy is more aggressive than a mad dog!

Legalism and Mohism, the two most glorious schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, had profoundly influenced the development of China.Although these two schools have gradually declined since the Western Han Dynasty dominated Confucianism, especially Mohism, which has almost disappeared, but it does not mean that Confucianism can sit back and relax.

The inheritance of the Mohist school has never been broken. No matter how declining it is, it has always been gnashing its teeth and persisting. It has survived a long period of 2000 years, and finally in exchange for the sudden emergence of today, it has swept through Liaodong with lightning speed.

The most serious thing is that Mohism is a fatal threat to Confucianism, and it must not be tolerated!
The struggle between civil servants and military generals turned into a life-and-death contest between Confucianism, Legalism, and Mohism, either you die or I die!
However, Wen Tiren never thought that Cheng Shijie had become a huge mountain before he knew it, weighing him down so much that he couldn't breathe, and he wanted to overturn it in his dreams!
However, the news he received gave him a very headache. Zheng Zhilong was defeated by Cheng Shijie. Various warships lost thousands, the main battleship lost one-third, and as many as 300 main battleships were wiped out, especially Zheng Zhilong's elite The sailors suffered more than 5000 casualties, and the losses of the marine troops were not heavy, but they also exceeded [-].

Whether it is a land battle or a sea battle, the Zheng Group is vulnerable!This kind of bad news broke Wen Tiren. Jiannu, who was like a wolf like a tiger, became paralyzed when he met Cheng Shijie, and Zheng Zhilong, who was so majestic, also blew up when he met Cheng Shijie.

Could it be that Cheng Shijie is invincible?
Seeing Wen Tiren's constipated face, Yang Siyuan, the staff member, forced a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Ge, this small failure is nothing to Dudu Zheng, it's just a drop in the bucket... Besides, Cheng Shijie's loss is also quite heavy. You need to concentrate all your strength to make a thunderous blow, and you can wipe him out..."

Wen Tiren sighed for a long time and said, "This time, Cheng Shijie can't hold back!"

"If you really can't hold it down, then you can only put him on the fire!"

"Siyuan, what can you do?"

"Students have some stupid opinions!"

"But it doesn't matter!"

"Then draw from the bottom of the pot!"

"But how to draw?"

Yang Siyuan said gloomyly: "Push Cheng Shijie out and remove him from the position of governor of Liaodong!"

"Move?"

Wen Tiren smiled lightly and said, "Do you think it's easy to move Cheng Shijie away? Believe it or not, as soon as Cheng Shijie leaves on the front foot, Jiannu will come back from the ashes on the back foot?"

It was extremely difficult for Wen Tiren to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. In all fairness, Cheng Shijie knew many things, and he also knew that Cheng Shijie knew that Shanxi merchants were collaborating with the enemy and traitorous to the country.

But how could this Chief Assistant not know?
Of course, Wen Tiren also knows, but Cheng Shijie can pierce this layer of window paper, but he can't, because he is a party with vested interests. If he betrays his own class, Wen Tiren will be more beautiful than Pan Renmei of Song Dynasty, or the Like Su Dingfang in the Tang Dynasty, he was terribly hacked.

It will definitely be infamous forever.

"Siyuan, you don't know that Cheng Shijie has been in Dengzhou for less than a year. Now there are Cheng Shijie's people in Dengzhou, and Cheng Shijie's influence. If he leaves Liaodong, who can guard Liaodong?"

In fact, Wen Tiren is also very clear that Jianu must not be revived, otherwise he will come to the city again, and he will be the chief assistant.

Emperor Chongzhen was a man who held grudges. Back then, none of the members of the cabinet disappeared, and Emperor Chongzhen found an opportunity to clean them up. Not only the cabinet, but even the officials above the level of the six ministries and all ministries were all settled by Qiuhou.

Wen Tiren didn't want to be ransacked by Emperor Chongzhen. Is it easy for him to get some money after he has been the chief assistant all these years?

"Then let him go back to Beijing and serve as the governor of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, and let him tear himself away from Wei Guogong and the others!"

"Wei Guogong, he doesn't even dare to fart!"

Wen Tiren smiled lightly and said: "Zheng Zhilong is still a wolf. A wolf is not an opponent of a tiger. This is understandable, but Wei Guogong is just a dog. If a dog fights a tiger, the dog doesn't even dare to bark its teeth."

Yang Siyuan thought for a while and said, "There is only one last solution."

"any solution?"

"Three people make a tiger, and one mouth makes gold!"

This is the easiest and most trouble-free way, just move the pen, easy and enjoyable.

Wen Tiren immediately wrote two characters "Backway" and handed it to his disciples and old officials, who immediately understood the meaning of Lord Shoufu.

"The minister impeached Cheng Consort Duwei for deceiving the emperor..."

Princess Weishang, the son-in-law, originally had great kindness from the Tian family, but Cheng Shijie actually took several concubines. Where does this princess belong?
"The minister impeached Governor Cheng and privately awarded military merit..."

"My minister impeached General Cheng, oppressed scholars and gentry, and wantonly extorted and killed them. This is to destroy the foundation of Ming Dynasty..."

This incident is not only caused by the officials of the DPRK and China, but also scholars from various provinces jumped up and made trouble. Among them, the scholars in Jiangnan are the most violent. Jiangnan is a paradise for tax evasion. This is the sum of the salt tax and tea tax paid in a year. A magical place with less than 200 taels of silver!

But now Cheng Shijie is stuck collecting taxes at Wusongkou, which is taking food from them. These scholars in the south of the Yangtze River recite poems, compose poems, and write articles.

Those memorials and vicious articles about the impeachment of Cheng Shijie also flew in like snowflakes, and he was too embarrassed to go out to say hello if he didn't receive one or two hundred a day.

Cheng Shijie didn't know anything about the ups and downs on the Chaozhong side, of course, he wasn't interested in knowing.

In fact, his relationship with Gao Qiqian is a relationship of interest.Because he is a tiger, Gao Qiqian can snatch food from the mouths of Jiangnan gentry.

Cheng Shijie didn't pay attention to the movement in the capital, but Gao Qiqian, who had played power struggles all his life, was keenly aware of this problem, so he ran back to the capital without saying a word.

Gao Qiqian, who came to the capital, was very embarrassed. He deliberately made himself stinky, and then exposed his tanned skin in the south of the Yangtze River, and went directly to Emperor Chongzhen to plead guilty.

Gao Qiqian hugged Emperor Chongzhen's thigh, crying.

After crying for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little inexplicable: "Gao Daban, you are..."

"My lord, this servant is suffering!"

The high-pitched tears are like pearls with broken strings, pattering down.

Under the repeated questioning of Emperor Chongzhen, Gao Qiqian was reluctant to express his grievances. He told Emperor Chongzhen that Zheng Zhilong bribed gentry officials because he couldn't beat Cheng Shijie and was unwilling to hand over the benefits he swallowed. .

Emperor Chongzhen was still wondering why there were more memorials to impeach Cheng Shijie these days.

It turns out that the roots are here.

Gao Qiqian is definitely an expert in framing people, so he immediately took out Jin Yiwei's secret report.

Jinyiwei has long since lost its prestige in the early Ming Dynasty, but the centipedes are dead but not stiff. It may be a bit embarrassing for them to steal military intelligence, but let them check the officials who danced the most, what color underwear are they wearing tonight? , that is no problem at all.

Gao Qiqian guards the Yangtze River Estuary and specializes in collecting merchant ship taxes. Now he is not short of money, and the remuneration for Jinyiwei is quite generous. This kind of low-risk and high-reward work has always been everyone's favorite. Jiangnan Jinyiwei has transformed into the most professional The paparazzi, if you want to find out whoever you want, just say it, and I promise to find out all the scandals of their ancestors for eighteen generations!
These officials from Jiangnan have unclean buttocks.Since the Ming Dynasty has always treated scholars and gentry favorably, their encroachment on fertile land and tax evasion are not considered big things.

But the problem is that these things already exist, plus selling salt and iron to the rebels, receiving property looted by the rebels, cashing out for the rebels, including driving up prices, as for bullying men and women, this is considered child's play.

The key point is that Gao Qiqian's most amazing thing is that he listed a large number of figures, such as a certain official, how much land he has, how many shops he has, how much money he has in his family, and how much usury he has.

Seeing how rich the minister who was crying with Emperor Chongzhen all day was so rich, Emperor Chongzhen's face turned green with anger: "It's really a good minister of mine!"

Emperor Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said: "Gao Daban!"

"The servant is here!"

"I leave this matter to you!"

"Slaves don't know what to do?"

"Copy the house!"

Gao Qiqian was ecstatic in his heart, the opportunity to make a fortune came.

"Slaves take orders!"

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen's temper had been familiarized by the ministers. It can be said that he loved face and had a strong vanity. As long as everyone made a fuss and cried, Emperor Chongzhen would compromise.

But the problem is, this time they miscalculated.

Don't be afraid of hooligans with great skills, but be afraid of hooligans with culture.

Gao Qiqian learned badly from Cheng Shijie. When Cheng Shijie decided to fight Zheng Zhilong, what really moved Emperor Chongzhen was the more than 1000 million taels of silver.

What can impress Emperor Chongzhen?
Only silver can't beat Emperor Chongzhen, that can only show that there is too little silver.

But which of these officials and gentry is not worth millions of taels of silver?
Gao Qiqian's actions were very fast, starting from the capital city, within a day, he copied three companies in a row, and got more than 160 million taels of silver alone.

Soon, Wen Tiren figured out the flavor. These officials who had their homes ransacked all had one characteristic. The person who impeached Cheng Shijie the most viciously and ruthlessly was also the one who jumped the most.

Wen Tiren thought about it but didn't understand why Emperor Chongzhen changed his sex?

(End of this chapter)