Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 98
The clay puppets are not big, only one foot high, and they are shaped lifelike. Coupled with the power of strong incense, the clay puppets have a bit more majesty.

After playing with it for a while, Su Hao put the clay puppet back into the carriage. Although the power of incense on this clay puppet is very strong, it doesn't have much effect on him. This clay puppet is not like the ghost he met before. Like, it is refined by a secret method, and it cannot become a powerful combat force.

The only thing that is useful is the strong power of incense. The imperial court is very strict about the offering of incense, and the power of incense is a very popular and scarce resource among heretic warlocks. Medicine is not difficult at all.

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Beijing.

Wei's house, the private house of the eunuch Wei Zhongxian outside the imperial palace, since the eunuch party started to rise, the traffic in front of Wei's house has never stopped, and the people queuing up to give gifts even lined up at the street corner. People with no status even entered the house. don't go.

"Commander Tian, ​​is this Jinyiwei straightened out?"

Holding a teacup, Wei Zhongxian spoke softly, and shrewdness flashed through his slightly narrowed eyes from time to time.

"Thanks to my father-in-law, the thorns in the guard have been removed, so it's ready for use."

Tian Ergeng stood at the bottom and said respectfully.

"Commander Tian, ​​today the Minister of the Ministry of War wrote a letter. The Governor of Guizhou Wang Sanshan led the army to repel An Bangyan. The Minister of the Household Department also said that the treasury is empty. Please adjust the internal funds. What do you think should be done?"

Wei Zhongxian said indifferently, a murderous look flashed in his eyes. As a person who can climb from a rascal in the market to the top eunuch today, he knows very well that this is Donglin Party's counterattack against him. When the court sees that Wei Zhongxian is attached to him, he can go straight up.

Later, although he was reprimanded by Zhu Youxiao and lost his position in Baohe Sandian because of the case of King Zheng's Mansion, Luo Sigong became an official and allowed him to control Jinyiwei, and his power was even greater than before.

Naturally, it is impossible for the Donglin Party to make him so comfortable, and now it is here to give him eye drops. In the past few years, the internal funds have been spent like water. The domestic funds each issued 48 million taels of silver to reward the frontier guards in Liaodong and other places. They also abolished the mining tax and tax, and withdrew the mining tax envoy, cutting off the largest source of internal funds.

Next, Zhu Youxiao spent a lot of money on his enthronement. In the first two years, another 200 million yuan was allocated to build the Huangji Palace. Afterwards, Nurhachi led his army to capture the Liaoshen area. Yuan Yingtai, the Liaodong economic strategy, was defeated. For a part of the pension, Sichuan Yongning Xuan comforted She Chongming to rebel. In order to counter the rebellion, the treasury was almost empty.

As a result, before he could recover, the battle of Guangning was a disastrous defeat. Not to mention the loss of land, the land in Liaodong was worthless, but the soldiers' pension was a large sum, and more than half of the internal money was spent. The teaching cut off the canal water transportation for nearly half a year, and Guizhou Anbangyan reversed again. The internal funds once again allocated several 10 taels of silver. You school is very dissatisfied.

And this time it was the counterattack of the Donglin Party. Now Zhu Youxiao is very dissatisfied with the transfer of money from the inside. He can become Zhu Youxiao's most trusted person. Apart from the reason of Kebaba, the more important thing is that he can handle things. Let Zhu Youxiao not worry.

But this time it won’t work if you don’t allocate money from internal funds. Wang Sanshan won the battle. If he lost because of a lack of logistics, Zhu Youxiao would never give him a good face, but if he transferred internal funds, Zhu Youxiao would definitely not Happy, his power comes from Zhu Youxiao's trust. If Zhu Youxiao is unhappy, his position will be suspended, so the most important thing is to get money to fill his internal funds. If Zhu Youxiao is happy, his position will be stable .

"Elder-in-law, didn't those people say to increase taxes? Just follow them."

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's question, Tian Ergeng was taken aback for a moment, but still expressed his thoughts.

"How much money can I get for hunting those mud legs?"

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian sneered. He has been in the market for more than [-] years, and he knows better than anyone else that the people nowadays can't squeeze much money, and the tax increase can't pass his hand. Officials take, he is not so stupid.

"What does the father-in-law mean?"

Tian Ergeng hesitated.

"Beijing-Hangzhou Water Transport, Yellow River, Tianjin."

Wei Zhongxian said calmly, he is from Cangzhou, and Cangzhou relies on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, so he naturally knows how much wealth this river brings together. A small gang relying on the canal wharf can collect tens of thousands of taels of silver. What flows in this river is not water. But blood and gold!
Tianjin is the main hub of the upper reaches of the canal. As long as the Governor of Water Transport and Tianjin are taken down, this golden river will be his. Even if he can't swallow it all, he can still eat a big one. The Yellow River is almost as famous as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. A casual bite is a huge fortune.

"Eunuch, it's not easy to move here, and we don't have enough manpower."

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Tian Ergeng frowned. These vital parts have always been the focus of the court. If these parts are moved, it will really tear the skin off with other civil servants.

"Then mobilize Jinyiwei from Shandong, Henan, and Nanzhili."

Wei Zhongxian said indifferently: "By the way, let's see which ones face our house and which ones eat other people's food."

"Elder-in-law, how should we mobilize?"

Tian Ergeng said in a deep voice, since Wei Zhongxian has already made his decision, there is no room for him to talk, all he has to do is obey orders.

"Cancel the missions of Jinyiwei mission halls in various places first, and add the mission of tracking down the corruption of water transport officials and river officials. Each mission reward will be upgraded to a higher level. In addition, all Jinyiwei who are away will be ordered to return to the Yamen to accept the mission. Those who do not return will be dismissed! Finished Those who fail will be dismissed!"

Wei Zhongxian said with a sneer, after so many years of struggling in the palace, he realized a truth, that is, what he said was false, and what he did was true. If they die, they are his people, if they don't pick them up, they are his enemies.

Hearing Wei Zhongxian's words, Tian Ergeng hesitated for a moment. One of the main responsibilities of Jin Yiwei is to suppress evil spirits, and canceled the task. I don't know how many people died in the hands of evil spirits.

But thinking of Wei Zhongxian's so hot character that he could even kill the brother under him, Tian Ergeng still chose to shut up, because even if he said it, Wei Zhongxian wouldn't care, and it would make Wei Zhongxian annoyed.

"Your Majesty, let's go."

Tian Ergeng answered with cupped hands, and then slowly backed out.

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On the other side, Su Hao has already arrived in Mengyin County. At this time, Su Hao still doesn't know that Jin Yiwei is about to change. There is not much time for him to grow up. The huge waves of the times are coming. Go forward, or be swept away by the waves, and be silent since then.

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