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Chapter 294
Soon, Chen Er turned around and told Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, these armors are average and barely usable! Compared with those worn by Jianlu, they are much worse."

When Wu Weiting heard this, his expression relaxed, and his complexion suddenly became much better.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Go to the warehouse and check again. I don't just want fifty sets of armor."

"Observe the order!" Chen Er agreed, then turned around and walked through the courtyard, striding into the warehouse gate guarded by the big Han general.

When Wu Weiting saw it, his expression became unnatural again, and he hurried out of the queue to play to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the warehouse is very large, and the servants went in to show Chen Baihu where it is."

"No need!" Emperor Chongzhen said coldly, "I said before that what I want is fine armor, but what you put out is not as good as Jianlu's. Wouldn't it be said that this barely usable armor is my armor?" Is it the best armor of Ming Dynasty?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Weiting couldn't stand anymore, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, these armors are indeed the most sophisticated armors in the warehouse."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen twitched the corner of his mouth and let out a sneer.Hmph, admit it yourself!
"Your Majesty, the servants are only in charge of the armory. Whether these armors are good or bad depends on the Bureau of War and the Bureau of Armaments!" Wu Tingwei continued to play with an aggrieved face.

However, when he saw Emperor Chongzhen's face was very cold, and his eyes were full of dissatisfaction, the face that pretended to be wronged slowly disappeared, and he could no longer lift his head, and said in a much lower voice: "Slaves are lazy, When handing over the weapons, let the subordinates do it for you, without strict checks, so the quality of the weapons in the warehouse is not high..."

"Enough!" Emperor Chongzhen suddenly shouted coldly, his heart was full of disappointment, this dead eunuch was lucky enough to shirk responsibility again and again, did he really think that he was the former Emperor Chongzhen, young and easy to fool?

This cold shout made Wu Weiting kneel down in fright, not daring to distinguish any more, and the courtyard suddenly fell silent.

After waiting for a long time, Chen Ercai came out of the warehouse with a shocked expression on his face. He strode to the front of the imperial court and said: "Your Majesty, although there are many armors and military equipment in the warehouse, most of them are crudely made. They may be worn in ordinary times, but once they are worn If we start a battle, those armors and ordnance will most likely miss the job!"

Having said that, he paused for a while, then turned around and pointed to the armor on his back, "These are the best in the warehouse. There are probably no more than a hundred armors of this quality in the warehouse." .”

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand to Chen Er and asked him to stand aside, then stared at Wu Weiting who was kneeling in front of him, and seeing that his body was shaking slightly, he said in a cold voice: "When the weapons are put into storage, you are the one who collects them." Time for bribes, right? Even if your subordinates take the money, why don’t you make a confession? I can guess this kind of thing with my toes!”

Wu Weiting's body shook even more, and he didn't dare to answer, so he just lay there.

"Come on, take me to Jinyiwei Imperial Prison, and I will tell you after I have verified the specific situation!" Emperor Chongzhen gave an order, and the accompanying captain of Jinyiwei rushed over like a wolf, and dragged Wu Wei, who was like a puddle of mud, away.

The end of the Ming Dynasty is a mess, and now we have to start cleaning up one by one!Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, so he ordered the eunuch in charge of the Military Bureau and the ambassador of the Military Bureau of the Ministry of Industry to have an audience.

However, he was a little undecided in his mind whether to investigate the issue of military weapons strictly to the end.As he said just now, if you think about it with your toes, you can know that in terms of military corruption, it is definitely not just the eunuch in charge of the military bureau and the ambassador of the military bureau leading such a major corruption case.

There is a great possibility that their superiors, as well as the commanders of the various armies, and the people in charge of the military department participated in the whole line, otherwise, if any link is strict, it will not be like this.

This is the case with weapons, what about the others?As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts diverged, he suddenly felt a little powerless.If you want to rejuvenate Daming, there are still many things that need to be changed!

In later generations, he had watched several films that reflected Hong Kong in the 70s.At that time, Hong Kong was corrupt from top to bottom, just like the late Ming Dynasty now.In the end, the Independent Commission Against Corruption was established, and after catching a batch of them, it announced that other corruptions should not be blamed, and the situation gradually improved.

It is true to say that in an environment where everyone is greedy, it is impossible for someone not to be greedy. This is the so-called people who are in the rivers and lakes and cannot help themselves.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen sighed in his heart, and then ordered: "When the two of them arrive, let them take a good look at the warehouse by themselves, and don't need to see me."

After he finished speaking, he thought about it, and then added: "Bring Wu Weiting back, and put it in the warehouse, and let him take a closer look."

After explaining everything, Emperor Chongzhen drove back.If you don't think hard about corruption, all other efforts will be in vain.

When I got back, I received good news.The results of the auction of shares in Daming Construction Bank from Ying Tianfu came back. The 20.00% stake was actually a bit more than the 20.00% nine shares that Jingshi bought, which was a full 4000 million taels of silver.

It can be seen from this that the wealth in the south of the Yangtze River is far from comparable to that in the capital.The knowledge of the people over there about the bank is far from comparable to that of the capital.

To open a bank, the more money the better.Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he got the report, and immediately made a formal decree that the Daming Construction Bank opened branches in the capitals of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, laying the first financial network for the entire Ming Dynasty.And set up the Yingtianfu branch of the Daming Central Bank in Yingtianfu. As for other provincial capitals, wait for a while, because there are really no financial professionals available.After returning to training, they will open branches of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty in various provincial capitals.

As a result, the capital became even more lively.After everyone heard that the money of the Daming Construction Bank would be handed over from the warehouse of the household department and handed over to the Central Bank of Daming to exchange for Ming banknotes after counting, they all jumped on the wind, not wanting to rob, but feasting their eyes.In this life, I guess I have seen the most silver taels this time.

Some people in the capital who couldn't figure it out muttered while watching: "What is the imperial court doing? It's enough to just give Daming banknotes directly, and you still make such a fuss?"

"That's right, move here, move here, this time, I guess a lot of people will have to work for two or three days!"

"..."

Hearing what they said, those who understand have a sense of superiority, and explained to these people: "You don't understand this, don't you think the court will take the money away according to this process, and you don't have to worry about the bank's money being stolen by the account holders?" Is the whole part bleached? If you don’t take it out and exchange it for the same amount of Daming banknotes, don’t you worry that Daming banknotes will be issued more, and you will not be able to exchange banknotes for silver? The court does this Once it is done, will everyone have confidence in the Daming Central Bank..."

(End of this chapter)