Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 26
Just when they were wondering, Emperor Chongzhen's will came again.

Those cabinet members and the six ministers rushed to the Wenhua Palace, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be another very unexpected thing for them.

Emperor Chongzhen told them that he had mastered the glass firing method, so he gathered the 50 taels of silver and planned to set up glass factories in the north and south of the river to produce glass.

As for the specific content, Emperor Chongzhen announced that 50 taels of silver will account for [-]% of the shares, and dividends will be distributed every year; however, as compensation, according to the size of the shares, glass products can be purchased from glass factories first.It is temporarily estimated that the ex-factory price of glass products will be one-third of the normal price, or even lower.

That is to say, if the shareholders buy glass products from the glass factory first and resell them, even if they are cheaper than before, they will make a lot of money.

This incident left all the cabinet members and the six ministers dumbfounded.

Originally, they thought that the money that Emperor Chongzhen forcibly collected in the morning must be in vain, but they didn't expect that there would be a return!

And this return may be very generous.It's not about dividends, but the profits from reselling will be very lucrative!

Emperor Chongzhen would actually do this?

Is this still the Emperor Chongzhen they knew?
All of a sudden, these well-educated people, the leaders in the party struggle, were stunned and did not respond for a long time.

After a while, Chen Yan, Minister of the Household Department and University of Martial Arts Hall, coughed and went out to play: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is inappropriate?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen frowned, and immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Just listen to Chen Yan's generous statement immediately: "Your Majesty is already rich in the world. If you want to build this glass factory and compete with the people for profit, what will the people of the world think? For His Majesty's reputation, I implore His Majesty to withdraw this proposal!"

Emperor Chongzhen became angry when he heard it, stared at Chen Yan, and asked sharply: "I am rich in the world? What a joke! How can I be rich in the world? Come on, come on, come on, you talk about it? Do you still talk about my big wife?" Hiding tens of millions of taels of silver, I am very rich, right?"

He remembered that someone in later generations arranged for him to say that more than half of the 7000 million taels of silver earned by thieves from chasing stolen goods and subsidizing wages came from the imperial palace, maybe it was made up by Chen Yan and his like.

Thinking of this, his anger is the kind that goes straight to the forehead!

"Wei Chen didn't mean that!" Chen Yan was a little startled, but he still forced himself to say calmly, "Wei Chen is just pleading for the people, and also considering His Majesty's reputation, and has no other intentions!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately laughed angrily: "You really think I don't know? Do you think I'm so easy to deceive? You just donated five taels of silver. In terms of dividends, you won't get much; When it comes to buying rights, you are at the end of the list. If you don’t get benefits from it, you don’t want others to get benefits, so you object and make a name for yourself by the way, right?”

"Weichen has no such intention!" Chen Yan heard this, knelt down quickly, and played loudly.

The other civil servants listened and did not interrupt.As far as this matter is concerned, their interests are really inconsistent.

This is not to say that they donated a lot of money, but that if they objected, they would offend all civil and military officials, as well as the nobles of the royal family.

Everyone's allies are different, and among some allies, there are those who donate a lot of money.

Finally, the emperor suddenly showed kindness, and the money he originally donated was actually returned!

Whoever dares to stop them from making a fortune will definitely be hated by them.

Moreover, they didn't want to be clean like Chen Yan did, they just donated a mere five taels of silver.

The most important thing is that if the emperor is not angry, they might gain some reputation capital for themselves; but now, Emperor Chongzhen is furious, and no one thinks of touching this bad luck.

Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at Wang Dehua, the eunuch with the seal of the supervisor of ceremonies, and shouted sharply: "Let Dongchang immediately investigate Chen Yan's family wealth. I want to know whether he is really free! If Dongchang dares to lie to me, I will let Xi The factory went to the East Factory to arrest people!"

When Wang Dehua heard this, he didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly responded to the order: "Your servant obeys the order!"

I didn't expect that Wang Chengen would suddenly become the admiral of the West Factory. Wang Dehua knew that his relationship with Wang Chengen was not good.

A dead fellow daoist is not a poor daoist. This time, it is estimated that Chen Yan will be in trouble.

The officials in the Wenhua Palace looked at Chen Yan and couldn't help gloating. Fortunately, Chen Yan went to the water first, and now I can only congratulate him, benevolent!
Emperor Chongzhen glared down, and shouted sharply: "The reason why I opened a glass factory is to empty the treasury. I thought you would all understand this truth, but in the end, there are still people who dare to doubt me and think that I am doing it for personal gain? If the national treasury has money, can provide disaster relief, and can distribute military salaries, how can I find a way to raise money by myself?"

Under the emperor's fury, no one dared to raise their heads, and everyone lowered their heads, they could only be reprimanded.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and found it very unpleasant, so he said in a cold voice: "With your assistance, I have issued several edicts of sin against myself. Do I still have a reputation? I can tell you that as long as Daming can be rejuvenated, I can do anything!"

"Humph!"

After a cold snort, Emperor Chongzhen threw up his sleeves and drove away, leaving behind this group of sweaty people!

As the discussion ended, the content of the meeting also spread.

All civil and military officials, as well as the emperor's relatives, Xungui, couldn't help being very surprised when they heard this.

The first surprise, of course, is about the money they donated and the glass factory!
The second surprise was that during the discussions in the Wenhua Palace, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to reveal that the West Factory was specifically aimed at Jinyiwei and the East Factory.

No, the commander of the Jinyiwei was arrested by the West Factory, and the East Factory was severely warned by the back foot.

If this is the case, they will be much less worried about the establishment of the West Factory.

Based on this matter, the group of civil and military officials and the nobles of the emperor began to divide.

Some people even took pleasure in what happened to Chen Yan.

Of course, there are still some people who are still thinking about opposing the establishment of the West Factory, but their voices have become much quieter.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen asked Xichang to listen to the outside news, while he himself visited the Royal Craftsman Workshop, summoned the craftsmen of the entire capital, and began to explain to them about the firing of glass.

No one expected that Emperor Chongzhen would have this ability, and he would talk eloquently about the method of firing glass, including the method of glass kiln, what kind of regenerator, etc., and he was more advanced than any craftsman!

All of a sudden, these craftsmen were all stunned!
Not only that, those accompanying maids, servants, and the general Han were all shocked when they saw this scene!

Is this still the Emperor Chongzhen they knew?
(End of this chapter)