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Chapter 1101: The Confidence of Emperor Chongzhen

Among them, the troops who moved to Liaodong were allowed to bring their family members and get a piece of land.Of course, the land they obtained was not as fertile as the grain fields rewarded to the Liao army, nor was it so much.

Emperor Chongzhen counted the time, and the main forces involved in the recovery of Liaodong, namely the New Army, part of the Dongjiang Army and part of the Guanning Army, were able to reach the capital before the New Year.At that time, he will hold a grand military parade.Of course, the naturalized army who participated in the war will also participate.But they are all cavalry, and they come and go quickly, so there is no need to worry about time at all.

The discussion in the Wenhua Hall ended, and the officials retreated, but Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, stayed behind.When the others saw it, they couldn't help but mutter in their hearts, wondering what secrets the head of the East Factory was about to report.

They really guessed right, Wang Chengen was going to give a secret memorial. When there was no one in the hall, he went to the imperial court, presented a memorial, and played respectfully at the same time: "Your Majesty, the past two years are recorded in the memorial. The details and uses of the share dividends distributed from various companies. Your Majesty is right, most of the dividends have gone into private pockets!"

When the Daming Cement Company was established, as well as the Road and Bridge Company, the Daming Construction Bank, etc., in order to minimize internal resistance, in order to get these companies up and running as soon as possible, and to let these companies drive the economy of Daming as soon as possible, Emperor Chongzhen made an order at the beginning to withdraw A part of the shares were acquired and distributed to six departments.

It is precisely because of this that the establishment and operation of these companies basically encountered no resistance, and with the cooperation of the six departments, it can be said that they were established smoothly.In the first two years, either the output was not high, or outlets were still set up all over the country. The companies mainly spent money, and naturally the funds raised with shares were used. Now several state-owned companies have probably passed through Two years of development, it is time to harvest, at least the dividend at the end of this year, judging from the data that Emperor Chongzhen has mastered, is more than the sum of the previous two years.

And after these two years of operation, no matter whether it is cement, China Construction Bank, or the Road and Bridge Company, they have all been accepted by Daming.These new things have also taken root in the soil of Ming Dynasty. No matter who it is, even Emperor Chongzhen himself, if he wants to abolish these things, he can't do it just by saying something casually.

By this time, Emperor Chongzhen no longer let these large sums of money be allowed to be handled by Liubu himself.The small treasuries of various ministries should not have huge amounts, otherwise corruption would inevitably arise.Therefore, he secretly issued an order to Wang Chengen, the admiral of the East Factory, and began to check the dividends of the six departments.

Needless to say, after hearing what Wang Chengen said, Emperor Chongzhen opened the memorial and read it.Sure enough, as he expected, as Wang Chengen said, most of the money went into the pockets of the six senior officials.In other words, most of the money was distributed by senior government officials.Among them, the Ministry of Officials is more prominent, and the Ministry of Rites is the least obvious.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that most of the dividends from Xu Guangqi in the Ministry of Rites were used to promote scientific and technological knowledge, as well as the cultivation of crops. This was obviously related to the interests and hobbies of the head of the Ministry of Rites.Moreover, Sun Yuanhua, the second in command of the Ministry of Rites, is still a student of Xu Guangqi, the first in command. Although he is not keen on agricultural affairs, he is equally keen on science and technology.

After reading the memorial, Emperor Chongzhen closed the memorial and said with a sneer: "It seems that the Ministry of Officials is used to running away from officials and collecting money without any scruples. I have rectified once before, and now it seems that I will rectify it again!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Cheng'en knew that the emperor was going to use the officials' department for surgery.He couldn't help but feel happy, it seems that Dongchang has work to do.

In the past two years, there has been an obvious trend, that is, Jin Yiwei is more involved in military-related matters.Just like before, Wang Chengen knew that the person from Yunnan who passed the message through the chat group was from Jinyiwei.There were wars all over the Ming Dynasty, and Jin Yiwei was extremely active.

On the contrary, Dongchang's side didn't have much political achievements. Speaking of it, he personally led the people and copied Southeast Haoshang to count as one.But on Jin Yiwei's side, they have the power of escort, which is even more incomparable.

Now it's all right, the emperor has the intention to rectify the administration of officials, and this is mostly left to Dongchang to handle.Obviously, this should be the difference between Dongchang and Jinyiwei.Since this is the case, it is necessary to handle these errands well, on the one hand, to gain fame and revive the prestige of the East Factory, and on the other hand, it will not be suppressed by Jin Yiwei.

At this time, Wang Chengen was still young, and he only thought about these things.But Emperor Chongzhen was different, he had more considerations.

If it was changed to the previous ones, we should rectify the administration of officials and directly start from the six ministries. To be honest, even the emperor, even if the factory guards are in hand, it is not good to be so tough.

There is a rule of the game for everything in the world, even the emperor must follow the rules of the game.Anyone who does not follow the rules will inevitably be opposed by the crowd.Can you govern a country by killing?This can only be an old farmer who can't read big characters, thinking of killing corrupt officials, and the world will be peaceful.

But today's Emperor Chongzhen already has the capital to rectify the six ministries.

Most of these new policies in the country came from the hands of the emperor, or even invented by the emperor. Everyone has seen the benefits these policies have brought to the country of Daming and to the whole of Daming.The earth-shaking changes in Daming in the past few years are obvious to all.The emperor's wisdom is beyond doubt!
As for external wars, such as the collection of Hetao as part of the Ming territory, Dongwu’s redesignation of the Tang Kingdom, and the conquest of the royal family, the recovery of Liaodong, where the emperors of the three dynasties were helpless, and the destruction of the fierce Manchu Qing, etc., the entire Ming Dynasty is also obvious to all. Doubt!

The prestige of Emperor Chongzhen at this time can be said to be directly comparable to that of Taizu Chengzu. At least the other emperors of Ming Dynasty did not have such achievements as Emperor Chongzhen.Moreover, in the current cabinet, only the emperor is the leader, and the factory guards are loyal to the emperor alone. At the end of the year, the Liao army will return to the capital.
And there is another point, Emperor Chongzhen has always paid attention to the control of public opinion.Not to mention the capital side.With the development of Luqiao Company in the south and the wide acclaim of storytelling such as "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", storytellers interpreted major political events during the advertising time of storytelling, and became a major source for Ming people to understand major political events.In this way, it can be ensured that major political affairs will not be distorted by others, and public opinion will gradually be in their hands, at least not controlled by scholars like before.

After all this, Emperor Chongzhen decided that when the Liao army came back at the end of the year, after the military parade, the bureaucracy would be rectified, the shares allocated to the six ministries would be taken back to the treasury, and the dividends would be distributed separately to ensure that they would be used in practice.

As for the reform of the salt administration, he also decided that it will be carried out after the six ministries are rectified, so that it can also achieve twice the result with half the effort.Otherwise, without the cooperation of the people below, no matter how good the policy is, it will go bad.Just like Wang Anshi's reform in the previous Song Dynasty, it is a good example.

If Emperor Chongzhen implements reforms at this time, although he will not be the same as Wang Anshi, after all, the cabinet and factory guards are already in control, but it is still possible for the underlings to play tricks.No matter how big or small it is, it's better to seldom happen things that affect innovation.

After thinking about this, Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts returned to the Annan Rebellion. After all, this involved the issue of the second vassal king's vassal status.Hehe, foreign powers are beginning to intervene in the affairs of Ming Dynasty!It's just a pity that today is the Ming Dynasty, not the Qing Dynasty.If you want to intervene, you have to pay a price.At this time, the people sent by Sun Chuanting should also arrive at Haojingao.

He guessed right, at this time, Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi Ma San had already conveyed Sun Chuanting's order to the Guangzhou prefect, and at this time, he also accompanied the Guangzhou prefect to Haojingao.

The prefect's full set of ceremonial guards were on display, with gongs and drums beating, and the people of Haojing'ao had already come out to watch before they reached the barracks of Folangjiren.

It is true to say that the people of this era lack entertainment activities, but they like to watch whenever there is something lively.It is quite strange that the rare prefect came to Haojingao with so many servants and made it so formal. What happened?

They didn't know, but Shivela, the governor of the Frangji people, probably knew it.However, he did not expect Ming Guo to respond so quickly.According to the original plan, the Ming Kingdom should have had no time to react!Or, is he thinking wrong?

But what did he think, the magistrate of Guangzhou Prefecture arrived, this was the most fawning object of Frangji, and he didn't dare to neglect, so he went out to greet him immediately.

"Boom boom boom" several cannons rang, the gate of the barracks opened wide, and Shi Weila hurried out with a group of subordinates and translators.He knew that officials of the Ming Dynasty valued face first, and as long as they gave enough face, sometimes, according to what they said, if you give me face, I will give you face, and everything is easy to talk about, and there is a foundation.

But this time, he seemed to be wrong.Although it was a big gift, the prefect of Guangzhou government still put on a show and didn't get out of the sedan chair first. Instead, he didn't get out of the sedan chair until Shi Weila and others greeted him.And when he came out, his face was frozen.

Shi Weila looked up and saw this, and suddenly, he saw another person in black official uniform flashing behind the prefect of Guangzhou.If he didn't recognize the black official uniform before, after the last incident, Yu Xiaoqi and others who came to arrest the envoy of the Qing Dynasty Bai Yangcui left a deep impression on him. Knowing that this is the emperor's pro-army, Jin Yiwei's people also followed.

This time, without even talking, Shivela had already confirmed that the prefect of Guangzhou prefect came to Haojingao definitely for that purpose.

Thinking of this, he quickly said to the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency took time out of his busy schedule to come to Haojingao. It is really a rare visitor. It just so happened that a ship from my country has just arrived, and there are some special products from my country. Please also appreciate it." two……"

To be honest, for the prefect of Guangzhou, Shivela also pays filial piety every year.The relationship between the two parties has basically maintained a friendly relationship.But at this time, when he said this, the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture had a serious face. Not only did he not answer the topic, he didn't even show any politeness. .You listen carefully..."

While speaking, he was very impolite.Even if there are many Frangji soldiers in front of him, it's the same.At least he never thought that these Frangji people would dare to do anything to him, a Guangzhou parent official!Otherwise, these Frangji people will definitely not end well, at least in this Haojingao, it is absolutely impossible to gain a foothold in Daming.Therefore, he has the confidence to despise these Frangji people, and there is no need to be polite to them.

When Shivela heard this, he had a bad feeling in his heart, but he didn't dare to make jokes, let alone change the subject, so he could only listen obediently.

"...First, the Nanyang food that should have arrived last month, why hasn't it arrived yet?"

Hearing this, Shivira breathed a sigh of relief. The agreed Nanyang food should have arrived, but because of the upcoming war in Annan's side, a large amount of food was urgently needed.The local Portuguese governor made the decision and withheld all the grain, which was used for Annan Ruan's army rations to attack the Zheng family in the north.

But after Shivela knew about it, he had already sent someone to negotiate.The cold-faced governor of the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to food.With grain, trade with the Ming country will be smoother; therefore, the grain to the Ming country cannot be defaulted.

However, the food had already been allocated to the army, and if it could not be recovered, delays were inevitable.The excuse he originally prepared was that he was late due to the wind and waves at sea, but he couldn't say it because of the long delay.

"My lord, due to various reasons, the food has to be postponed for a while." Shi Weila quickly squeezed a smile, and explained to the prefect of Guangzhou, while staring at the Jinyiwei from the corner of his eyes, "Therefore, the country decided to pay extra money. Buy a boatload of food and give it to Daming for free as an apology. Hehe, my lord knows that we Frangji people are the most trustworthy..."

According to his idea, it would not cost much anyway to give an extra shipment of grain later, and Ming would have an explanation.

The people watching not far away, seeing the governor of Fulang Jiren, was so servile to the magistrate, all of them smiled and pointed.Thinking that these foreigners are really on the road, knowing that if you give adults face, you can get face.

But who knows, before Shivela finished speaking, he heard the prefect of Guangzhou government yell angrily: "All kinds of reasons? But because you Frangji intervened in our local affairs in Daming and helped the rebel Annan Ruan to intercept this official food?"

The food from Nanyang is handed over here, which belongs to the affairs of the Guangzhou government and is also an important matter that the Guangzhou prefect is responsible for.I didn't like the delay at first, but I also listened to the explanation sent by Shivira.But unexpectedly, the Governor's Mansion actually sent Jin Yiwei over, so he had to pretend that he didn't know before, and asked for an explanation in a righteous manner.

What's more, at this time, he has already known the real situation from Ma San, which makes him dare to give Franji face.

(End of this chapter)