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At this moment, Zhu Youxiao won the support of the army again.

The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War alone have increased the Emperor Tianqi's treasury by another 30 million taels. This is just a small part. The big part is still in the hometowns of these officials, and there are also local military preparations and local treasuries of the Ministry of Revenue. Those are at least twice as much.

As for the filling of officials in the two departments.

First, the remaining officials of the two ministries who were found to have no problems were all promoted several levels. Those who were not in the official ranks were also counted, the lowest was the eighth rank, and the chief was directly promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War. The sixth rank was changed to the third rank!

Regarding the cabinet's objections.

Emperor Tianqi said coldly: "Why don't you also find an official who has been in the Ministry of War for ten years, not only has he not been corrupted, but has also worked diligently. Don't forget that the other party is also a Jinshi."

As for the vacancies of officials, although there weren't many other things in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, there were definitely many people waiting for the positions.

In seven days, the Ministry of Personnel had basically filled the two ministries with low-level officials. As for the remaining two ministries' Shangshu and Shilang, it would take all parties to compete.

When the civil officials focused their attention on major cases and vacant positions, Emperor Tianqi not only took the opportunity to reorganize the three factories and one guard, but also arranged the people on Chen Yu's list to appropriate positions according to his own wishes.

For example, Sun Yuanhua and Bi Maokang were assigned to the Artisan Bureau. In addition, during the process of the Ministry of War being rectified, these two people were also assigned to the Ministry of War while Xiong Tingbi was rehabilitated. However, they were mainly responsible for the research and development tasks of the Artisan Bureau. At the same time, the Artisan Bureau, including the gunpowder factory, was also moved to the foot of the mountain west of the city.

Others such as Xu Guangqi were also assigned to suitable positions. However, those who had official positions were only nominal ones. After two major cases, there were indeed many vacancies for high-ranking officials in the court. Even the post stations were taken advantage of and assigned to the Jinyiwei. Anyway, these were all seen as money-losing things by the civil officials.

No one was overly opposed.

In Liaodong, Wang Zaijin was reappointed as the Minister of War and Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief, and was in charge of Liaodong, Jizhen, Tianjin, Deng, and Lai. The emperor specially granted him a python jade, a belt, and a Shangfang sword. Yuan Keli was reappointed as the governor of Deng and Lai, and was asked to restrict and support Mao Wenlong.

As for Sun Chengzong, he was appointed as the governor of three frontiers and the minister of war. He should focus on dealing with Mongolia. As for Yuan Chonghuan, he should stay at home and take care of the children.

Tianqi has already decided that this person will never be hired again.

Sun Chengzong was also arranged to go to Datong with his guards first.

Before leaving, Tianqi had a frank exchange with Wang Zaijin and Yuan Keli, asking them to stick to Wang Zaijin's strategy. In three years at most, when the elite troops are trained, they will be able to sweep the Dongluo tribe clean.

After visiting the 200,000-man military camp training, the two left with confidence. When leaving, Wang Zaijin took away 600,000 taels of silver and 5,000 internal training troops.

Yuan Keli took away 200,000 taels of silver and the imperial edict from Tianqi to Mao Wenlong, which clearly stated the promise of conferring a title of nobility.

Among them, Wang Zaijin's 5,000 Neicao troops were arranged to go to Zhangjiakou on a special trip.

Emperor Tianqi saw that Dongjiang Town fell apart after Mao Wenlong's death. Many talented people eventually defected to the Qing Dynasty and became its vassal and generals.

It's such a pity.

You have to know that although Shang Kexi, Kong Youde and others can be called traitors and their character is not good, but you have to know that their families all died at the hands of the Jian slaves.

There is a deep blood feud with the Jiannu.

If they had not been treated unfairly several times after Mao Wenlong's death, they would not have surrendered to Jian Nu unless they had no other choice.

Although these people have serious problems, it is difficult for them to rise to high positions if they stay in the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Ming Dynasty does not lack these people. However, they must not be left to the Qing Dynasty. Even if they are killed, they must not be let off easily. Of course, it would be better if they can be used as waste. After all, these people can still be guerrilla generals. It would be best if they could die on the battlefield with the Jiannu.

But as an emperor, Emperor Tianqi disdains to use these means. He just arranged for the Jinyiwei to monitor those people. As long as they don't surrender to Jian Nu, everything will be fine. If they have such thoughts, then it's no wonder that I am cruel.

Just when the civil officials in the court had finally divided up the remaining official positions after much competition, the court, which had just been stabilized, was thrown into chaos again by a report from Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyiwei.

This time it is about the case of Shanxi merchants selling out their country.

Emperor Tianqi was furious again in court.

Order the Embroidered Uniform Guard to conduct a thorough investigation.

No matter who is involved, we will investigate thoroughly.

In fact, at this time, 5,000 Nei Cao troops had surrounded Zhangjiakou. 2,000 Jinyiwei had already started arresting people. On the other hand, 3,000 Jinyiwei had also started raiding the homes of Shanxi merchants and arresting people.

As for the civil and military officials involved. Needless to say, the civil officials can be dealt with by a few Jinyiwei. However, the military generals are not so easy to deal with. Especially among them is Wang Pu, the general of Datong. Fortunately, Sun Chengzong is already in charge of Datong this time.

Wang Pu, who was not popular among the army, was defeated without causing any trouble. He was even worse than a guerrilla general under his command. He also caused quite a stir. In the end, it was calmed down, and the total number of casualties, including the rebels, was more than a thousand.

During this period, there were also eunuchs from the Prince of Jin's mansion who took advantage of his power and used his status as Prince of Jin to make things happen.

However, the Jinyiwei, who had been informed long ago, came directly to the door and sealed off the Prince Jin's mansion as well.

The final result was that the Jin vassal was stripped of his title and became a commoner.

After all, it was a major case of collusion with the enemy, and although the sentence was strict, it was not unreasonable. The court officials saw that the emperor had even taken ruthless action against his own family.

They are even more silent and dare not plead for the officials involved in the case.

Finally, the case of Shanxi merchants' treason, which involved more than 30 officials in the imperial court and more than 300 civil and military officials in the local areas including the Jin vassal state, was settled.

A total of 3,000 people were beheaded, and the rest were all exiled. However, this time, Emperor Tianqi once again made a fortune. Although the gold and silver were small, they were more than 18 million taels. However, the fixed assets such as real estate, minerals, and goods exceeded 50 million taels.

Therefore, Emperor Tianqi also showed divine grace.

Willing to support the relatives of Jin for twenty years.

Twenty years later, they were basically able to support themselves. After all, at the moment of being stripped of their titles, there were no restrictions on their political and military careers. Moreover, the emperor also gave each of them a hundred taels of severance pay.

This also restored some of Emperor Tianqi's reputation.

Three consecutive major cases also brought Emperor Tianqi's control over the court to its highest peak so far.

The officials almost understood why their Majesty had been raising major cases.

"It's all about wealth!"

Although I don't know how much wealth I have gained from these three major cases, after counting the number of colleagues who fell due to major cases and my own wealth.

Everyone's estimate was pretty close.