Daming: Insist on 60 billion explosive soldiers unwaveringly

This is almost a huge sum of money that people around them will never see in a few lifetimes.

They all want to get rich.

Even though all the boxes were tightly locked, it still couldn't stop the onlookers from Li Shu who kept wanting to come forward to watch.

The soldiers of Wucheng Bingmasi, who were maintaining order, were knocked crooked.

"Presumptuous." "No collision." "Back back, kill without mercy."

The fear in the front, but the people who can't see behind are getting more and more excited.

Immediately, the scene became a little chaotic, but really not many people dared to break through the soldiers' defense.

The convoy walked towards the location of the Ministry of Household Yamen in the creaking sound without stopping.

Through the streets and alleys.

Countless people who got the news along the way were looking at it, and the chaotic discussions continued to resound in the crowd.

Especially among the countless merchants in the crowd who received the news and came to watch, there was a lot of discussion.

"Hiss! This guy Li Hu has really emptied his family."

"It can't be wrong. It can't be wrong! It seems that the news is true, and it's not a court trick."

"Hurry up and send a message to the master, let them bring the money to the capital, after this time, it will be too late."

"Let's go, go to the yamen of the household department immediately."

Immediately, countless merchants who were still hesitant at first were all doubts in their hearts, and immediately went to the yamen of the household department in person.

Bi Ziyan led the convoy all the way back to the household office slowly, and immediately ordered all the money to be handed over to the state treasury.

Pei Ran, the left servant, personally supervised such things.

However, before Bi Ziyan could sit down, the officials who stayed behind came to report with ecstasy on their faces: "My lord, in a short period of time, 23 merchants came to donate silver, totaling 37 taels."

37 million taels?

Bi Ziyan's pupils dilated suddenly, and his face showed a look of surprise, and someone donated another 37 taels.

Adding Li Hu's 20 taels before, it is 57 taels.

Emperor Chongzhen's goal was half completed in an instant.

Moreover, this news has just spread, if it spreads to the north of Daming, wouldn't it be possible to get a million taels of silver immediately?

With the silver, the imperial court will be able to pacify Zhu Youchen, the chaotic people, and Houjin...

In an instant, even Bi Ziyan was calm, but at this moment he became a little excited, and couldn't help asking:

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"Is everything confirmed?"

"It has been confirmed by someone, everyone can match up, and there is no one who cheats."

Bi Ziyan also knew that no one had the guts to deceive the imperial court, but at this moment, he was still concerned about chaos.

At this moment, he became more at ease when he received the exact answer from the officials under him, and immediately asked, "What about the person who donated the most money?"

"The lower officials have all registered, please take a look."

While speaking, the official handed over a booklet, in which everyone's situation was registered in great detail.

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Bi Ziyan took a quick look and found that most of them were thousands of taels, tens of thousands of taels, and most of them were tens of thousands of taels, but one of them, a businessman named Wu Qing, donated 10 taels.

"This Wu Qing's is a Zhejiang businessman. This person is really willing."

Bi Ziyan immediately ordered: "Arrange someone to receive the money immediately, and at the same time, this Wu Qing will be designated as the general banner reward for the time being."

"Obey." The official immediately agreed, and then immediately went to look for the left and right servants.

But Bi Ziyan was standing where he was, his eyes sparkling. He didn't expect the merchants to be so eager to change their identities.

Although this is human nature, the decisiveness and resoluteness of the merchants made Bi Ziyan see something else.

"The merchants must have been severely suppressed, so this time they have to rebound like this."

This is a hidden danger.

As a traditional scholar-bureaucrat, Bi Ziyan looked down on merchants, but he knew the role of merchants.

If it was a prosperous age, he wouldn't look at the merchants at all, but at this moment, Daming still relies on merchants a lot.

"You can't squeeze them too tightly."

Thinking of this, Bi Ziyan pondered for a moment, and decided to go to the palace to meet Chongzhen, but the next moment, officials came to report, and many merchants came to donate...

Chapter 497

At this moment, in the Imperial Study Room.

Chongzhen looked at Bi Ziyan in shock, and exclaimed: "How much?"

His voice trembled because of the shock in his heart, but Chongzhen didn't care at all.

While speaking, Chongzhen even stood up directly from the dragon chair, stared at Bi Ziyan with wide eyes, and raised his heart to his throat.

Wang Chengen next to him also stood there dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Bi Ziyan took a deep breath, and then told Chongzhen: "The merchants in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, including Li Hu, donated a total of 76 taels of silver. All the silver taels have been counted and checked at this moment, and will be returned to the treasury."

　 　Whoosh, whoosh...

Chongzhen's eyes turned red in an instant, and his whole body felt unreal. In less than a day, merchants in the capital donated 76 silver.

The originally empty treasury was filled in an instant.

76 silver, which is one-third of Daming's annual tax revenue.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Chongzhen's face flushed suddenly, and he shouted excitedly, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes stretched a lot.

It's not that he has never seen so much money, but holding 76 taels of silver is simply a life-saving straw at the moment.

Chongzhen excitedly clenched his fists on the spot, and began to think quickly about the purpose of this sum of money in his mind.

"I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty could scrape together so much money at the critical moment. If I had known it earlier, I wouldn't be as passive as I am now, and I would have completely wiped out Zhu Youchen and other rebels." .”

At the end of Chongzhen's speech, the joy on his face completely turned into anger, and he even slammed it on the imperial case with a bang, and the teacups on it jumped a finger high.

In an instant, Chongzhen's eyes flashed coldly, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

"Allocate the [-] taels of silver and send it to the [-] Battalion Zhao Shuaijiao, let him continue to recruit more cavalry with the money, and arm the entire [-] Battalion as soon as possible, and there will be no shortage of armor and equipment."

"In addition, 30 taels will be allocated to Shen Yongmao's military department, which will be used to recruit [-] brave soldiers from the Southern Guards. Hurry up and re-organize the Shenji Battalion."

"All the remaining silver taels will be allocated to the Ministry of Industry, and more efforts will be made to manufacture firecrackers and red cannons."

Chongzhen spent all the silver in one go, and did not leave any deposits in his hands at all. Speaking of this, Chongzhen looked at Bi Ziyan with serious eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"Zhu Youzhao's army is on the mend, and it will be completed in a month. I have already allocated the money to him, and he will let me see the results."

Although Bi Ziyan is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he is also an elder in the cabinet. These important matters related to Ming Dynasty can be told to him, which is equivalent to talking to Shen Yongmao.

But as soon as his words fell, Bi Ziyan took a step forward and said, "Shen Yongmao may not be able to handle this matter personally. In three days' time, he will go to the nine borders of Ming Dynasty to inspect the border and defend against the Mongolian tribes this autumn." And the invasion of Houjin."

Chongzhen frowned immediately when he heard the words, and his eyes flickered with coldness, obviously he was also having a headache because of Mongolia and Houjin.

"Then let him hand over the matter to the left and right servants below. I will see the reorganized Shenji camp in a month."

However, Bi Ziyan did not answer the question, but continued: "Your Majesty, do you want to allocate 70 taels out of the 40 taels of silver as appropriate, and first settle the military salaries owed by the soldiers on the nine sides?"

"No!" Chongzhen flatly rejected Bi Ziyan's proposal without even thinking about it, turned around and looked at Bi Ziyan with sharp eyes and said: "Compared with Houjin and Mongolia, Zhu Youchen is the court's confidant at this moment. Big trouble, I have missed too many opportunities before, this time I will definitely not give Zhu Youchen any chance."

"But the Nine Sides will soon use troops. If there is no money, the army's morale will be unstable, and I'm afraid they will be passive in fighting! It will not be good for Daming in the end."

Bi Ziyan continued to insist that he actually wanted to repeat Shen Yongmao's words so that Chongzhen in front of him could know the hardships of the soldiers on the nine sides.

However, when the words came to his lips, Bi Ziyan still gave up. Relying on his understanding of Chongzhen at this moment, if he really said it, Chongzhen would definitely deal with the commanders of the towns in front of him immediately. more and more unfavorable.

Therefore, Bi Ziyan could only mention it euphemistically. Unfortunately, Chongzhen didn't take these words to heart at all. Instead, he looked at Bi Ziyan and said:

"I also know that the soldiers are working hard, but the biggest cholera at the moment comes from within Daming, not from outside."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen paused, and then said:

"The one-month period is not over yet, and there is still a shortfall of 24 taels of silver, my lord. At this moment, I will give you the right to act cheaply, and you can raise as much silver as you can. There are also five general banners in my Jinyiwei." , and the positions of the ten small flags."

"If there is another strange businessman like Li Hu, I can make an exception and bestow Jinyiwei with the post of one hundred households."

Bi Ziyan's pupils shrank immediately when he heard this, and he froze in place, but the anxiety in his heart expanded instantly.

"Your Majesty, you must not continue like this!".

Chapter 498

"how so?"

Chongzhen immediately sank his face in displeasure, and he knew in his heart that it must not go on endlessly, but he also had his own considerations.

"It's just a few small official positions, so what if I give them?"

Chongzhen stared at Bi Ziyan with a face full of indifference, and it was difficult for the emperor to care about an official below the fifth rank.

What's more, it was his pro-army Jin Yiwei.

Chongzhen knew that after so many years of Jinyiwei, the internal operation was like an iron bucket. Even if these few people got the status of Jinyiwei, there would be no actual benefits.

Merchants who can donate money to win the official position of Jinyiwei are definitely not fools, and they absolutely understand such things in their hearts.

All these businessmen care about is to unplug 26's businessman's label.

Apart from this, the merchants don't care about the rest.

These things are clearly in Chongzhen's mind.

Bi Ziyan also knew that what he said just now had caused Chongzhen's displeasure, so he immediately told Chongzhen exactly what he had thought before.

"The minister observed that the merchants donated money so enthusiastically this time. In addition to serving the country, they actually revealed their dissatisfaction with their own identities."

"If not, there would never be so many merchants donating huge sums of money, or even their entire wealth, in order to change their family status."

Bi Ziyan didn't look relaxed at all, and it wasn't a day or two since merchants were dissatisfied with their identities, but at this moment, with the internal and external troubles of Ming Dynasty, Bi Ziyan really couldn't stand any troubles.

If it is not handled properly, the money and resources in the hands of the merchants are not small. If they are secretly donated to Zhu Youchen, Zhu Youchen's power will be completely unstoppable.

They don't even know at this moment that they can't control Zhu Youchen anymore, and when Zhu Youchen lands in Nuer Gandusi two days later, a million torrents will sweep down.

There is not much time left for Daming.

But when Chongzhen heard the words, he just frowned, didn't take it to heart at all, and even said very impatiently:

"So what if they are dissatisfied? Don't they still want to go against it?"

In an instant, there was a trace of murderous intent in Chongzhen's words, and he looked at Bi Ziyan with evil eyes. He didn't have any good feelings for these rebels at the moment.

Before, he would sympathize with those rioters who rose up, feeling that it was the fault of corrupt officials and even mediocre officials, but now Chongzhen has only one word for these rioters - kill!

"Scholars, farmers, businessmen. The same principle has never changed through the ages. Merchants don't care about production. How can they want to change their status."

"I've been extra merciful this time. If they still don't know how to advance or retreat, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang will definitely not be ambiguous."

The cold words made Bi Ziyan feel a chill in his heart, and immediately stopped the following words completely, and swallowed them all back into his stomach.

The spacious imperial study room became quiet in an instant, and the atmosphere was a little dignified for a while.

However, Chongzhen also knew that Bi Ziyan was acting out of public interest. After thinking about it for a while, he also felt that it is better to have less than one thing at this time, and he still needs merchants at this moment.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen pondered for a moment, and then said: "However, your worries are not unreasonable."

After saying that, Chongzhen turned his head and told Wang Cheng'en next to him: "Make up a decree and announce it to the world. If the merchants who have contributed to the country, I will reward the official position generously."

Wang Chengen immediately agreed, and immediately went to write on the table next to him. Such an imperial decree only needs to be read and sealed by Chongzhen in the end.

Seeing this, Bi Ziyan on the side was also relieved. Chongzhen was talking about merchants on the surface, but in fact he was talking about the people of the world.