The reason why Zhu Cijiu asked Luo Yangxing to dig deeper was because another group of key figures had not been involved. He knew that there was a connection between the Donglin Party and the Jiangnan Scholars and Doctors Group, otherwise a bunch of Donglin Party members would have jumped out to oppose it when the transaction tax was collected. They did not do business, so why did they oppose it?

It would be fine if the people in Jiangnan were in decline and were penniless. As he saw with his own eyes, Jinling City was much more prosperous than the capital, and there were many rich people at the courtesan conference who were richer than him Zhu Cijiu!

The whole north has been drought for years, and the soldiers are constantly plaguing, and the people are living in poverty, and the poor are almost slaughtering people; the powerful people in Jiangnan are drunk and dreaming of dreams, and they smile to make the beauty, throwing hundreds or thousands of taels of silver without blinking!

As native Jiangnan people, Qian Qianyi and others, wouldn’t they know about such an extreme gap? If they know, they still have to oppose the collection of transaction taxes, not for their own selfishness. Why? If they are for the country and the people, they should agree to collect taxes!

There must be interests in this, so why hasn’t anyone ever exposed it?

It turned out that Qian Qianyi and the others had always contacted leaders such as Xu Hongji and Xu Wenjue for the sake of being safe. Naturally, the people below did not know the trick. These leaders were going to confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans, so they naturally would not bite others again, so Qian Qianyi and the others were never implicated.

However, the net of heaven is vast and not missed, and if you do things that harm the heavens, you will always get retribution. Although the leaders cannot find out the tricks between them without speaking, the mansions, land, and even silver they accept must be handed over by manpower. It is impossible for the leaders to hand over everything in person. When they found out the minions who managed property, the Donglin Party was finally implicated.

They all pretend to be noble in Beijing, eat simple and simple in their caring, be honest and dedicated, and are like moral models. However, in Nanjing, they have a wealth of mansions, with many servants, wives, concubines, children, relatives and friends all live in extremely luxurious life!

These are all secret and are not recorded in history books. However, Qian Qianyi's wealth is faintly exposed from the love story between Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi. At that time, Qian Qianyi was just a minister of the Ministry of Rites. He specially built the "I Wen Room" in order to pursue Liu Rushi's reality, and then built the magnificent "Jiangyun Tower" and "Red Bean Hall" for her in Yushan, with a beautiful golden house. If you look at the love story, it is indeed deep and touching, but from another perspective, it is not expensive to repair these things? The Ming Dynasty officials were famous for their low wages. Where did he get so much money to build these luxurious "golden houses"?

Even officials like Qian Qianyi who were bribed by them were so rich. So how rich are the powerful people in Jinling City? What kind of luxurious life do they live? If you want to give a detailed description, you can at least write a novel. Fortunately, the Red Mansion just introduces the powerful people in Jinling City at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the description of their luxury is vivid:

For example, Jia is right, white jade makes a horse for the hall. This Jia family is luxurious. The main hall is made of white jade, and the sculptures in front of the hall are all pure gold!

For example, Afang Palace, three hundred miles away, can't live in a Shishi Jinling. This historian is huge, and even a palace of three hundred miles away cannot live in! Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, but it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of slaves.

For example, the East China Sea lacks white jade beds, so the Dragon King comes to invite the King of Jinling. The King of Jinling is richer than the legendary Dragon King of Donghai. It is a few streets away from the King of Donghai!

During the Qing Dynasty, the textile industry in Jiangnan was merged together to establish a huge Jiangning weaving industry. Zhu Cijiong's plan was more than that. He not only wanted to establish Jiangnan weaving but also Jiangnan porcelain, Jiangnan tea industry, cloth, silk, porcelain, and tea, the most profitable industries, all had to use steam power to become quasi-modern companies.

After the rapid development of productivity, products will definitely increase exponentially, and sales will become the top priority. Everbright Ming will definitely not consume so many products. Only by selling things overseas and earning money from foreigners is the right way.

Zhu Cijiu is still blinded by the current overseas situation. Fortunately, Zheng Sen is here. Zheng Sen's father Zheng Zhilong is the overlord of the South China Sea and is no longer familiar with the overseas situation.
Chapter completed!