Chapter 498: What is wrong

In the first year of Chongzhen.

Twenty days.

Nanjing.

As the news of the 10 million taels of salt classes in Beijing reached Nanjing, the Jinyiwei, who had not been silent, suddenly came out everywhere and searched the salt merchants everywhere, and had no eyes on the rest. They were still watching and hesitating. The salt merchants who were preparing to escape were imprisoned and the houses were raided. The previous style of "civilized case handling" was completely different, showing the true nature of the Jinyiwei.

If the salt merchants who had voluntarily donated their wealth before, then the Tonglu case of the Salt Merchant has captured all the salt merchants in the Ming Dynasty in one go. No salt merchants can escape the involvement of the Tonglu case of the Salt Merchant Merchant. Some salt merchants who have been watching, swaying, or hope to get away with the pass have not escaped. Compared with the salt merchants who had voluntarily donated their wealth before, it is natural to say what is waiting for them.

The entire southern officialdom was also silent. No one dared to plead for the salt merchants who were suddenly assigned to him. He didn't even dare to look at these salt merchants. The news from Beijing was really scary. Compared with the salt classes that cost less than one million before, it was really different. Who would dare to have anything to do with them? At this time, it was no longer important that they were connected with the salt merchants. Such a huge salt class was here. No matter how you argue, it was pale and powerless. You had eaten such a huge salt class in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. This was all the people's wealth and ointment. Everyone in the world wanted them to die!

When we arrived in Beijing, we heard the news that Liulizhai had paid five million salt classes in advance. The entire southern officialdom was extremely frightened. This method was so powerful that it was so powerful that it could not resist and argue even if we knew it. At this time, everyone understood the emperor's backhand. The emperor, with the general trend of the world, uprooted the salt merchants and showed no mercy. It was a complete end to the emperor!

Many officials also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the emperor just wanted to start a salt merchant and did not intend to involve the officials. Otherwise, I don’t know how many people would lose their heads. Since the emperor showed mercy, he would not dare to involve himself again, for fear of implicating himself in and becoming the tyrant. Under such a general trend, no matter who wants to stop him, it is impossible. It is just a mantis arm to block the chariot!

Many salt merchants who donated their money and lived in the temple took out their money and begged Mr. Xi to send personnel to "supervise". This temple, which is unsupervised, is really scary when facing those angry eyes all day long and those who want to eat people. That day, those angry people were beaten to death, and no one cares about them. For example, the resentment of the servants towards them has reached the extreme. The public resentment has reached the extreme.

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February 25.

Beijing.

Wenhua Palace.

After finishing the chore, Yang Jing took out the report Xu Guangqi had given him, asking for instructions on how to deal with the salt merchants. Although he had already discussed how to deal with the salt merchants secretly, such a big thing, on the surface, after all, he had to go through the process that should be gone.

"This is Master Xu's report, and I'm asking for instructions on how to deal with the salt merchants. Please take a look." Yang Jing said blankly and plainly, as if this was just a trivial matter.

Several cabinets and ministers, after hearing the emperor's words, immediately looked at the emperor with various eyes. There were surprises, envy, and fear...

The thick report was circulated in the hands of several important officials. Yang Jingwei began to speak.

"Master Xu said that the people in the south are now full of grievances and the discussions are raging. The people are eager to eat the meat of the salt merchants and chew their bones. Master Xu said that it is best to deal with the salt merchants as soon as possible and give an explanation to the people in the world. Otherwise, if the people are so grievances, those salt merchants will be buried in the belly of the people in the world..." Yang Jie said calmly, glanced at the people in Wenhua Palace and said.

The people present still looked calm and composed, as if this matter had nothing to do with him. It was not a day or two that he had not taken care of political affairs, and everyone had already gotten used to it.

Some people were very frightened. Everyone knew about the emperor's methods. Although they had predicted the consequences of this incident, the news from the south was still scary. Thinking that people in the south wanted to eat the meat of salt merchants. Even though they were in Beijing, they still felt cold backs.

"Your Majesty, I think it should be dealt with as soon as possible. If it is later, I am afraid that something will happen!" The first person to speak this time was not the chief minister Shi Fenglai, but Han Yu. Although he reached a compromise with the emperor and knew that the emperor would not "take action" on his relationship, Han Yu felt scared when he thought of the cannibalistic people in Nanjing. If this matter was delayed for some more days, he was afraid that even the emperor would not be able to protect his "relationship". Even if the emperor did not handle his "relationship", if an accident happened..., when Han Yu thought of this, he was chilling.

"Report to Your Majesty, I also think that it is necessary to deal with it as soon as possible and give an explanation to the people of the world as soon as possible. Otherwise, if it is delayed, it will definitely be a bad thing." More people immediately agreed to deal with it as soon as possible and close the case quickly.

On this issue, whether it is the Imperial Party or the non-Imperial Party, it agreed to close the case as soon as possible. If the case is not closed as soon as possible, I am afraid that there will be "people" to eat it. By then, no one wants to see it.

"Okay! Since all the Qing family agree to close the case as soon as possible, let's talk about it. Master Xu has also drafted some opinions on handling it, so everyone will discuss it." Yang Jing looked at everyone calmly. Sure enough, when the emperor had to follow the trend, there was no need to force himself to turn his head and drink water. The situation had been put forward, and everyone had to agree to close the case as soon as possible, without having to investigate one by one, wasting time and energy for no reason.

After arguing to close the case as soon as possible, everyone's eyes began to lit up again. Xu Guangqi said in this report that a salt merchant was willing to split from the Tonglu salt merchant and voluntarily gave his monk's wealth. The wealth of this merchant was as high as tens of millions of taels, and the silver that could be cleared alone was more than 30 million taels. Other shops, fields, houses, cars, ships, etc. still need to be calculated separately. Such a huge amount of wealth can make everyone's eyes light up.

Speaking of this issue, the breathing sound in the Wenhua Palace suddenly became worse, and many people's hearts were thumping into their hearts. There was too much money. Of course, everyone also knew that this was the emperor's.

"Your Majesty, is there really such a huge amount of money that Master Xu claims?" An official asked cautiously.

"It should be that Master Xu has always been safe in doing things. He dares to talk casually about things that are not available?" Yang Jingwei said disapprovingly.

The minister asked, then immediately retreated, his eyes flashing with bright light.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that I am right. Even if the salt merchants should die or kill them, the blame will be big or small, and the punishment should be serious. Otherwise, it will not be enough to understand the law of the country and show justice. I heard that there are salt merchants in the south who are willing to donate all their wealth to break the relationship with the salt merchants in Tonglu. In this way, it is indeed different to treat salt merchants, and they cannot be generalized." Han Du immediately followed what was said in this memorial and said that punishing a group of salt merchants is certain and necessary, otherwise the emperor would not come to Taiwan. However, the emperor had already reached a compromise and would let a group of salt merchants go. For example, their relationship may have some preferential treatment, which was accepted by the emperor. Han Du hurriedly raised it, hoping that the emperor would not forget it.

Yang Jing nodded and said nothing. The current situation is beyond his expectations, and the group of people who need to be spared is the "relationship" of these big men in the court. Since they have agreed to this matter, they will definitely not smash their own brand. In addition to not dealing with their crimes, they may even need to return part of their property... As for the group that should be killed, naturally, the news of the millions of salt classes has reached the south, and there are still no salt merchants who donated their wealth. Most of these people have to act as the role of killing talents. The salt merchants with eyesight and related relationships have already done it according to their own rules. The remaining killing talents are all those who are not strong enough. If they do not deal with them, they will not encounter too much resistance. As for these two types of people, they are just careless and just like being spanked and past...

Seeing that the emperor did not speak, everyone knew that the emperor had made everyone talk, so they began to talk, and some people began to worry.

After talking for a while, Yang Jie suppressed his hand, and everyone calmed down and waited for the emperor to speak.

"Then let's make an agreement one by one. If there are any inappropriate things or need to be added, please raise them." Yang Jing said lightly. Now that he has taken the initiative, he should move the direction of things in the direction he wants. It is impossible for him to accept it randomly after listening to someone's words.

"...About Master Xu's words, salt merchants eat national treasury, absorb people's blood, and the money is not right. Therefore, the salt merchants' family wealth should be confiscated. Do you have any objections?" Yang Jing asked, how to deal with it and how to guide things to where he wants. Yang Jing had his own ideas. Although he also promised some things, the promised things were based on achieving his own goals. Otherwise, he would not have been in vain? Therefore, Yang Jing did not respond to Han Xu's hurried reminder.

The imperial party members kept silent, and they supported the emperor no matter what the emperor did.

"This..." Some non-Imperial parties became confused. This was more than 30 million taels of silver and countless wealth. This sentence was copied, which means that it was all the emperor... Should I mention this matter again? Is it necessary to ask for some money? Some people began to wonder.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think this matter is worthy. I think the salt merchants have thought about the prosperity of the whole country, but they do not want to serve the court. They just eat national treasury and scatter the people's wealth. The family wealth they get is ill-gotten. They should indeed be copied..." Han Yu made a quick decision and was not going to bother with the emperor on this issue. If this premise was to be repeated, wouldn't the emperor's efforts to deal with the salt merchants in vain and work for others? I was afraid that the salt merchants in the south would really have to eat the people clean. This is the premise, and how could they allow discussion? I agreed with the emperor's words at the moment.

Some ministers looked at Han Du and saw that Han Du said this, so they stopped saying more.

"Well, right, these blood that should have been given to the court's national treasury and the people of the world will be used by the people after I get it, and I will use it for the people and the expenses of the court..." Yang Jing said, this is to gain the dominance of the money openly and honestly, and I will not be afraid of anyone thinking about it in the future. I will report memorials every day, and it is okay not to do this, but too many fly flying around in my ears, which is also annoying.

Seeing the emperor say this, although some people are unwilling to accept it, they have no choice but to do so. Besides, the emperor can indeed say this openly. In order to provide disaster relief, the emperor paid a lot of money to make up for the owed wages to the border, but he also paid for it. It was definitely not a false statement.

"What do you have to say about the punishment opinions on salt merchants mentioned in the memorial?" Yang Jiewei said what he said about the next thing. It was time for him to fulfill his promise.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that Xu Zi first is right, and one-size-fits-all approach is absolutely not advisable, and it needs to be treated differently..." Someone immediately raised it.

"Report to Your Majesty, I also think this is the case. One-size-fits-all approach is too general. I hope your Majesty will treat it differently..." The ministers jumped out and spoke about how to punish the salt merchants. It was nothing more than a sentence, Emperor, it's time for you to fulfill your promise.

Yang Jie looked at it, smiled slightly, and said, "Heaven and earth are not complete, so we need to leave a glimmer of life to comply with the laws of heaven. Even my Golden Palace needs to be covered with a few tiles to show that the heaven and earth are incomplete, and to comply with the laws of heaven. We dare not regard ourselves as "full" and "full", for fear of causing harm to the destruction of heaven. Although the salt merchant should kill and die, he must not cut off everyone's life. It is indeed necessary to open the net to avoid hurting Tianhe..."

As soon as the emperor said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Since the emperor had brought things to the incompleteness of the law of nature and to the metaphysics, then the opening of the story was true. The emperor was indeed quite credible. Everyone was waiting for the emperor to fulfill his promise, and the depression in the court was empty.

"...I heard that when many salt merchants in the south were caught, they took the initiative to stand up and donate all their family wealth to help me wipe out the Eastern Barbarians. The family wealth they donated was as high as millions of taels. I had always thought that salt merchants were insatiable and were unforgivable. But through this matter, I also saw that there were also loyal and righteous people among the salt merchants. Therefore, in order to comply with the laws of nature, we should indeed give these salt merchants a way out. This is also my way to follow the laws of nature..." Yang Jing told a ghost story and simply picked up the salt merchants who donated their family wealth.

"Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is kind..." After hearing the emperor's nagging, the ministers unanimously shouted that the emperor's wise and kindness are benevolence. This is a sincere shout, not absent-minded. The emperor has indeed fulfilled his promise. The road that seemed to be dead now seems to be a way to live.

"...These salt merchants who took the lead in separating from the Tonglu salt merchants and helped me to destroy the Donglu for huge wealth should be different from those behind. Wang, Liang, Guo, Li... and other families, I will tell Master Xu that they should be properly pardoned and extra favor..." Yang Jie said here, showing a hint of smile.

"Your Majesty's wise!" The ministers shouted again that the emperor's wiseness was wise. When they heard the emperor further fulfilling their promises, many ministers were happy again. It seemed that the emperor still had credibility, but they didn't know how much this favor could favor.

"Well, okay! This group of salt merchants who are loyal and righteous, should be lenient. Those salt merchants who are reimbursed by Tonglu should be severely punished. There is no problem. So what should you do in this part of the middle?" Yang Jing asked with a smile, smiling a little mysteriously.

The ministers began to think about this problem again. All the salt merchants searched their homes. This is the overall situation. Some people who are not blinded must die. This is a foregone conclusion. Some salt merchants have been pardoned and favored, and this is also a foregone conclusion. Now it is indeed the middle part. The middle part cannot reach the sky and the lower part does not have to fall into the ground. It is neither good nor bad. Perhaps, it should be as if Xu Guangqi said, and it should be a slap.

"Your Majesty, I think that Master Xu's memorial has been mentioned in this memorial, so it might as well do as Master Xu's words." A minister said that if he could escape from heaven, these salt merchants should have laughed secretly. Compared with those who were blind, they were also in the sky and underground. Besides, these people still had some wealth hidden, and the relationship was still there, so it would not be too difficult to turn things around.

"I believe that the wise men have said: 'It is no great to know that mistakes should be done.' We should treat this group of people with the view of curing diseases and saving people, punishing past mistakes and preventing future generations. Although these people passed this time, they are kind. They still have some problems and problems. Some punishments are not enough to solve all problems. If they do not correct them, wouldn't it go against the principles of the wise men?..." Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, came out and said seriously.

The ministers were nervous. This guy was so arrogant that he should not make trouble! This guy is now a famous minister. If he doesn't play according to the emperor's rules, he would ruin this matter today.

"Oh, then Bi Aiqing tells me, what should I do?" Yang Jing asked with a smile.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that if you should educate, cure diseases, save people, and punish past mistakes and prevent future ones. Through punishment and education, these people realize that tax arrears are wrong. Tax arrears not only endanger the court, but also endanger themselves. We must let them realize the power of it, and more importantly, let these people correct this mistake so that these people will not make the same mistake again in the future..." Bi Zi said sternly and righteously, and the character of a generation of loyal ministers has been fully revealed.

When the ministers heard this, what does this mean? Education? How to educate? Correct mistakes? How to correct them? What does the emperor mean? Some old foxes, who had already smelled some smell, suddenly opened their eyes wide and looked at the emperor with unbelievable eyes. This must be the emperor's idea, it must be, it must be! As expected, the emperor's plan is very small!
Chapter completed!