Zhao Wentong was driven out, and Zhao Wentong was helpless about such a huge humiliation. A dignified court official never bowed his waist to five dou of rice.

This time, in order to protect Mingzhe, he actually went to the West Factory with shamelessness. As a result, he was ruthlessly driven out.

After Zhao Wentong was driven out of the West Factory, the banners in the West Factory burst into laughter. Everyone looked at the lost Zhao Wentong as if they were looking at the clown.

Is the Ming Dynasty really going to change?

Zhao Wentong raised his head and looked at the dim sky. He couldn't understand why this was the case. Didn't it mean that everyone was praising the current crown prince's wisdom and magical martial arts?

The prince was indeed powerful, and no one was dissatisfied with this. He conquered Jiannu and pacified the bandits and improved the firearms and promoted the seeds. Everything he did indeed brought vitality to the Ming Dynasty.

However, why did Zhu Cilang make the same mistake? He conquered the world and changed when he governed the world. It is undeniable that the prince is very powerful in war, but why was he confused when governing the country?

Isn’t it time to build an East-West Factory again? Under the high pressure terror of the factory guards, everyone will be in danger. What future can such a dynasty have?

A tear fell from the corner of his eyes, not only because of humiliation, but also because of disappointment with the court.

The factory office of the West Factory, the factory owner spent money through the crack of the door, looking coldly at Zhao Wentong, who was lonely outside, with complex eyes.

Zhao Wentong wiped his eyes, looked back, and then left lonely and embarrassedly. His back was so lonely.

Zhao Wentong is a tragedy, while more officials think it is a comedy. There are endless officials coming to the West Factory to give gifts, so that these officials who came have to wait in line.

Of course, they would not blatantly say that they were here to give gifts. They were waiting in the east room of the West Factory Office under the guise of visiting the West Factory Manager.

The factory owners need to meet him one by one, and the officials came in one by one with fear and trepidation, and went back happily with their sleeves. Of course, like Zhao Wentong, they were scolded by the banners and shouted and scolded.

Most of the officials who were bombed out were because the amount of bribes was small. Although it was not as exaggerated as Zhao Wentong, it was only three to five thousand taels at most.

This little money is equivalent to sending beggars in the eyes of Yuhua money. However, in the eyes of these fairly honest officials, they almost ruined their entire lives.

The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were very low. Many low-level officials could not maintain their living by relying on their official salary, while senior officials could not rely on their official salary to maintain their luxurious life. Therefore, the actual income of local officials mostly comes from the interception of local taxes, commonly known as "fire consumption", while many of the income of Beijing officials comes from gifts from local officials.

For example, a county magistrate, with an annual salary of 90 stones, or 6,372 kilograms of rice, each person eats 180 kilograms of rice in one year, only enough for 35 people to eat for a year. What’s even more terrible is that he can’t get 40% of the rice, and that part is openly folded by the emperor for other things, such as silk cloth, cotton cloth, and even some small things.

No wonder, during the Hongwu period, Luo Furen, a bachelor of Hongwenguan, lived a very honest life. Because he had no money to buy a house, he could only live in a dilapidated house in the suburbs. Zhu Yuanzhang once ran to his house to see and saw a migrant worker carrying a bucket to paint the wall outside the two dilapidated houses. He asked, where is Luo Furen? Unexpectedly, this gentleman was shocked when he saw the emperor and knelt down and said, "I am Luo Furen!" This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel embarrassed and surprised.

It can be imagined that if all the officials' salary standards were set by the Ming Dynasty, ten of the ten ministers could not eat enough or wear warmth. Therefore, most officials had to rely on their power for personal gain to make some money for food and drink.

However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, various ways to make money came. Generally speaking, although an official dared not say that he became rich, it would be no problem to support his family.

But corruption is different. If you want to corruption, it would be a three-year Qing magistrate, with 100,000 snowflakes.

But there are always some officials who adhere to their duties and keep their meager salary. Even if they make small profits, they dare not make money against their conscience. So, there are some sporadic and relatively honest officials.

For these officials, it is obviously unrealistic to ask them to give them tens of thousands of taels to bribe Yuhua. However, if you don’t pay, you will easily be worn. After all, there are a hundred ways for the banners to mess with you.

These officials may not be bad at heart, so they can only be forced to bow to reality helplessly. They can only try their best to get some money and come to bribe them.

Some really couldn't afford the money, so they had to bring things like antiques and other things he passed down from their ancestors. It's strange that even when facing the priceless antique calligraphy and paintings, Yu Huaqian was not moved at all.

He was not interested in antique calligraphy and paintings, and Yuhuaqian was only interested in evil money. Those who could give gifts would often offer tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of silver, while Yuhuaqian would greet him with a smile.

If you give less money, Yuhua's money will be like a pig's belly owl, just like someone else owes him money. First, ask why the money is so small. If you learn that the other party really has no money, you will scold the other party and then let the banner out fork.

These humiliated officials were disgraced, but they could only end up quietly like Zhao Wentong.

No one knows how many silver notes were saved under the desk of the Yuhua Qian Factory Office. What people only know is that it is not an exaggeration to say that wealth is as good as a country.

At least, there should be a few million taels.

Such blatant bribes, if you want to keep your official position, you can only bribe them. This is equivalent to spending money to buy peace and bribing the West Factory to spend money. When you make a lot of money, the West Factory will turn a blind eye.

As long as he spends money on the West Factory, he will become his own person and be with the corrupt officials. The court officials can take the opportunity to praise the West Factory, which makes Emperor Chongzhen begin to reuse the West Factory and suppress the East Factory.

The final result was that the West Factory was the dominant one, suppressing the East Factory and the Jinyiwei. In this way, corrupt officials followed the old rules and made more money.

However, if Yuhua Qian has a big appetite, then we can only discuss it. Either it will be 307, or 28 or even 19. In other words, Yuhua Qian Yu takes the big head, while corrupt officials take the small head.

Fortunately, Chongzhen was not fooled. When civil and military officials jointly praised the Western Factory, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and severely criticized these flatterers who were changing their responsibilities. Only then did he stop the Western Factory's spirit. At this point, the East and West Factory and the Jinyiwei were independent and restrained each other.
Chapter completed!