Seeing that a number of businesses were so enthusiastic about publishing business names in the Beijing News, Lang Ting was naturally secretly happy. Zhenwu had a secret order to start a "Ning News" in Jiangning. He originally thought that this "Ning News" was a loss-making transaction, but now it seems that it is a big mistake. The income from publishing the two businesses can recover the cost. If it is published all year round, the income will be extremely considerable. Even if the income is to be paid, a considerable amount can be intercepted.

After finalizing the amount of donations from the salt merchants in Yangzhou, Langham rushed back to Jiangning and had to urge the officials below to report Ning as soon as possible. Of course, he also mobilized the gentry and merchants in Liangjiang to the greatest extent to the greatest extent to the north. Jiangnan is known as the richest place in the world. If the amount of donations cannot reach Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian and other places, it would become a joke. At least one charge of not advocating education cannot be escaped. If the censor impeached him, the governor of Liangjiang should also resign.

Wanyan Haifeng, who was newly appointed governor of Jiangsu, was not idle either. He got off the bus several times a day and accepted banquets from local gentry and celebrities in a circle. He was familiar with the people's sentiment, and then took the opportunity to encourage everyone to lose donations. Zhenwu ascended the throne and changed his reign and suffered a severe drought. He also issued an order to avoid the annual money and food of the disaster-stricken provinces in the north. If too much national treasury is used, even if the relief is effective, it will not be criticized. Only by raising more relief money can we relieve the pressure on Zhenwu.

Although the merchants in Jiangnan were enthusiastically losing money, the gentry needed to mobilize well. As for reputation, Wanyan Haifeng was not worried at all. As long as Zhenwu consolidated the throne, there would be opportunities to regain his reputation in the future. Besides, his identity was already awkward in the officialdom. With the title of a national uncle, it was natural to do the job. The errand was done, and the comments of a foolish uncle were ready. Zhenwu suddenly brought him to the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, which was already privately discussed, and he didn't care about others' discussions.

The most enthusiastic donation in the entire Jiangnan region was Shanghai. The prosperity of Shanghai today was entirely due to Zhenwu, the army building workshop, ocean-going trade fleet, port opening, cotton cloth, raw silk monopoly exports and other measures, which made the Shanghai county town develop rapidly in just a few years, and also attracted a large number of wealthy businessmen to gather here.

Although Li Wei, the new magistrate of Shanghai, did not read much, he was very active in his mind. When he saw the Beijing News calling for donations. Moreover, those with slightly larger amounts of donations had to be promoted in the Beijing News. He immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to expand Shanghai's reputation. He immediately joined Songjiang Prefect Cha Siting, Zhang Yuanlong, Tang Degui and others to invite the gentry, celebrities, big businessmen and wealthy businessmen in Shanghai to call on everyone to give up the donations, doing good deeds and doing a lot to expand Shanghai's reputation.

Although Shanghai is prosperous now, it has not been rising for a long time. When it comes to reputation, it is far inferior to Jiangning, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and even Guangzhou. The more famous it is, the easier it is to do business. Everyone understands this simple truth. Therefore, once this initiative was proposed, a group of gentry, especially a group of wealthy businessmen, responded to it, and all supported it strongly.

The land of Liangjiang is not only prosperous but also the center of Jiangnan. This wave of donations quickly affected all directions. Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and local officials and merchants all followed suit. Merchants seek fame, while officials seek favourites.

The thorough investigation of the granaries in the capital and Tongzhou was over in just six days. The deficit grain and the food that was basically inedible with inferior food was 1.12 million stones, and there were more than 300 warehouse officials and officials involved in the illicit fraud, and 56 grain merchants in the capital were involved.

The five ministers of Shangshu, Wang Yu, the minister of Shangshu, Tian Congdian, the left deputy chief censor, Li Xusheng, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhang Zhidong, the minister of Dali Temple, and Wang Yuanqi, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, were all frightened and looked at each other. If the result is reported truthfully, it will immediately cause an earthquake in the officialdom of the capital. I don’t know how many people will be implicated.

According to the open data on each warehouse account book, all the grain storage warehouses in Tongzhou in the capital were only more than 7.82 million stones, but they actually lost 1.12 million stones, which was nearly 20%. The warehouse officials Yu Li, who had a total of more than 400 people, actually had more than 300 corporations. How could this keep the court's face?

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiao and the other two were a little uneasy when they saw the statistical results. If Zhen Wu was furious and furious, the reports were the first to be affected. However, even though they knew they were going to suffer an unrestrained disaster, they had no courage to hide this matter. After a moment of discussion, the five people hurried into the palace.

Seeing the final statistics, Zhenwu was not furious. He pondered a little, and then ordered lightly: "Xuan, several ministers from the study room to meet him." Then he glanced at the five people and said: "Don't give him a seat."

Seeing that Zhenwu was unpredictable, Wang Shu and the other two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They hurriedly thanked for their gratitude, but were secretly surprised in their hearts. With such a huge deficit and so many officials corruption invading official grains, the master was not angry at all. This kind of cultivation is truly unparalleled.

Now the ministers in the study room were Zhang Penghong, Xiao Yongzao and Ma Qi. After hearing Zhenwu summoned him, he hurried over. After entering the palace to pay tribute, Zhenwu also gave him a seat as usual. Then he said: "A thorough investigation of the capital, the result of the Tongzhou granary has been released, with a total loss of 1.12 million stones. There are more than 300 warehouse officials and more than 50 grain merchants in the capital. You should discuss it first."

When he heard of this huge loss and so many officials involved in the case, several ministers in the study were nervous. The loss of food was second, only one million taels of silver. Zhenwu was rich and the court was rich now, and he could afford to lose money. However, the number of warehouse officials who were illegitimate and fraudulent was too large, accounting for 80%, which was really a bit shocking, and Shangshang also had an unshirkable responsibility for this. If Zhenwu was furious, he would then rectify the administration of the government, which would be a mess.

Thinking a little, Zhang Penghong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to prepare for disaster relief. The total grain storage in Tongzhou in the capital was about 8 million stones. The rice was distributed in advance and hundreds of thousands of stones of official grain was used to make a flat pot. Now it has lost more than one million stones. In this way, the storage is only more than four million stones.

Although the food for relief in Nanyang, Shanghai and other places can arrive at the end of the month, it means that when you go to Tianjin, you will get at least the beginning of March. Now the refugees in the capital are doubling every day. With only more than four million stones of grain stored, the ministers are worried that the people will be unstable."

After hearing what Zhang Pengchong said, Ma Qi couldn't help but be anxious. Isn't this intention to stir up trouble? So many officials are engaging in corruption and invading official grains, which is extremely difficult. Isn't it worse to say that there is not enough food? He immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty, you can immigrate grains to help disaster victims. The Tianjin Haihe Project is huge, and the food for relief will also arrive in Tianjin first. You can organize refugees to go to Tianjin, which can not only work-for-relief but also reduce the pressure on the capital."

Zhang Penghong immediately said, "Prince, how can Tianjin's grain store be comparable to that of the capital? If Tianjin is just trying hard to support it today, how can it be transferred to refugees again?"

Xiao Yongzao continued, "Whenever he was hungry, the people in the capital store grain and famine. After rushing to buy grain in the past few days, the people in the capital have already stored up a quarter of food. Only a group of officials and soldiers also distributed the seasonal food. These four million warehouses can be used to provide all relief to the victims. The slaves secretly think that there are four million stones of grain to provide relief to the victims, and there is no problem in supporting the victims for a year, and there is no such thing as nervousness."

Seeing this situation, Wang Xuan also inserted it in and said bluntly: "Every time there is a famine, people are panic. The amount of grain in the deficit is so huge. Once the news comes out, it will inevitably cause great panic among the people and the victims. The minister secretly believes that the grain warehouses of all grain merchants in suspected warehouse fraud should be confiscated and the deficit should be filled."

After hearing this, the house was filled with needles immediately. The property of the warehouse officer Yu Li, who was engaged in fraud, was too late to catch up and lose money. The private warehouse of the grain merchants involved in the case was a bit over. Moreover, everyone here knew in their hearts that behind these grain merchants were the princes and nobles, which was the words of offending people to death.

After glanced at the four people, Zhenwu was silent. He also felt that Wang Shu had made a little over the proposal. The princes and nobles of each banner had just handed over the military power, so it was not advisable to do too much at this time, but the deficit food must be recovered. Although the capital does not lack food, these grain merchants cannot easily let it go. The corruption in the warehouse is so serious that we must take this opportunity to carry out a thorough rectification of the official warehouses, often closed warehouses, charity warehouses, and social warehouses across the country. If the capital's rectification is a terrible one, the place will be even more unbearable.

After pondering for a while, Zhenwu said in a deep voice: "A group of greedy officials and officials of the corruption were quickly tried. Those who had greedy invasions of more than 10,000 stones were sentenced by Ming Zhengdian, confiscated their property, and sent their family to Ningguta and the armored people as slaves. Those with more than 5,000 stones were confiscated their property, and their family was exiled to Australia. Those with more than 1,000 stones were confiscated their property, and those with more than 1,000 were confiscated their property, and those with less than 1,000 were ordered to be repaid and dismissed.

The grain merchants who colluded with the warehouse official Yu official found out that they had made illegal profits and ordered a triple refund. The grain must be converted into silver, and the price of grain must be compared with the official grain price of the plaintiff."

After hearing this, everyone felt nervous. If greed invasion of tens of thousands of stones, they would be clear about the punishment of the canon. They were afraid that dozens of heads would fall to the ground. Zhenwu had just ascended the throne and changed his reign, which was very unlucky. He was pondering how to persuade him. Zhenwu continued: "Fu Ning'an, the governor of the Governor of the Cangchang, was demoted to five levels and fined one year's salary. Tang Desheng, the assistant minister of the Cangchang, was dismissed from his post. He was found to have greed and invaded and then convicted him separately. The Minister of Revenue Gamintu was demoted to three levels and remained in office." As he said that, he glanced at the four ministers in the study room present.

Zhang Penghong, Xiao Yongzao, Ma Qi, and Wang Hui all knew it well, so they knelt down quickly. When they saw this, Tian Congdian and Li Xusheng did not dare to sit there, and they immediately knelt down.
Chapter completed!