The general manager of Shaanxi Salt from the Four Mountains in Yangzhou was put on "Death Row"! It's not that he will definitely die, but there is a "Death Row" sign hanging on the door of the cell, which is scary!

There are still a lot of big henchmen under the Four Mountains and Shaanxi Salt General, and everyone has something to say, so now he is being escorted to Zhu Cihong again to listen to what the prince has to say.

"You guys are all the stewards, accountants, and shopkeepers of the four Shanshan Salt General Managers... Anyone who can get such a position must be capable! With three hundred and sixty lines, you will be the number one scholar.

Ah! In the trade of merchants, you are the Jinshi, the number one scholar! I do not employ only scholar-bureaucrats. Anyone can be appointed as long as they are beneficial to the country. Taigong said: Great farmers, great workers, and great merchants are called the three treasures. Although you have committed a crime

Sins are still treasures, so I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds! Do you want to make meritorious deeds and make meritorious deeds?"

"Yes, we want those who have committed crimes and made meritorious service..."

"We are willing to serve His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Please give us the opportunity to make meritorious service..."

It is necessary to perform meritorious deeds to redeem one's sins. Who is not willing to perform meritorious deeds to atone for one's sins, even if they are guilty of serious crimes?

Zhu Cixiang looked at these treasures with a smile, and finally his eyes fell on Yun Shangqian, who was the first to stand up.

This is a businessman in his thirties. He looks honest and loyal, but it's hard to tell that he is a profiteer.

"Yun San!" Zhu Cixiang looked at Yun Shangqian, "Tell me, how do you plan to atone for your sins?"

Yun Shangqian had pondered this question for a long time, and immediately answered: "Reporting to the Crown Prince, Cao Min is the accountant of Mr. Qiao's salt. How much cash does the Qiao family have, how much money is left outside, how much land and how many shops do the Qiao family have?"

...The grassroots people know everything! The grassroots people can help the prince to steal the Qiao family's property!"

"Oh, really?" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Approximately how many can there be?"

"There are 1.8 million taels of silver and 70,000 taels of gold. There are three gardens, including one in Yangzhou, one in Huai'an, and one in Zhenjiang. There are 108 shops, all in big cities in the southeast. The farms are more complicated.

, except for the farm in my hometown in Shanxi, the rest of the farms are in Nanzhili, with a total area of ​​more than 210,000 acres, but most of them are under the name of Wei Guofu, and there are also many loan sharks placed outside, no less than two million taels.

.....”

"There is really a lot of money!" Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded, then looked at the other henchmen present, "What about you? Do you have any accounts to report?"

"Yes, yes..."

"We also have..."

Zhu Cihong nodded, "Don't report it, I can't remember it, so write it all down...write it carefully!"

In fact, Zhu Cihong did not intend to confiscate the homes of four salt general managers. Such things are very troublesome and can easily disrupt normal economic activities. Salt merchants are businessmen after all, and there are inevitably debt connections in business activities, such as receivables and payables.

, lending, absorbing deposits, etc., and maybe also the check (remittance) business. If these bad debts are not clarified and the four salt generals inspect them, a lot of small businesses will collapse?

His idea was to reach a "plea agreement" with the four salt bosses, asking them to hand over part of their property in exchange for immunity.

But he had to have an idea in his mind as to how much punishment was appropriate. It would be best to punish them until they could survive, and then take them as his own and let them poach Li Zicheng and the Qing Dynasty - they had a lot of power in the north.

Due to his connections, he happened to sell Huai salt and stole the business of Chi salt and Changlu salt.

Of course, Huaiyang Yan can't let them continue to work, and they don't have the strength anymore. Zhu Cixiang letting them breathe does not mean that he wants them to maintain their current scale.

Significant downsizing and layoffs are necessary, and those people they laid off, Zhu Cihong just hired... Huang Jiang and Su Sheng, the two imperial merchants, will definitely need to expand, and the Generalissimo's Office and the Ministry of Household Affairs will also need to

Someone to manage the accounts.

If possible, Zhu Cixiang also planned to cultivate a new imperial merchant from among them.

...

Yangzhou, Tianning Temple, where the Ming Emperor stayed.

After moving from Shandong to the prosperous and prosperous city of Yangzhou, Emperor Chongzhen began to become "diligent" and could often attend the afternoon court, sit high on the throne, and watch his son give orders.

This is because after Zhu Cihong broke down the passive resistance of the officials in the capital headed by Shi Kefa, his power became more and more stable, so he often invited Emperor Chongzhen to attend the afternoon court to show his filial piety...

The so-called noon dynasty is used to replace the morning dynasty. Zhu Cixiang likes to sleep in and can't get up early in the morning, so he changed the morning to the noon dynasty. It is held between Si Shi and noon. The two major dynasties every month are Si Shi

It starts at 0:00 and ends at 4:00 noon. The rest of the time is regular morning, usually starting at 0:00 noon and ending at 8:00 noon at the latest, which is a full hour.

There were only a few officials who participated in the regular court, including the elders of the cabinet, the minister, the minister, the censor of the capital, the commanders of the general's palace, Da Yu of the ceremonial supervisor and the imperial horse supervisor, and Zhan Shi of Zhanshifu. They participated in the internal and external affairs of the afternoon dynasty.

All officials were given seats, and after the afternoon court, Zhu Cixiang would stay with everyone to have a meal together.

In addition, no matter whether he was in the Great Dynasty or Chang Dynasty, Zhu Cihong would not yell or scold, he would always smile and speak in a gentle tone, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.

Moreover, he will not use the imperial staff on the court officials, nor will he take the ministers to Jinyiwei prison - Jinyiwei no longer has the power to discipline the courtiers!

In short, under the leadership of Zhu Cixiang, this court did not look like the Ming Dynasty, but a bit like the Song Dynasty.

However, the officials who served in the imperial court all knew the fact that this "Smiling Prince" was actually a ruthless man who imprisoned his father, chased his younger brothers and killed his master, and was a "sacred heart dictatorship" Prince Fujun!

The reason why Zhu Cixiang was able to be a dictator was that, besides being a bit cruel and playing tricks on people, making people think he was the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao, he was also very good at employing people.

He does not use upright gentlemen, but only servants and villains.

Fang Gongyue, Qiu Yu, and Fan Jingwen, who were originally the more courageous members of the cabinet, have resigned from their posts as bachelors - they all stepped down in glory, and they are all loyal and meritorious officials!

Among them, Fang Gongyue paid homage to Governor Su Song, and was granted the title of Prince Shaoshi (due to the reform of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the governor no longer had the title of Censor, but the title of Sangu instead), and was granted the title of Duke of Kenan Valley.

Qiu Yu paid homage to the governor of Zhenjiang, became the prince's young master, and was granted the title of Duke of Nanyi City.

Fan Jingwen paid homage to the governor of Zhejiang, granted him the crown prince Shaobao, and granted him the title of Kenan Wu Qiaobo.

Wei Zaode, who was very soft-boned and good at maneuvering according to the wind, remained as the chief assistant and continued to serve as the bachelor of Zhongji Palace and the minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

Hou Xun, whose edges had been smoothed away by his time in prison, was promoted to the position of Grand Scholar of Jianji Hall and Minister of Household Affairs, Oriental Officer of the East Palace, and Prince Shaofu, becoming the Second Assistant to the Imperial Court.

"The Water Is Too Cold" Qian Qianyi had meritorious service for betraying Shi Kefa, and now he became a bachelor of the Wenhua Palace and a minister of the Ministry of Etiquette, a lecturer in the East Palace, and a crown prince Shaobao. Not only was he a cabinet minister and a minister, he was also Zhu Cihong's teacher.

Chen Rui, Zhu Cihong's teacher, has now also joined the cabinet, serving as a scholar of Wuying Palace and Minister of the Ministry of War, a lecturer in the East Palace, a prince's junior division, and the title of Yixing Bo.

Another teacher of Zhu Cixiang, Lin Zengzhi, also joined the cabinet and served as a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and minister of the Ministry of Industry, a lecturer in the East Palace, a prince's young master, and Feng Kenan Ruianbo.

Song Quan, the original governor of Shuntian, was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and granted the title of Kenan Yuchengbo. The post of Dongge University Scholar was temporarily vacant. In addition, another lecturer Li Shichun who followed Zhu Cixiang southward was appointed as Zhan Shifu of Zhanshi Mansion.

He was also a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, a lecturer in the East Palace, and was granted the title of Kenan Meizhou Bo.

Now the five cabinet ministers are all relatively weak and obedient civil servants. Even Hou Xun and Qian Qianyi, the two Donglin bosses, are weaklings in the Donglin Party. They may have been a little ambitious when they were young, but now they have long since

Officialdom was wasted and wasted.

In addition, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was also reorganized. Li Banghua, who fled with Zhu Cixiang, became the governor of Jiangxi, joined the Prince's Young Master, and was granted the title of Ke Nanji Shuibo.

He was replaced by the ailing Feng Yuanyang, and the post of censor of Youdu was temporarily vacant.

Of course, none of the four newly appointed governors by Zhu Cihong have yet to take office. Su Song, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian are not easy to win.

However, these four governors cannot attend the court meeting now. Therefore, the current high-level officials in the court are almost all officials who do not know or are unable to oppose Zhu Cixiang. Therefore, Zhu Cixiang can implement his own policies very easily!
Chapter completed!