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Chapter 763 Rebuilding the East Factory (Month)

The Ming Dynasty emperor's habit of using eunuchs actually started with Zhu Di.

During the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, he received lessons from the previous dynasty and strictly prohibited the harem from interfering in politics.

And this article is written into the "Emperor Ming Ancestors".

However, Zhu Di was a rioter. He went against his will and raised an army to steal the throne of his nephew.

In order to show his authority, he specifically fought against the system left by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Since then, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty have embarrassed on the stage of history.

The most outstanding one among them is naturally the famous Zheng He.

However, since Zheng He, it seems that there are no outstanding eunuchs. There are many famous people, but unfortunately they are mostly notorious.

For example, Wang Zhen, who incited Tumu Fort, Wang Zhi, who was filmed as a film prototype, Liu Jin, who was 3,300 yuan, etc. Of course, there are also the famous nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian.

It is undeniable that most eunuchs are despicable bastards, but some eunuchs praised by literati are not good things.

It’s just that what they do is beneficial to those big turbans, so they make them famous.

For example, Feng Bao, who supported Zhang Juzheng, supported Zhang Juzheng's reforms, which indeed prospered the life of the Ming Dynasty.

But Feng Bao himself is greedy for money and is widely accepted for bribes.

What's even more terrible is that as a eunuch, he was extremely arrogant. Even though the young Emperor Wanli was punished and rewarded in the palace, no one in the palace dared to execute it without Feng Bao's consent.

To such a degree, he was basically a one-handed person in the palace. If he ended up, after Emperor Wanli grew up, he was expelled to Yingtian Mansion and his family property was confiscated.

There is also Chen Ju, who was praised by the East Factory Admiral and the chief of the Secretariat and seal. Because he made a pledge, he was blown into the sky by the big turbans.

The big turbans boasted that he was determined and dared to take responsibility. He had bright eyes, was humble to others, and was loyal and kind.

He is very frugal in terms of food and clothing. He likes to play the piano, recite poems, and collect antique calligraphy and paintings in his spare time.

The big turbans said that Chen Ju adhered to the eight words "Ancestor's laws and sages', and was honest and quiet.

He does not disturb officials or harms the people, and never abuses power. He only tries to save the shortcomings of the times and is called "Buddha" by the big turbans.

But in fact, the job of Dongchang is to inspect. As the admiral of Dongchang, you have become a Buddha, so naturally you don’t check anything.

Those big turbans are still in a state of great success.

Chen Ju made suggestions to abolish the mining tax because the mining tax was poisoned by the world at that time and the people were unable to bear their lives. Many court officials successively gave me advice.

Listen to this and think about the real people in the world during the Ming Dynasty, and the income of those people, which family was qualified and capable of mining!

What kind of people are the people who are unable to bear their lives? Whose world is the world who is poisoned?

Why did the court officials make me remarks in succession? It was not for themselves. Those who could afford to open a mine were either gentry or had the support of gentry behind them.

Eunuchs like Chen Ju are naturally praised by readers.

After all, they don’t say anything if they don’t supervise them, and they also come forward to help them to exempt taxes. The Ming Dynasty mines do not have to pay taxes. If it were you, you would have to provide them.

On the East Factory and the West Factory, Emperor Chongzhen was deceived and locked up by the big turbans when he was just ignorant.

From then on, the emperor almost lost supervision of all officials.

"What the real person means is to re-establish the East Factory?"

"Well, that's what it means."

Wang Xiao raised his hand and pointed at Wang Chengen beside him, "I don't know if he will change in the future, but if there is no change, he will be a loyal minister who will die with His Majesty. He can be responsible, and he will definitely not disappoint His Majesty."

"Of course."

Wang Xiao picked up the teacup and drank, "If Your Majesty has not had the intention of defeating Dali to save the Ming Dynasty, I will just say nothing today."

On the premise of believing that Wang Xiao is a land god, Emperor Chongzhen believed what Wang Xiao said, and that he would perish in two years of the Ming Dynasty.

And he could also feel that the Ming Dynasty had indeed walked to the edge of the cliff.

Faced with such a terrible ending, Emperor Chongzhen at this moment no longer had the same temperament as he had to live and suffer.

"I have decided to be a real person. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, I am willing to bear the infamy forever."

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen with a tragic look on his face, Wang Xiao laughed, "Your Majesty, you are really stupid in your reading. You remember that history is written by the winners. As long as the Ming Dynasty can continue in your hands, as long as you can handle those big turbans, then you are a positive person in history books and will not be smeared by the big turbans."

"And that's it..."

Seeing Wang Xiao tirelessly teaching Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Chengen and Luo Yangxing looked strange.

Where did the national master learn these emperor skills from?

That great master Yue Buqun Yue, who was the descendant of Guigu, could actually teach these abilities.

Looking at Emperor Chongzhen, who listened carefully, even asked questions and explained, showing a sudden look or anger, they seemed to see the emperor's political ability, rising straight.

"That's all for the time being."

Wang Xiao glanced at the tea that had been drunk, and felt in his heart that Wang Chengen and the others had no eyesight. "Now, Your Majesty can arrange for Commander Luo to start scouting the house and picking up people. Eunuch Wang can go to rebuild the East Factory."

Emperor Chongzhen was still unsatisfied. “Dare you ask the national teacher who should be arrested? What crime should we deal with?”

He was still a little embarrassed. If it were Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, he would just send troops directly, so what else would he be charged?

There are many differences between a strong emperor and a weak emperor. One of the most important points is whether you value face or not.

Zulong did not value it, and he burned books and buried scholars without fear of being poured into black water by Confucianism.

Han Wu did not value it, and at most he issued a self-criticism and wiped out the matter.

Emperor Tang valued part of it, so he dared to take action at Xuanwu Gate.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not value it, so he was the first in thousands of years to successfully fight from the south to the north.

Emperor Chongzhen valued face, so even if he wanted to move the capital south, he was embarrassed to speak because of face, and in the end he could only hang his own southeast branch on the coal mountain.

He sighed in his heart, and Wang Xiao still gave him the idea, "Whoever is arrested or not, I have to ask the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei, which has been passed down for more than 200 years, is not a waste of money. If anyone's business is related to the bandits and the Northern Barbarians, there must be a Jinyiwei. Just catch people and search the house according to their orders. The charges are all ready-made."

His eyes turned to Luo Yangxing, "As for whether the Jinyiwei will take the opportunity to attack and retaliate. But the Dongchang strictly monitors it. Once it is discovered, the Jinyiwei will be punished severely. It is a reward for the Dongchang. The more you catch, the heavier the punishment."

Luo Yangxing hurriedly saluted Emperor Chongzhen and shouted, "I dare not, I dare not, the Jinyiwei is a hawk in the Tian family, and must be loyal to the king's affairs."

However, in his heart, he was lamenting, "If Wang Xiao was the emperor, how could the Ming Dynasty fall to this point?"

Now, he can only hope that Emperor Chongzhen can always listen to Wang Xiao's words.

Only in this way is the only chance to save the Ming Dynasty.

Luo Yangxing is the commander of the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty is gone, then he will not even be a big deal.

Whether it is Li Zicheng's great and straightforward world or the Later Jin outside the pass, he entered the pass.

People all have their own people waiting to share the cake, so where can I share it with him, the old man from the previous dynasty.

And let’s talk about it, if you really want to rely on others, you will be in charge of life and death at the hands of others.

Therefore, Luo Yangxing belongs to the kind of loyal minister who wants the Ming Dynasty to continue to exist from the bottom of his heart.

The two heavy rains in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen made Emperor Chongzhen determined to ask for help from gods.

When they all walked out of the Zhou Mansion, the historical line of the past went in a completely different direction.

The large-scale home search operation of the Jinyiwei lasted for about half a month.

The homes of dozens of nobles and ministers in the city were caught and searched for their families.

The Jinyiwei is professional in doing these things. He has been professional in his professional qualities for more than 200 years.

The cash cash found was nearly tens of millions of taels.

There were money houses in the Ming Dynasty, but the nobles rarely placed their large amounts of wealth on the counter.

In addition to fearing that wealth is revealed, I also have to pay fees to save money in the money shop.

That's right, if you save money in a money shop in the Ming Dynasty, you will not only not give you interest, but you will have to pay the deposit fee.

The more you save, the more money you pay.

Their way of saving money is to melt all the gold and silver, cast it and store it in the cellar.

It is said that among the great masters of Shanxi, there are the so-called golden winter melon and silver watermelon. The same is true in the capital.

Wang Xiao saw with his own eyes that the silver ingots as big as watermelon were pulled away in a car.

In addition to these silver taels, there are also a large number of land deeds, antique calligraphy and paintings, beautiful houses, etc.

Because there are too many numbers, it is impossible to count them in a short period of time.

During this period, hundreds of Jinyiwei were dealt with, and dozens of people from the East Factory were dealt with.

They are all people who can't help but stretch out their hands.

This kind of thing is endless, and you can only deal with it as much as possible.

Compared to these things, Wang Xiao attaches more importance to the massive amount of grain collected from the warehouses of major grain merchants and large merchants.

The preliminary count is more than three million stones.

He shouted every day that he lacked food, and a stone of white rice could be sold at a sky-high price of five or six taels of silver. Now that he found so much food, Emperor Chongzhen also understood where the food went.

Holding silver in one hand and food in the other.

If you have money and food, you have to start recruiting troops.

There were so many refugees in Northern Zhili, so they set up recruitment sites outside the city, and soon a small number of 20,000 people were raised.

It’s not that you can’t afford to recruit more, but that you need to train elites.

Wang Xiao made the suggestion to allocate all the farms confiscated before to these new troops. Tell them that you are not only fighting for the emperor, but also fighting for your own fields.

The emperor is gone and the Ming Dynasty is over. Your home and your fields will also be stolen.

Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to let the British Duke take charge of the new army, but Wang Xiao slapped him back.

"The three major camps in the capital are the British Duke who have been in charge. Look at what they are in charge. Do you want to make the last life-saving straw, and the new army will become like this?"

"Who can be the general?"
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