Chapter 100 Establishing the Ministry of Commerce and Businessmen as Officials
"This is not something I can completely decide. It depends on the severity of your father's crime and your cooperation." Guo Bujing shook his head and said truthfully. .
"Okay, sir, don't worry, Jianxiong will fully cooperate." The young woman said solemnly.
“I hope so.” Guo Bujing nodded.
The Zhujian City family has a great cause. If there is cooperation from the person in charge, it will be much easier to raid the house and make plans.
With a wave of his hand, Sword Forging City was completely taken down, and they immediately began to ransack their homes and make plans.
In the Sea Shark Palace.
"Boom!"
"Pfft!"
With a roar, Helianba, the master of Sea Shark Palace, took a few steps back, with a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth.
"Grand Master!"
"Who are you? A Grand Master unexpectedly attacked me?" Helianba looked at the figure appearing in front of him with a horrified expression.
"Hahaha, in order to prevent you from running away, our family has no choice but to use some tricks." Cao Zhengchun said with a smile, already confident of winning.
There was no way, his Qinggong was relatively average. According to the intelligence, Helianba's Qinggong was very good. In order to prevent him from escaping, he had no choice but to attack him secretly. He didn't care about his reputation anyway.
"Eunuch! Are you from the Ming Dynasty! Cao Zhengchun, the Duke of the East Factory? Or Cao Youxiang, the Duke of the West Factory?" Helianba suddenly realized, and he was even more shocked.
The court is eyeing him!
"Haha, Mr. Dongchang of our family." Cao Zhengchun said with a smile.
"Why did Dongchang deal with our Sea Shark Palace? And why did the owner of Dongchang take action himself?" Helianba said in a deep voice.
“You, Haisha Palace, smuggled illegal salt to Jiannu and Wala, and provided water channels. Why do you think our Dongchang took action against you?
As for our family taking action personally, haha, Don't underestimate your sea shark palace either.
There are more than 4,000 people in the Sea Shark Palace, and they control almost most of the waterways in Jin. It is worthy of our family to take action personally. "Cao Zhengchun explained patiently.
"The smuggling problem is far from limited to my Haisha Palace family, it is the entire Jin Dynasty. Why did Dongchang only take action against my family?
Is Dongchang using our Sea Shark Palace to scare the monkeys? "Helianba said unwillingly.
"Wrong, wrong, your Sea Shark Palace is not as big as a chicken, and no one involved can escape. "Cao Zhengchun shook his hand and said.
"Are you going to attack the entire Jin Dynasty! "Helianba's pupils shrank and he said in horror.
"Oh, not bad." Cao Zhengchun admitted frankly.
He Lianba's heart was filled with overwhelming thoughts, the imperial court was going to take action against the entire Jin region!
How is that possible?
How many people were there in Shanxi who smuggled slaves and prairie people?
How could the imperial court attack everyone?
But thinking about the rise of the emperor, the sudden addition of four great masters to the court, and the so-called New Deal, he fell silent again.
Not necessarily impossible.
His face changed several times, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Eunuch Cao, I, Haisha Palace, are willing to serve Dongchang, can you let me go once?"
"As expected, we are people who understand current affairs. I can give you a chance to cooperate with you and explain everything about the Sea Shark Palace.
As for how to deal with you in the end? That depends on the Lord." Cao Zhengchun nodded with satisfaction. Isn't that why he said so much?
If Helianba cooperates, it will be much easier to rectify the Sea Shark Palace.
"Your Majesty, is it true that your marriage is terminated? Eunuch Cao is not even giving me a guarantee?" Helianba's expression changed and he gritted his teeth.
"It's ridiculous, do you think you still have the qualifications to bargain?" Cao Zhengchun sneered disdainfully.
“Humph, that’s too much to bully.” Helianba snorted coldly, turned around and ran away.
"Can you run away? Looking for death." Cao Zhengchun's eyes were sharp.
"Clone Phantom!"
"Distracting Palm!"
"Bang!"
Helianba, who was caught up, had no choice but to separate out several afterimages. Several palms hit Cao Zhengchun's protective shield.
The shield didn't move at all.
Cao Zhengchun smiled contemptuously.
“It’s a small trick.”
“Boom!”
“Pfft~!”
Tiangang’s body-protecting true energy erupted, directly shocking Helian Ba Fly and fall to the ground.
"Oh, take down everyone in the Sea Shark Palace. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed."
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On January 21st, several months of preparation , once it breaks out.
It was like a thunderous blow, sweeping across the Jin region unstoppably.
On this day, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, the army, and the righteous forces joined forces to defeat in one fell swoop the most powerful person and force on the slave smuggling and establishment line.
It makes the entire Jin region's four prefectures, twenty states, and seventy-seven counties look like fighting is happening everywhere.
The eight-character crime of smuggling, establishing slaves, and collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country spread throughout Jin.
From the vassal king to the common people, everyone was frightened after hearing the news. They closed their doors tightly and did not dare to say more.
After this day, the fighting did not end.
Because the first day is to eliminate the most powerful people and forces, and the next step is to follow the clues and uproot all relevant parties.
As for cleaning up the mess, it will take more time.
However, the harvest on the first day was enough to spread back to the capital and gain more support in a fair and honest manner.
Thousands of miles away, in less than half a day, Zhu Houzhao received the situation on the first day.
After reading it, although he already knew it, he still couldn't help but get angry.
Call the people from the cabinet, the six ministries, the left and right censors, and the military cabinet.
"Look, look, what a Shanxi Provincial Envoy!
One is from the second rank, two are from the third rank, three are from the third rank, and there are hundreds of officials.
If they dare to smuggle slaves, betray the country, and collude with bandits, they should all be killed by a thousand cuts," Zhu Houzhao shouted angrily.
When they heard that so many officials were involved, the cabinet, six ministries and other officials were shocked.
The first reaction was that the factory guard took action.
The first knife struck Jindi. The chop was very severe.
From the second-rank chief envoy, to the third-rank inspector, to the capital commander, there are hundreds of officials.
There is going to be a big earthquake in the officialdom of Jin.
The second reaction is that the entire Jin Dynasty is going to be unstable.
Because they all know how many people are involved behind those officials.
Those people are not ordinary people, they are people with force and dare to kill people.
They quickly looked at the information report sent to them by the emperor.
When I saw this, I was even more shocked.
Within one day, hundreds of officials were captured, and the righteous forces of martial arts also took action.
Cooperating with Jinyiwei and Dongchang, more than ten martial arts forces, including Zhujian City and Sea Shark Palace, thirteen bodyguard agencies, and more than twenty bandits were wiped out.
There were also eight major Shanxi merchants who were also uprooted.
In just one day, initial estimates of the amount of silver and various assets acquired were countless.
The court is going to get rich!
This thought flashed across his mind. Liu Jian and others quickly thought about the overall situation and skillfully knelt down to apologize.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty." Ma Wensheng, the official minister, said immediately.
When so many officials get into trouble, he, the Minister of Staff, will definitely not be able to escape responsibility.
"I am also guilty." The three elders of the cabinet, Li Hui and Wang Zongyi, both censors on the left and right, said immediately.
"Of course you are guilty. Check and see how these officials were promoted?
Is it related to you? Or is it related to your predecessor?" Zhu Houzhao said without mercy.
"Your Majesty, the last two ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs have retired and returned to their hometowns." Ma Wensheng said.
“I don’t care whether he retires, returns home, or dies.
Whoever makes the mistake will bear it. If you want someone to take away the account, there is no way.
Even if he dies, I will hold him accountable," Zhu Houzhao said very harshly.
The ministers were unable to refute.
"What are you kneeling for? Get up and work, one by one. Can you please let me have some peace of mind?" Zhu Houzhao watched them kneel down and scolded them angrily.
The civil servants stood up helplessly.
Fortunately, I have been scolded a lot, so I am barely used to it.
"Your Majesty, the top priority is to send officials to Jin, and we must not let the chaos in Jin.
With so many martial arts forces captured, in the end, I am afraid there will be tens of thousands of Jianghu people , these people must be dealt with well, otherwise they will be the source of cholera
Finally, there are various assets. The court should send people to take over them and they must not be abandoned, otherwise it may affect the livelihood of the people. "Liu Jian said immediately.
"The Ministry of Civil Affairs selected a group of officials to join the Jin Dynasty immediately, and those captured Jianghu people were handed over to the military cabinet for disposal.
After the seized gold and silver treasures were counted, they were sent to the capital.
The Director of Ceremonies and the Ministry of Household Affairs will first send people to count the assets of each place, and will not divide the ownership yet. "Zhu Houzhao said.
"Yes, I am obeying the order. "Liu Jian, Wang Shouren and others said immediately.
Zhu Houzhao was silent, as if thinking about something.
The ministers were stunned and their hearts beat rapidly.
His Majesty is obviously thinking about something. At this time, His Majesty will come up with unreliable ideas.
"I want to set up a department specifically to control national assets." Zhu Houzhao said suddenly.
"Your Majesty, there is already one in the court." Liu Jian and others thought as expected and quickly reminded them.
"Not enough." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said without doubt: "In the future, the imperial court will acquire more and more assets, and someone must control them.
Establish a Ministry of Commerce, yes, we must set up a Ministry of Commerce. Together with the other five departments,
this department is directly responsible to me and cannot use officials who are educated, but must use businessmen who can do business.
From now on, all the land and real estate acquired by the court will be used. Belong to me.
The shops, mines, manufacturing, etc. are all under the control of the Ministry of Commerce. ”
Hearing this, Liu Jian and others were all shocked.
I knew it was unreliable, but I never expected it to be so unreliable.
Even Wang Shouren was startled and frowned in thought.
"Your Majesty, it is okay to establish the Ministry of Commerce, but how can we use businessmen as officials?
Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible."
"Your Majesty, businessmen are only interested in profit and are despicable people. How can they be officials?"
"Your Majesty, if a businessman controls such a large industry, he must be a worm to the country. He should be managed by orthodox officials."
... Money?
Also, can you do business?
I leave it to you, I am stupid to leave it to you. "
"It was announced that the imperial court would set up a Ministry of Commerce, and all officials, from the Minister of Commerce to the Ministry of Commerce, would be businessmen.
If there are businessmen from various places who are willing, they can come to the capital for interviews.
In addition, the imperial examination will add a merchant test paper, and you can participate alone, and one hundred people will be selected. ”
After hearing this imperial edict that went its own way, Liu Jian and others were extremely helpless.
"Your Majesty, many businessmen have their own business. If they are officials, how can they balance the national industry and their own business?
When the time comes, it will be a mess, full of hamsters." Xie Qian suddenly said.
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