"Hengshan Gong, has Hou Ye done too much, he shouldn't offend so many civil officials."

After the next dynasty, Zuo Zhongyun Yuan Kewang said to Wang Yin worriedly. As a person who came out of the Pingnan Army, like Wang Yin, he has been branded by Chen Yue and is one of the few henchmen of Chen Yue in the court.

"If Hou Ye wants to achieve great things, he must have Olympic aid in the court, and it is worth observing Hou Ye's actions, as if he is afraid of offending the officials in the court, how can he go on like this!"

"What do you think of it?" Wang Yin asked with a smile.

"Master Hou's mistake is that he has not cultivated his own power in the court, and he doesn't pay attention to these things on weekdays, which led to today's situation.

Lu Ge Lao and Hou Ye are old people in Huai'an, and today the court has been speaking for Hou Ye, and there is no problem in standing on Hou Ye's side. Shi Ge is too stupid and upright, and he is a clear stream, and the people gathered around him are all clear streams, so it seems unlikely that he will speak for the Hou Ye. Although Qian Ge Lao is the leader of the Donglin Party, he is very tactful, very different from Shi Ge Lao, plus the adults are kind to Qian Ge Lao, it is not difficult to befriend him.

In this way, two of the three cabinet elders will stand on the side of Hou Ye, and Hou Ye's great cause will be smooth sailing. ”

Yuan Kewang talked eloquently and expressed his opinions.

"Haha, I hope to be a virtuous nephew, you are still a little tender." Wang Yin laughed.

"Do you want Yokoyama to advise?" Yuan Kewang was quite unconvinced.

"Did the virtuous nephew ever think of Hou Ye's current identity? As a marquis, he served as a feudal official, holding the power of the military and people in Jiangbei, if he is on good terms with the old cabinet of the DPRK and the central government, everyone in the DPRK and the central government is waving the flag and shouting for the marquis, what do you make Your Majesty think? Wang Yin asked with a smile.

"This ......" Yuan Kewang thought about it carefully, and suddenly his heart was shocked, and cold sweat rolled down his back.

Chen Yue opened Yangzhou as a marquis, which is equivalent to Chongzhen handing over the entire Jiangbei to Chen Yue......

"Isn't that good now? The officials of the Manchu Dynasty are all aggressively crusading against Hou Ye, who has now almost become a lonely minister, and only by gaining His Majesty's trust can he stay in the post of governor of Jiangbei in peace. In this way, Your Majesty can rest assured, and the ministers are also relieved!

As for whether he has the support of the ministers of the DPRK and China, when will he need this? Wang Yin smiled.

"In this way, Master Hou occupied the Wei Mansion, lingered in the Qinglou and beat the scholars, etc., in order to defile himself?" Yuan Kewang suddenly realized.

Wang Yin smiled and nodded.

"Master Hou's foresight is beyond the reach of students..."Yuan Kewang said in admiration.

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On the same day, the imperial court issued an order to reward a number of meritorious soldiers. Nearly one million acres of cultivated land seized from a number of nobles were taken out, and a number of meritorious soldiers were rewarded, and all the meritorious soldiers were rewarded according to the size of their merits from top to bottom, and the least could also get five acres of land. At the same time, a large amount of silver and property were taken out to reward, and the morale of the entire Pingnan army was immediately high.

Since the property and land of these nobles have been taken out to reward the meritorious heroes, they naturally cannot be innocent, and the three divisions and yamen in charge of the interrogation have also accelerated the intensity of the interrogation, and many nobles have been convicted.

Considering that most of the soldiers were going to Jiangbei, and that these cultivated fields were originally cultivated by tenants, Chen Yue suggested to the imperial court that these cultivated fields be handed over to a newly established Sihai firm to manage in a unified manner, and after the output of the fields was handed over to the field endowment, the rest was collected by the firm, and then distributed to the soldiers by the firm.

This suggestion is incredible, after all, it involves nearly one million acres of land, and the cabinet did not dare to make the decision after deliberation, so it was left to Chongzhen to decide, who knew that after the fold was sent to Chongzhen, it didn't take much time to approve it, and Chongzhen actually agreed to Chen Yue's request.

The ministers did not know that the Four Seas Merchant was a partnership between the royal family and Chen Yue, and the royal family occupied seventy percent of the shares in it, and the grain collected from these cultivated fields would be circulated in the market as the grain store to which the Four Seas Merchant belonged. Of course, the merchants will not take advantage of the soldiers, and the production of the acres will be clearly recorded in the accounts, and the soldiers will be issued according to the price of the grain received, and the soldiers can obtain the grain money according to the voucher in Yangzhou or Nanjing Sihai Commercial Bank.

There are many things that civil officials do not understand, such as the confiscated shops and businesses of the nobles, according to the custom, the property of the convict is generally auctioned by the government, and there is usually a household department to preside, so that many officials can profit from it and spend a small amount of silver to buy a large number of properties.

But now, hundreds of shops that originally belonged to the nobles in Nanjing are still in business, and these shops have not been handed over to the household department at all, and the owner of the store is the newly opened Sihai Commercial Bank......

The officials who originally coveted these fat meat were suddenly angry, and flew into the cabinet like a frenzy, impeaching Chen Yue for embezzlement and confiscation of the family property of the nobles, the amount was huge, and the crime was extremely heinous, of course, these were also things that happened after Chen Yue went to Yangzhou, but after the music was folded to the imperial court, there was no movement for a long time like a stone sinking into the sea, and Chongzhen actually left all these impeachment notes in the middle.

In the end, the three elders of the cabinet questioned Chongzhen together, and only then did they get a reply, some of these shops were rewarded to Chen Yue, who made meritorious contributions, and most of them were entrusted to the four seas merchants, and the profits were handed over to the inner treasury to supply the royal family. The household department of the imperial court could collect taxes from shops at a ratio of ten to one and fill them into the state treasury.

After a simple calculation, it was found that the business of this Sihai trading house in Nanjing alone could bring hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to the imperial court every year, and the three elders suddenly stopped talking. It must be known that in the past, the harvest of these shops was completely attributed to individuals, and the imperial court could not even get a tael of silver.

The shops are still those shops, which can now bring great benefits to the imperial court, and at the same time can also supply the royal family, what can be said again?

After the three elders told the truth to the ministers, some officials fell silent, and there were many unwilling, and the confiscated shops actually entered the hands of the royal family, and the royal family participated in the operation and competed with the people for profit!

There is a royal history to reprimand the emperor for not competing with the people for profit, but Chongzhen was furious in the court, these shops are all under the name of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, and the operators are not eunuchs sent by the emperor, how can they compete with the people? All those who dared to slander the royal history were reprimanded and sent out of the capital.

When some unwilling officials wanted to continue playing, Chongzhen slightly revealed that he would consider levying commercial taxes according to the example of the Four Seas Commercial Bank in the future, and these officials were suddenly startled and did not dare to mention this matter again. If Chongzhen is forced to come up with the idea of levying commercial taxes, it will really outweigh the losses.