"Luo Yangxing, where's the money to confiscate these three dogs?”
"Your Highness, they are all sealed in the warehouse. I had planned to hand over the money to the Imperial Court in a few days. However, the Ministry of Revenue has been delaying the approval, so this official has been dragging it out.”
Of course, the Brocade Guard would not work for nothing. According to the usual practice, they had confiscated the property of three officials, which amounted to 670,000 taels of silver.
When the Embroidered Uniform Guards handed it over, the imperial court would return at least tens of thousands of taels of silver to the Embroidered Uniform Guards for their expenses.
For example, rewards for meritorious service, overtime subsidies, and so on.
This was also thanks to the efficiency of the imperial court. This batch of silver was still in the Jinyiwei and had not been reported.
As for the Imperial Court, they had never sent anyone to hand over the goods. Because Chongzhen felt that it was safer to put it in the Jinyiwei than the national treasury.
At least Chongzhen had the final say in the Jinyiwei. When they reached the national treasury, there were a hundred pairs of eyes staring at them.
However, the mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.
Emperor Chongzhen, who thought that he was foolproof, would never have thought that this money would be remembered by Zhu Ciyao.
Luo Yangxing did not know about this, so Zhu Cixin told him the truth."Send all these 670,000 taels of silver to Liaodong.”
Luo Yangxing felt his back go numb, and he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He knew the consequences of embezzling the money.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, please, please think twice. This is something that Lord Wansui personally appointed to give salaries to officials and to use for disaster relief.”
"I know. If anything happens, this prince will bear the responsibility alone. Luo Yangxing, you just have to do your own thing. Xia Dechao, Li Hao, you two take some men to inform Li Shoujing and tell him to bring people to the North Town Administrative Office as soon as possible. Just say that it was to give them, mm, six hundred thousand taels of silver. Six hundred thousand taels of silver were sent to Liaodong!”
In fact, Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, had already been figureheads.
The two Thousand Households, Xia Dechao and Li Hao, who were following Zhu Ciyao, were chosen by Zhu Ciyao from the fourteen people of the fourteen Thousand Households.
These two people were Zhu Ci Nao's loyal followers. The Jinyiwei who had almost retired from the stage of history was supported by Zhu Ci Nao.
Now that they had food to eat and money to earn with the crown prince, these two didn't care if they disobeyed the imperial edict or not.
Without another word, he brought his men to look for Changping General Li Shouyu.
It was extremely difficult for Luo Yangxing. He was loyal to Chongzhen and not Zhu Ciyan.
You did such a disobedient thing. As the crown prince, you can pat your butt and go to Liaodong to hide.
Wouldn't I be the scapegoat for you in the capital?
Once Chongzhen investigated, Luo Yangxing would probably lose his head in a thunderous rage.
Looking at Luo Yangxing, who was covered in cold sweat, Zhu Ci Xin laughed.
"Alright, Commander Luo, this prince won't scare you anymore. This matter has nothing to do with you, this prince did it alone. If you're afraid that my Imperial Father will blame you, then go to the palace and tell on him.”
Snitch? Luo Yangxing had indeed thought so.
However, Zhu Ci Xin said it in front of him, which made Luo Yangxing feel awkward."Crown Prince Palace, this…"
"If I tell you to go, then go. However, you have to wait until we leave the city gate. Pretend that you found out that I had robbed the treasury of the Northern Garrison. Then, hurry back to the palace and inform my father. This way, my Imperial Father will not punish you.”
"Then, then Your Highness the Crown Prince, aren't you…" Luo Yangxing was shocked.
"It's alright, just do as I say." Zhu Ci Xin smiled.”
Wasn't Zhu Ciyan afraid that Chongzhen would intercept the stolen silver collected from the warehouse of the North Town Fu Department and send it to Liaodong?
He wasn't afraid, because Zhu Ci Xin had already thought of this. He had already held back.
Firstly, Zhu Ciao had already gone to the General Administration Department. The General Administration Department had printed tens of thousands of court newspapers, spreading rumors that the court was going to allocate eight hundred thousand taels of silver to the soldiers of Liaodong.
After that, Zhu Ci went to the meeting hall and secretly sent a courier to Liaodong to tell the Liaodong soldiers that the court wanted to give them eight hundred thousand taels of military pay and that it was already on the way.
What was done was done. Even if Chongzhen wanted to go back on his word, it was too late.
However, this matter had to wait until they left the capital gate. Otherwise, Emperor Chongzhen would capture Zhu Ciyan in a rage and it would be terrible.
The court bulletin was similar to an official newspaper. In the Ming Dynasty, the General Administration Department was set up to manage the publication and distribution of the Dibao.
In the Chongzhen period of the late Ming Dynasty, the Di Bao was changed from handwritten or woodcut printing to movable type printing, and the scale was even larger.
Huitong Hall was the hub of all the relay stations in Beijing. It was recorded in the Ming Dynasty's legal code, Ming Hui Dian:
"From the capital to the four directions, there are post stations. In the capital, it is called the Huitong Pavilion, and outside, it is called the Water Horse Post Station.”
This record showed that the Ming Dynasty's "Hui Hui Guan" was the main hub of the national courier station located in the capital, Beijing.
Perhaps some people would find it strange. Didn't Chongzhen abolish the courier station? That was why Li Zicheng, the courier brother from Shaanxi, couldn't live anymore and rebelled.
Chongzhen abolished most of the relay stations, not all the relay stations in the country.
If they were all abolished, who would transmit the information?
Starting from the second year of Chongzhen, one-third of the country's post stations were closed, which could save 100,000 taels of national treasury expenditure a year.
This reduction caused the load of the courier service to exceed the already tight capacity, thus causing the Ming administration to fall into a vicious circle.
Because the imperial court was seriously lacking in personnel to manage transportation, it was impossible for them to take on the task. Local officials could only rely on local regiments to control the relay stations and roads.
And those who were sent back, like Li Zicheng, rebelled.
Chongzhen's abolition of the relay stations did not mean that all the relay stations in the country were abolished.
Emperor Chongzhen was often angry. When his dragon face was furious, all the officials trembled.
This time, he was not only furious, but he also kicked the stool."Unfilial son, unfilial son! This unfilial son! I'm so angry, I'm so angry!"
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