Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"In this Ming Dynasty, besides the Queen, you are the person closest to me!"

"He is also the person I trust the most!"

"So, I trust your people as well!"

"Wang Chengen, answer me, can you shoulder this burden?"

The crooked tree on Coal Hill is the best indicator of Wang Chengen's loyalty to Zhu Youjian. Although the tree has now become Zhu Youxiao's toilet, it does not matter.

Zhu Youxiao's words made Zhu Youjian and Wang Chengen's eyes red.

Wang Chengen kowtowed several times and answered in a decisive tone.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!"

"I will do my best!"

Chapter 223 Four Fires Blessing

Wen Tiren closed the memorial in his hand and walked out from behind the desk.

"Your Majesty, I will go to the six ministries to inform them about the panic buying."

After saying that, he winked at Zhu Youjian again.

Zhu Youjian was a little confused. Seeing him sitting there motionless, Wen Tiren spoke again.

"Your Highness Prince Xin, didn't you say yesterday that you had something to discuss with the Minister of Works? Why don't we meet together?"

Zhu Youjian: ???

When will I look for that deadbeat Guo Yunhou?

But seeing that Wen Tihen kept winking at him, he had no choice but to stand up and bow to Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will take my leave first."

It was not until the two of them left the Qianqing Palace that he could not help but ask Wen Tiren.

"What do you mean, Lord Wen? I still have a pile of memorials to deal with!"

Wen Tiren chuckled and said calmly.

"Your Highness Prince Xin really thinks that His Majesty reopened the Western Factory just to stabilize prices?"

Zhu Youjian was stunned: "What else?"

Wen Tiren shook his head: "There is a lot of knowledge involved here! It's just that I can't explain it clearly."

"If I am not mistaken, Your Majesty should have a lot of things for Wang Chengen to do."

"And we'd better avoid these things."

"Also, if Wang Chengen returns to the palace, Your Majesty, do not ask about the Western Factory, unless he tells you on his own initiative!"

After hearing this, Zhu Youjian suddenly realized what was going on. He stopped and bowed deeply to Wen Tihen.

"Thank you for your advice, Elder Wen. I'll take note of it!"

"Hahahaha, what is your Highness doing? I can't bear it!"

Wen Tiren laughed and helped Zhu Youjian up.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao saw through his intention of taking Zhu Youjian away at a glance, and was very satisfied.

Reopening the West Factory was indeed not just for the purpose of stabilizing prices.

More importantly, it is used to interfere with the private economy!

Looking at Wang Chengen who was still kneeling in the hall, Zhu Youxiao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a smile.

"Reconstruction of the West Factory requires manpower."

"I have issued a written order to you. You can choose any of the Jinyiwei and Dongchang troops. The quota is 10,000."

"I'll give you another 10 million taels of silver as funding."

"You must be familiar with the prices of commodities in the two capitals and thirteen provinces."

"In addition, I will also send people to purchase food, silk, and tea. I will take as much of these as you can get!"

"But be careful not to let prices fluctuate. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wang Chengen was stunned!

Ten million taels!

He never dreamed that one day he would hold such power!

How about Jinyiwei?

So what about the East Factory!

When did they have such financial power?

After he realized what was happening, he kowtowed three times.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I know the pros and cons of this matter and will definitely not let Your Majesty down!"

Looking at his determined eyes, Zhu Youxiao secretly approved, wrote a handwritten note, stamped it with his seal, and had someone send it to him.

"Go ahead and select the personnel as soon as possible. I am waiting for your first report!"

"Yes, slave, please leave!"

Wang Chengen stood up, took three steps back, turned around and left the Qianqing Palace.

It was not until then that Zhang Yan frowned and asked Zhu Youxiao in confusion.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and drove all the eunuchs out of the hall.

"Zheng Zhilong has stabilized the sea borders, and I have regained the initiative in trade with the West."

"In addition to being used to stabilize prices, the goods purchased by the Western Factory will also be sold to those Western caravans."

Zhang Yan thought for a moment and seemed to have thought of something: "Your Majesty is worried that the officials will oppose, so you use the name of the Western Factory to do these things?"

Zhu Youxiao gave her a thumbs up and praised her: "You are worthy of being my virtuous queen. You figured out the connection so quickly."

After saying that, he let out a long sigh and continued.

"Once the world knows that trade with the West is controlled by the imperial court, who knows what kind of trouble those gentry will cause."

"So, it is a better choice to openly repair the plank road and secretly cross Chencang."

"The war with Jiannu is imminent, and I don't want to be distracted by them."

"Once I have pacified the north, I will have time to deal with them!"

Looking at his confident look, Zhang Yan walked slowly forward, hugged Zhu Youxiao's arm, and said affectionately.

"People in the world only know the emperor's majesty, but have never thought that the emperor also has times when he is afraid to act rashly."

"Your Majesty, you have suffered!"

"Hahahaha, why should I suffer? I have beautiful wives like you, so I am not suffering at all!"

Zhu Youxiao laughed and kissed her forehead.

It is said that before you can resist foreign aggression, you must first stabilize the country.

However, the three stubborn problems of gentry, Confucianism and princes cannot be solved in a short period of time.

If we really start to take action, it will probably take at least three to five years.

They are like gutter rats. When frightened, they curl up and never show their heads again.

We must catch them all when they are most rampant!

As it was getting dark, dinner was delivered directly to Kunning Palace, and Zhu Youxiao took Zhang Yan out of the hall.

Over the past few days, Zhang Yan felt that life seemed different.

Every morning, she went to the Qianqing Palace with Zhu Youxiao to review memorials, ate together, and returned to the harem together.

Whenever she wanted, she could see Zhu Youxiao by just looking up.

Perhaps this is what people mean when they say the husband sings and the wife follows, and the man farms and the woman weaves?

Although the lock is a little broken, it is still very fulfilling.

Compared to the days when I was alone in the harem, it is more than a hundred times better now!

Zhu Youxiao turned around by chance and found Zhang Yan staring at him infatuatedly, and couldn't help but smile.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"

"No, I just think that if every day is like this, it would be worth it even if I die." Zhang Yan smiled.

But as she smiled, that flower-like smile gradually faded.

Zhu Youxiao's heart tightened, knowing that she was thinking of the young Crown Prince Huai Chong, Zhu Ciran.

"Zhu Ciyi!" (yi, fourth tone)

"what?"

Zhang Yan was very surprised to hear him say such a name without any context.

Zhu Youxiao held her in his arms and said firmly, "I have ordered Wei Zhongxian to send people to find a famous doctor. No matter what, you will get what you want!"

"Zhu Ciyi, this is the name I gave to your future son!"

"My Ming Dynasty is of the fire element, and with the blessing of the four fires, Ci Yi will surely arrive soon!"

In fact, there was indeed a gynecological expert in the late Ming Dynasty.

Fu Shan, Fu Qingzhu!

However, Fu Shan is still just a young student at the moment, so it would be of no use even if we find him.

The person Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian to find was the master of this big boss!

Chapter 224: Your distrust hurts us

When Zhu Youxiao was holding the warm and soft beauty in his arms, Wang Chengen did not dare to delay for a moment.

Holding the imperial edict, he rushed to the Jinyiwei Yamen first.

Although Sun Kangwang felt pain, he had no choice but to cooperate.

But what surprised him was that Wang Chengen did not ask for those good men under his command.

Instead, he asked him to gather all the non-staff members of the Jinyiwei overnight.

From the time the call was issued at Youshi until Chenshi the next day, thousands of people had gathered in the Jinyiwei Yamen.

These people were dressed in different clothes, and most of them were in rags, looking no different from the ordinary people outside.

Among these non-staff members, there are low-level servants from all walks of life, there are also young men who idle away the whole day, and some are the so-called gangsters.

But without exception, those who were recruited by the Jinyiwei were not stupid.

Otherwise, if you are caught red-handed before you get the intelligence, wouldn't that be courting death?

After everyone arrived, Wang Chengen only did one thing.

That means giving out money!

He gave each of these people two taels of silver and let them go out and do what they want.

No stealing, no robbing, no gambling, and no revealing your identity.

They have to report back by the end of the Shen period, and only the 500 people with the most silver on them can enter the second round of screening.

In order to prevent these people from cheating, Wang Chengen also offered them a hot pot meal as a reward in exchange for Sun Kangwang sending the Jinyiwei to keep an eye on them.

Watching those people taking the silver and walking out of the Jinyiwei gate one by one, Sun Kangwang couldn't help but ask.

"Why are you looking for them when you can leave those good guys unused?"

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "Although His Majesty said that we can choose freely, we can't be ungrateful, right?"